The consumer price index (CPI) in April remained unchanged from the previous month, but up 4.3 percent against the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on April 29. 

 Vietnam’s two proposals have been approved by members of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and added to the AIPA Message at the meeting of AIPA leaders in Manila, the Philippines, on April 28. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam spoke highly of cooperative ties between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) over the past two decades during a reception in Hanoi.

 Vietnam attaches importance to developing ties with France and Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told Emmanuel Lenain, Director for Asia and Oceania at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development.

 Viglacera to form joint venture with Cuba, PNJ to issue more than 9.8 million individual shares, VIB shareholders approve payout of 44.6% in dividend, Household firms fear red tape

 Sea, islands week held in Ca Mau province, Exhibition on Vietnam’s reunification day held in Cuba, 200 youngsters dispatched to visit Truong Sa archipelago, HCM City breaks ground on bus terminal

VietNamNet Bridge - The attractiveness of the processed food industry in Vietnam, a market with 90 million consumers, can be seen in the high number of merger & acquisition (M&A) deals made in the last three years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - “Biophilic Design – The Architecture of Life” by Dr. Stephen R. Kellert will be screened in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang this May. 

 The 5th Plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee in early May will issue a resolution intended to spur the development of the private sector into an important engine of the socialist-oriented market economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A team of veterans unwilling to idle their retirement days away deliver yeoman service to their communities by working hard, for free, to build bridges and roads. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Imagine having your left foot almost cut off while on a boat out at sea. Imagine the pain and hopelessness of the situation.

Park Chulho, director general of Kotra Hanoi, discussed with VIR the highlights of South Korean investment and future trends.

 Construction of a reservoir to collect water leaking from the Hon Rọ dumping site in the central Khanh Hoa Province’s Ninh Hoa Commune must be completed soon, the People’s Committee has said.

Vietnamese football clubs are on the hunt for fresh players for the second leg of the national premier league, which will begin in late June.

 Scientists recently unearthed various traces of human beings at three caves in the central province of Nghe An, dating back to 3,000-8,000 years ago.

 The 4th Young Fine Arts Festival, featuring creative works of art by young Vietnamese artists, will be organised in Hanoi this October.

 There have been more than 15,000 cases of dengue fever in the south so far this year, according to the Pasteur Institute of HCM City.

Traditional cultural features of various ethnic groups residing in northern plateau of Moc Chau in Son La Province will be on show at the National Village for Vietnam’s Ethnic Culture and Tourism between April 29 and May 1.

 Viet Nam Tuoi Dep (Beautiful Viet Nam, a new music video praising the beauty of Viet Nam, with 40 Vietnamese artists, has been released to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30).

 As many as 62 new bus routes will be launched in Hanoi by 2020 to meet the local demand and reduce traffic jams, according to Ha Huy Quang, Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Transportation.