VietNamNet Bridge - Eighty-five percent of textile and garment companies have outsourcing contracts with foreign partners, but the situation is expected to change when the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement becomes effective.

 Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung will represent Viet Nam at the Suzuki Asian Challenge Motorcycling Championship 2015 in Sepang, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have been placed in the Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign by a draw organised in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia yesterday, April 14.

 Temperatures in HCMC and some other southern provinces have dropped significantly following unseasonable rains in recent days, but heat waves are forecast to return this weekend due to a hot spell from the west. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The $1.5 billion Vietnamese spend every year on overseas study, in the eyes of analysts, is a reflection on the poor education at local schools. 

 The Sao Khue Award 2015 will be presented to 53 products and 16 services in the information technology sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran director Xuan Cuong's latest film on the Anti-American War in South Viet Nam will be released next week, as part of the Department of Cinematography's film screening to mark the 40th anniversary

 VietNamNet Bridge – American expat artist Heather McClellan will present her Vietnamese-inspired lacquer artworks at the Flex exhibition, which will open in Ha Noi from Friday, April 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's number one player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the second round of the ITF's Asian Closed Junior Championships, after beating India's Aryan Goveas on Monday

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the southern Kien Giang provincial authorities to finalise the Phu Quoc special economic zone master plan soon.

 Viet Film Fest to kick off with ‘Huong Ga’, Queen Mother’s rickshaw to be displayed in Hue, Watercolours paint a picture, HCM City to host 2nd Vietnam Book Day next week, Ceremony worships Deities of Earth and Crop in Hue

 The Vinacomin - Minerals Holding Corporation (VIMICO) will hold its initial public offering on April 23 on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hospital fees will continue to rise since staff salaries will be paid from hospitals' revenues from next year, the Ministry of Health's financial planning department has warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city's investigation police have arrested four persons for violating forest exploitation and protection regulations in the special-use Ba Na-Nui Chua zone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The traffic police in District 7 of HCM City were recently equipped with helmet cameras that, they said, would help them catch traffic violators with clear proof.

Experts estimate that 66 percent of computers in Vietnam have been infected with malware, which is a “relatively high” percentage, said Nguyen Huy Dung, deputy head of the Information Security Department. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite many efforts to improve the environment, air pollution caused by traffic activities has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years.

An estimated 617,895 international arrivals were recorded in Vietnam in March, down 10.4 percent from February and 12.9 percent from the same period last year, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline.

 The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has announced its investor for the development of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) portion of the Phu Quoc international passenger port.

 An estimated 30 hotels offering 5,000 rooms—including 3,600 five-star rooms—are scheduled to be newly available in Hanoi this year, according to the Hanoi Department of Statistics.