VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Ha Terracotta Park in Hoi An will introduce a statue garden to create more art space on April 30th.

 The 2017 Hue Festival, themed “The Quintessence of Vietnamese Crafts”, will take place from April 28 to May 2 in the former imperial capital of Hue, to restore and develop traditional trade villages for tourism.

 Foreigners working in Vietnam may be required to pay social insurance under a recent draft decree from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

 Smartphone adoption in Vietnam is now at 72 percent and the same as in the US, but a far higher proportion of Vietnamese travelers use smartphones to research hotels and travel than people in the US do.

 The Petrolimex Joint Stock Insurance Company (PJICO) has begun selling shares to foreign strategic investors, the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) on April 25 heard.

 Australia’s Gloria Jean’s Coffee Vietnam has closed its last coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City, in the Phu My Hung urban area of District 7, after ten years in Vietnam.

 Export turnover for vegetables has reached $857 million this year up to April 15, an increase of 30 per cent year-on-year and bringing in $8.2 million to Vietnam each day.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport on adjusting plans to expand Tan Son Nhat Airport, increasing capacity to 43-45 million passengers a year and creating 80-85 aircraft parking slots.

 This year’s Vietnam Mobile Day event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 20, in Hanoi on May 27, and in Da Nang on June 3 will cover more than 100 topics in mobile business trends such as mobile e-commerce, mobile business, and mobile technology.

 The information technology (IT) sector is entering a hot growth period. However, Vietnam’s IT human resources are alarmingly lacking both in quantity and quality, as commented by deputy prime minister Vu Duc Dam.

 Most banks of small and medium size are mulling over scaling up capital sources to boost their financial strength.

 In recent years, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals increased tremendously both in number and value. While many enterprises have made great progress after M&A, some unfortunate transactions have left a bitter aftertaste for both sellers and buyers.

 Higher fuel quality requirements have perplexed Vietnam’s major oil refineries.

 Customs officers at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport have seized 3 kilos of suspected rhino horn brought from Myanmar on April 25.

 Gui Xing Liang, 47, a Chinese national, was sentenced to two years in prison by the Hanoi People’s Court on April 25 for theft onboard a Vietnam Airlines flight last November.

 Enterprises from the German state of Hessen see potential to invest in Vietnam, heard a conference held by the Economic Council of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Frankfrut am Main on April 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young composer Khac Hung won the Musician and Music Producer of the Year at the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In four years, from 2011 to 2015, more than 50 per cent cent of all monitored days in Viet Nam posted low air quality. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 859,800 candidates completed registration for the national high school examination on April 20, with nearly 75 per cent opting for college admission via high school exam results, 

 The three-member Vietnamese team, EDMTDevDTU, from Duy Tan University in Da Nang City competed in the Southeast Asia regional finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017 in Manila, the Philippines.