Viet Nam’s securities market may be upgraded to the emerging market status from its current frontier market by 2020, according to the latest SSI Retail Research.

 Bank stocks are expected to lead growth in the stock exchanges this week as investors could be inspired to press the “buy” button by supportive news arriving from the banks’ annual shareholder meetings and first-quarter earnings reports.

Vietnam’s maritime and inland waterway transport continue to suffer from the lack of sustainable inland ports and planning for container depots. 

 Land-based solutions are urgently needed to address the leakage of plastic waste into the ocean and other waterways, experts said on Thursday at a workshop held in HCM City.

 Viet Nam tied host South Korea 1-1 in their final match of the U19 Suwon JS Cup on Sunday.

 World Boxing Council Asia winner Tran Van Thao will compete against Artid Bamrungauea of Thailand in the 52kg class on April 27 in Bangkok.

 The international Color & Style Trophy hairstyle competition will be held in Vietnam this year, with the winners chosen in October.

 Nearly 200 stalls offering traditional and international cakes will be open at the annual Southern Traditional Cakes Festival in the southern city of Can Tho from April 25-29.

 An international photo exhibition marking the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1) will take place in the city from April 24th to May 3rd at the Da Nang Museum.

 A blaze killed a woman and her two children, including a 10-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, early yesterday in the northern province of Nam Dinh’s Yen Tien Commune.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh left Hanoi on April 22 evening for Australia to attend the 28th Global Summit of Women Summit (GSW) in Sydney, New South Wales state and conduct several bilateral activities from April 23-28. 

 Vietnam’s swift breeding industry has potential to compete with regional producers if it meets quality standards, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry Vu Van Tam said at a conference held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Acrobatic brothers Giang Quoc Nghiep and Giang Quoc Co left British television audiences speechless on April 21 night after performing their death-defying head balancing act on a UK TV talent show.

Experts have voiced concern about the huge amount of capital, VND1,570 trillion, needed to develop three special economic zones (SEZs), saying this will put a heavy burden on the economy.

The northern province of Son La People’s Committee has proposed the Government approve the Hoa Binh-Moc Chau Expressway project to better connect two northern provinces of Hoa Binh and Son La 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six members of a transnational drug smuggling ring received the death sentence on Thursday in northern Quang Ninh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will ban all vehicles between 6pm and 10pm on Nguyen Hue Street on Reunification Day, April 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam won four gold medals at the International Club Open Taekwondo Championship on Saturday in Sakai City, Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A heat wave with temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius is forecast to hit localities from Nghe An Province to Quang Ngai Province today.

A Vietnamese student team from the Wellspring School in Hanoi has won the Innovative Poster Award of the First Lego League Jr. World Festival Expo, part of the three-day 2018 First Lego League event held in Houston,