As a gateway of the northern region of Vietnam with many special tourism products, the northern province of Yen Bai has prepared activities for the Lao Cai – Northwest National Tourism Year 2017.

 Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-19 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

A fire at a pig farm in Gia Lai Province killed more than 1,000 pigs on Thursday, with damages of over VNĐ1 billion (US$44,400). 

 Hanoi and HCM City authorities have asked to tighten management over Uber and Grab operations as they claim the services are causing congestion and affecting traffic planning.

 Vietnam may surpass China to become one among 10 countries with the most serious environmental pollution in the world by 2035 if the country continues maintaining the current industrial development, experts warned.

 HCM City once was called the “Pearl of the Far-East” during the French colonial period, however, in the middle of District 1 is a slum where the houses are so small that a family has no space to eat a meal together.

 Terraced rice fields make a spectacular place for photography and those in northwestern Lai Chau Province have become a tourist destination in summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Asset recovery in civil lawsuits, particularly those relating to major economic corruption, remains low as authorities have found it difficult to verify the financial status of defendants, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to establish three more hi-tech agriculture parks by 2020 with the aim of becoming one of the country’s leading cities in high-tech agricultural development.

The Viet Nam National Opera and Ballet and Spanish musicians will perform classical operas, music pieces and ballets at Ha Noi Opera House on April 14 and 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's Tuong Linh passed 30 contestants at the final night to become the winner of Miss Asia Beauty 2017 held recently in Thailand.

 At least 2,765 communes (equivalent to 31%) and 38 districts nationwide will be recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of 2017.

 Three people died and one was seriously injured in an explosion occured in Thanh Minh Hamlet, Truc Phu Commune, Truc Ninh District, Nam Dinh Province at 9:00pm on April 13.

 “Sac bua” (Tet greeting) singing in Phu Le commune, Ba Tri district, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, has been named national intangible cultural heritage.

 The number of Americans filing for unemployment aid unexpectedly fell last week and consumer sentiment rose early this month amid continued optimism over household finances, 

If embezzlement continues, breakthrough reforms initiated by local authorities will not bring the desired effects, Dang Dinh Dao from the Institute for Economics & Development Studies has said.

 Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco) posted a record revenue of 65.8 trillion VND (3 billion USD) in 2016, a growth of 44 percent against the previous year.

 The real estate market in HCM City has continued its positive growth late 2016 with many new projects launched, particularly in the mid-end segment, in the first quarter of this year.

The fourth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau and Yunnan province of China in May.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to implement a national action programme addressing the consequences of bombs and mines left over from war in 2016-2020.