The Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed at new record highs after US tech firms reported strong first quarter profits.

 The Hanoi Parking Company held a ceremony on April 24 to inaugurate an automated multi-storey car park in Tran Nhat Duat Street in Hanoi.

 Up to 4 trillion VND (186.4 million USD) is spent on educational programmes in Ho Chi Minh City every year, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan.

 The Ministry of Public Security announced the decision to establish an Investigation Police Department on Economic and Corruption-related Crimes on April 24.

 Tai grabs 14th stage of HCM City Television Cycling Cup; Wushu artists to train in China for Southeast Asian Games; Huy and Tram take national chess championships titles 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ranked seventh with 17 points after 10 rounds has been an unexpected success for V.League newcomers Sanna Khanh Hoa.

 Minister of National Defence Gen. Phung Quang Thanh has thanked the US for its double increase of funding for post-war bomb and mine clearance, saying that this will help Vietnam deal with the war aftermath and bring a peaceful life for the people.

President Truong Tan Sang joined other leaders from some 100 Asian and African nations in a ceremony held on April 24 to mark 60 years of the Asian-African Conference 1955, or the Bandung Conference, in Indonesia’s Bandung city.

The Foreign Ministries of Vietnam and Paraguay held their first political consultation in Hanoi on April 24, during which they agreed to accelerate negotiations for the signing of agreements, thus creating a legal framework for bilateral cooperation.

 Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh on April 24 said that Vietnam vehemently protests against Canada’s passage of the S-129 Bill or the so-called Journey to Freedom Day Act.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The South African team, newcomers to the 2015 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition, will perform the curtain-raiser on April 28, said the organising committee at a media briefing yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some of Norway's top orchestral musicians and internationally famed opera artists like Siri Torjesen, Magnus Staveland, and Cho Hae Ryong will join the HBSO Symphony Orchestra and Choir for concerts

Young Hanoi team tries to rescue dogs, cats, Forest land dwindles in Central Highlands’ localities, EVN says sorry for BinhThuan pollution, More than 300 workers hospitalized after food poisoning, Hanoi hospitals face water shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 400 patients have been treated through stem cell transplant therapy across Viet Nam since the first case was recorded in HCM City two decades ago, a report revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three commune officials in central Thua Thien, Hue Province have been caught using fake high school diplomas.

 Free entry to ocean festival in Nha Trang, Fifteen outstanding architecture solutions to go on show, Exhibition on lives of queen mothers opens, Exhibition features Hanoi’s water, Two big festivals to come up in Vung Tau this week

The Chair of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, Doan Nguyen Duc, one of Wall Street Journal’s 20 most powerful Asian business people in 2011, tops the list of the “big bosses” with high monthly salaries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a two-hour ride from the centre of Thanh Hoa Province, 150 km south of Hanoi, I finally reached its principal tourist attraction, Cam Luong fish stream, lying at the foot of Truong Sinh Mountain in Luong Ngoc Village.

Final clinical trials of a malaria vaccine - the first to reach this stage - suggest it could help protect millions of children against malaria.

 VietNamNet Bridge – How will the position of the three state commercial joint stock banks in Vietnam - Vietinbank, Vietcombank, BIDV - change after their mergers?