The 30th ASEAN Summit will take place in Manila, the Philippines, on April 28 and 29, with the attendance of leaders from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left Phnom Penh, Cambodia, early on April 26 for Vientiane, Laos, for an official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Thoonglun Sisoulith.

 The Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 25 evening.

 The People’s Court of Vinh Cuu district, the southern province of Dong Nai, gave imprisonment sentences to shooters of a gaur in a provincial sanctuary during a trial on April 25. 

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has sent a document guiding the provision of financial aid for those who supplied tourism services and were affected by the marine environment incident in the central region.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Angolan Minister of External Relations Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti have agreed to continue seeking specific measures to strengthen ties in prioritised areas.

 President Tran Dai Quang hailed the Vietnam visit by Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Chung Sye-kyun on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on April 25 for Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors to Vietnam Craig Chittick and Wendy Matthews. 

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed on various measures to bolster the countries’ multi-faceted relations at their talks in Phnom Penh on April 25.

Millions of young people in HCM City and the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta region have been captivated by a new TV programme featuring cai luong, a traditional southern music genre, produced by veteran artists.

 High-tech agricultural tourism attracts visitors, High-tech agricultural tourism attracts visitors, HCMC to auction nearly 4,000 resettlement apartments in Thu Thiem, Vietnam Motorcycle Show 2017 slated for early May in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines is no longer the solo player in the country's aviation market. More airlines, including newcomer Vietjet Air, have created a highly competitive market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The news that a seventh grader and her parents only knew about her pregnancy on the day she gave birth has rung the alarm bell over Vietnamese students’ lack of sex education.

In Vietnam, IT university graduates are plentiful, but the number of IT engineers qualified to meet requirements in the fourth industrial revolution is insufficient to meet demand.

 Incense offering commemorates outstanding general, Conference offers trade opportunities to Vietnam, China businesses, Photo exhibition on 1975 victory opens in Can Tho, Hanoi to host kite festival at LeParc by Gamuda

VietNamNet Bridge - Following 2016, considered by meteorological agencies to be the hottest year since 1880, hot spells this year are expected to come later and will be less severe.

 VietNamNet Bridge - An entertainment music show called “The Classic Timeline” will be held at Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang Street, My Dinh 2, Hanoi on April 29.

Luong Ngoc Khue, director general of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to the Hai Quan newspaper about the need to rein in the careless use of antibiotics in Viet Nam.

Photos of many memorable moments during the national liberation war, captured by Minh Loc as a field reporter at the Vietnam New Agency, have been presented to the public at a recent exhibition.

More than 860 people were killed in work-related accidents last year in Viet Nam, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.