The overall unemployment rate in Vietnam fell in the last months of 2016 but the graduate unemployment rate actually increased.

 A report on imports and exports in 2016 was officially launched for the first time yesterday in Ha Noi, with an aim to successfully implement the import-export strategy in the 2011-20 period with a vision to 2030.

 Viet Nam posted a year-on-year GDP growth of 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, slower than the previous two years at 5.48 and 6.12 per cent, respectively.

White Liliumlongiflorum, known as Easter lilies are in full bloom blanketing every corner of Hanoi’s streets in white colours. Here’s some beautiful photos of Easter lilies.

PetroVietnam and the Long Son Petrochemical Complex on March 29 signed  a joint venture contract and a capital transfer contract between LSP’s foreign partners – Qatar’s Petroleum International Vietnam and Siam Cement Group of Thailand.

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) coordinated with its partners to review a project establishing a sustainable Tra fish (pangasius) supply chain in Vietnam (SUPA) in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29.

 A training course was held in Hanoi on March 29 to equipped officers who are going to join UN peacekeeping missions in 2017 with skills to handle bombs, mines and explosive materials.

 Vietnam resolutely protests against Taiwan (China)’s live-fire drill in waters around Ba Binh in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and demands that Taiwan not to repeat such activity.

Thailand has announced its final decision for anti-dumping investigations into certain hot dip plated or coated with aluminum zinc alloy of cold rolled steel and painted hot dip galvanized of cold rolled steel imported from Vietnam.

 The trailer of the upcoming television series Living with Mother-in-law, which was released on March 21, has attracted a record-breaking 7.3 million views on its Facebook fan page.

 FPT Information System (FPT IS) last week put into operation the Integrated VAT Administration System (IVAS) worth US$33.6 million developed for the Tax Department of Bangladesh after 12 months of implementation.

 Some 1,000 tons of harvested sugarcane in Ninh Hoa Town in Khanh Hoa Province remains unused on the field after an environmental incident at Khanh Hoa sugar refinery two weeks ago, Nguoi Lao Dong reports.

 Many agricultural experts believe an increase in the farmland limit and land accumulation should be done in a careful manner, or else farmers would become impoverished, heard the 2017 Spring Agriculture Forum in Hanoi this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If nothing changes, ceiling prices on dairy products for children under six will be removed on April, 1.

 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple Inc after the embarrassing withdrawal of the fire-prone Note 7s.

VietNamNet Bridge - The real estate market saw a boom in M&A deals in the second half of 2016 and the trend continues in the first months of 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An excess of toll collection stations and high fees on BOT (Build-Operation-Transfer) highways have angered local people and commuters,

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Korea should share its experiences and assist Viet Nam in perfecting its legal framework on environmental issues, 

 HCMC, the country’s most vibrant economic center, has won the hearts of many visitors, including those from abroad, thanks to an abundance of dining venues where food lovers can enjoy tasty dishes of different areas of the country.

 Pianists will gather at a Passionato concert which the Saigon Classical Music Group will hold on March 31 at the Southern Women’s Museum in District 3, HCMC.