Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc today chaired the new government’s first national meeting to tackle the heated food safety issue.

The annual Ponagar Festival, the biggest of its kind in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, opened in Nha Trang city on April 27, drawing a crowd of pilgrims from the surrounding provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly 30 years and 13 new houses, the enamel washing basin and Russian-made pot Dang Van Chu bought is still well preserved.

 Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has allowed Cham Island Tourist Company Limited to launch a new and fascinating tour to explore the undersea world: walking tour under the sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - E-United has unexpectedly expressed its willingness to come back to Vietnam to develop the Guang Lian steel project which it once gave up because of financial problems. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located at the southern edge of Ha Long Bay, Bai Dong (the other name of Dragon Eye Island) is the island adjacently to Bai Tu Long, appealing the travelers by its natural white sand beach and unique scenery.

 The number of traffic accidents in the first four months of 2016 fell by 12.6 percent year on year to about 6,620 accidents, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

 China has increased the volume of water being released from Jinghong hydropower plant to the lower Mekong River.

 The Ministry of Health has warned that insecticide-resistant mosquitoes have appeared in the country and are liable to spread.

 Vietnam faces 14 trade safeguard lawsuits, Vietnam Airlines announces Q1 revenues, FLC Quang Binh complex halts construction over protest, Thaco kickstarts VND30 trillion expansion plan for 2016-2018, Vietnam April inflation at 4-year high

 The Department of Education and Training in HCM City has asked city districts to begin using the Vietnam Escuela Nueva (VNEN) methodology at more local schools in the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Prime Minister has approved a technical assistance project on “mainstreaming climate change mitigation into national infrastructure in the areas of energy and transport,” under the framework of the Clean Technology Fund. 

 International arrivals to Vietnam increased 17.8 percent against the same period last year to reach 3,248,634 at the end of April, according to General Statistics Office (GSO) figures.

 A survey publicised on April 26 by the Ministry of Home Affairs found that people in 10 selected Vietnamese provinces and cities are generally satisfied with local public administrative services.

 Deputy head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Bui Thanh Ha met with Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments Muhammad Mukhtar Jumu’ah in Cairo on April 26 to boost cooperation in the field in charge.

 Vietnam values Russia’s contributions to peace and stability in the Asia–Pacific region, Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich said on April 26.

 National singles ace Nguyen Tien Minh and nine other team members are representing Vietnam in the 2016 Badminton Asia Championships, taking place in Wuhan, China from April 26 to May 1. 

The State Bank of Vietnam on April 25 opened a gallery exhibiting Vietnamese money at its headquarters in Hanoi, the first of its kind in Vietnam. 

The ASEAN countries need to have a unanimous voice on the East Sea security and navigation safety issue, Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich has said at a meeting with his Thai counterpart Prawit Wongsuwan in Moscow, Russia.

Formosa Ha Tinh yesterday apologised for the recent inflammatory remarks by its PR guru Chou Chun Fan that suggested local people couldn’t expect to maintain their local environment if they wanted to have a modern steel industry.