A terrible heat wave starts hitting the northWestern provinces and the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Phu Yen on April 20 with its peak temperature up to 35- 37 degrees Celsius.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has tightened credit flow into the real estate sector which has been in an uptrend since early this year while HCMC Real Estate Association has warned of a virtual fever in property prices in some districts.

Disadvantaged groups are not benefiting from the new Law on Forest and Development, experts said at a conference Wednesday in Ha Noi on amendments to the fifth draft of the Law on Forest and Development.

 Just a few hours a week of moderate exercise may not prevent all heart attacks, but it could make the difference in who survives one, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Garbage and wastewater pollution from factories is threatening the Lam River and its arms in the central province of Nghe An.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stringent regulations regarding foreign loans are influencing the disbursement of loans committed by lending organisations to carry out projects in Viet Nam, 

 Registration for the 2017 high school graduation and college entrance exams has drawn to a close after 20 days, with nearly 860,000 students registered, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) announced on April 20.

 The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) began trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on April 21 with shares, coded PLX, starting at 43,200 VND (1.9 USD).

 The coast guards of Vietnam and China conducted a joint fishery patrol on shared fishing grounds in the Tonkin Gulf from April 18-20, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported. 

 The Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB) is negotiating with foreign partners to sell a stake in excess of 50 per cent.

The Duoc Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG) approved increasing its foreign ownership limit to 49 per cent at the company’s annual general meeting on April 18. 

 Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and national carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) are completing the necessary procedures to open direct air routes to the United States in 2018.

 ANZ Vietnam will be offloading its retail banking arm to Shinhan Vietnam by the end of 2017, to focus primarily on its institutional banking in the country, ANZ Vietnam said in its latest press release.

With the listed price of VND43,200 ($1.9) per share, Petrolimex’s market capitalisation stands at $2.46 billion, making it the ninth largest Vietnamese enterprise in this respect on the stock market. 

 Viet Nam is forecast to be the fastest growing convenience store market in Asia by 2021, according to new data released by international grocery research organisation the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

 Dozens of paintings featuring the rhino have been made on many streets in HCM City which aims to raise awareness in protecting the endangered animal.

 Many Vietnamese parents want children to study majors which are thought to be easy to get a well-paid job after graduation, but often ignore what the children actually want to study.

 To-be-bankrupt financial and credit institutions may have to refund their individual customers using support loans from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) and other financial firms.

 Viet Nam will inspect a sample from every batch of tra fish exported to the US to check them for food safety, according to a new ministerial decision.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average price for imported pork is now $1.2 per kilo, or VND27,000, while the domestic pork price has dropped dramatically to a 30-year low.