At least six tonnes of clotted oil, spread over seven kilometres (km) of central Quang Tri Province's beaches, were collected today, the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment said.

  The board of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh Province has launched legal proceedings against two poachers accused of violating regulations on protection of endangered animals.

  Viet Nam won two gold medals at the 77th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships 2015 at the Singapore Sports Hub National Stadium.

  The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper yesterday published a report that said caregivers at a welfare centre in HCM City smacked HIV-positive children and used slippers to force them to eat.

 The information and communications ministry yesterday decided to fine Viet Nam Television VND50 million (US$2,300) for broadcasting the Asia's Got Talent 2015 show without obtaining the ministry's permission.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam yesterday urged airline services to study and quickly add ambulifts to their equipment, if needed.

 Authorities from the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan have called for investment support from the Government and the World Bank in Vietnam to build a system of water reservoirs to cope with the prolonged droughts seen in recent years.

 With ordinary passports, Vietnamese citizens can travel freely to 44 countries in the world without needing to first obtain a visa.

 On April 7, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Beijing, beginning his official four-day visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping. 

 Russian and international media ran articles April 6-7 reporting on the Vietnam visit by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

  The Vietnamese Government has ratified a trade agreement with Laos, inked on March 3 this year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese tourism authority has launched what is seen as the biggest travel promotion program of the year to fuel domestic travel growth and arrest the continued fall in international visitor arrivals.

VietNamNet Bridge - The weaker euro and lower consumer spending are making it more difficult for Vietnamese exporters to enter the European market.

 Action movie Furious 7 has taken $384 million (£257 million) at the global box office in its opening weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has said that dividends each commercial bank can pay to their shareholders must not be higher than 9 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chen Kieu Pagoda (Sro Loun) is a Khmer-styled pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Y Ty, one of the poorest communes in Lao Cai Province's Bat Xat District, has become an attractive tourism destination in recent years due to its natural beauty.

Given that imports of completely built cars (CBU) from China is increasing massively as the import tariff on CBU is lower than those of auto components, the Vietnam Mechanics Association has filed a petition asking for the government’s help.

 An explosion has ripped through a chemical plant in south-eastern China's Fujian province, sparking a major fire.

 South Korea's Samsung Electronics has forecast a quarterly operating profit of about 5.9 trillion won ($5.44bn; £3.65bn) for the first three months of 2015.