Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 26 th ASEAN Summit in capital Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi city, Malaysia from April 26-27.

 President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 21, starting his three-day visit for the 2015 Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference.

 The United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Vietnam's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade between the country and Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - While other governments worldwide have set up national standards for indoor air, Vietnam, which faces serious air pollution, still does not have a set of standards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Modern civil aircraft could be hijacked by hackers from the ground, according to experts. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Everything has become as tangled as bamboo shavings as the Hanoi Education and Training Department has changed its decision on tests overnight.

Hanoi maps route for waste treatment, Hot weather hits northern, central, and southern region, Power to hold out during dry season, Hanoi honourable citizen title presented to Lao official, Construction begins on Vietnamese deer breeding centre

 The management authorities in cities and provinces across Vietnam are stepping up efforts to purge time-wasting investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - What did the government of Da Nang do to be at the top of the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) in 2014?

 Vietnam’s Next Top Model contest is set to begin its 6th season in May 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seventy-nine-year-old former Vietnamese commando Lam Son Nao still feels uncomfortable whenever he thinks about the moment he tried to recover 84 kilos of explosives that had been left near the USNS Core aircraft carrier.  

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VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in central Quang Tri Province have agreed to purchase a hydrofoil for commuting to Con Co Island, in an attempt to boost ocean and island tourism. 

 More than 970 trees of 70 different plant species across the nation have been recognised as Vietnam Heritage Trees, a conference was told in northern Phu Tho province on April 19.

 UK magazine, The Guardian, has listed Hai Van (Sea Cloud) Pass in Vietnam among the top 10 great scenic drives in the world.

 Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases have diagnosed Trypanosoma evansi, a kind of blood parasite affecting a large number of wild and domesticated animal species, in a patient admitted to the hospital.

Senior representatives from Australia’s Regional University Network are on a visit to Vietnam from April 20-24 to develop research partnerships with Vietnamese universities and institutes in agriculture, forestry and sustainable development.

 Four Vietnamese migrant workers died due to gas asphyxiation in Magas- the capital town of the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia, local newspaper reported on April 21.

 National carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced on April 20 that the assembly of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been completed.

 Vietnam’s 40-year reconstruction cause after its reunification in 1975 has been hailed as a success story, with major international organisations and media taking note of the country’s rapid socio-economic development.