The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's (HBSO) chamber music on April 9 will feature top Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy and the well-known Trio Fugu from the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes to collect a total of VND1.3 trillion (US$60.4 million) from a programme titled Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) this year.

 The Hue Golden Week of Tourism will take place on April 22-28 with a series of promotions at heritage sites, offering visitors an eclectic choice of discounted tours and bonus services.

 The Vietnam-India IT and Foreign Language Centre was inaugurated in Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province on April 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's biggest electro and experimental music event, the Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival, will start on Thursday.

 A company based in the central province of Khanh Hoa was recently recognised as the owner of the biggest number of salangane islands and the highest yield of natural salangane nests in Asia.

 Two US Navy vessels arrived at Tien Sa port in central Da Nang city on April 6, commencing a five-day visit to the coastal locality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young rising star Nguyen Tran Trung Quan won the New Artist and Album of the Year at the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards.

Deputy PM Phuc receives Lao Minister of Home Affairs, Algerian ambassador considers economic ties a priority mission, NA website upgraded, NA Standing Committee convenes 37th session, Vietnam, Malaysia share anti-corruption experience

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong pushed for the early signing of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union while meeting with Russian Prime Minister yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate found violations at five universities during an inspection of their administrations and finances.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese-owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group has received approval from the government to import 50,000 tons of sugar made in Laos, creating concern among domestic sugar companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After Ms. Dao Thi Thuy resigned as the Chair of OceanBank, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) appointed Mr. Do Thanh Son as it representative to manage operations of OceanBank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of young people on the evening of April 4 carried telescopes to gather in front of the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi to watch the full lunar eclipse.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province on Monday organized an urgent meeting after being informed of the Pomina 3 Steel Factory’s loss of radioactive sources.

Toyota Vietnam may stop producing cars in Vietnam and instead import cars into the country to benefit from the tax cut roadmap from ASEAN, said Director General of Toyota Vietnam Joint Venture Yoshihisa Maruta at TMV’s recent meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge – A rickshaw used by Queen Mother Tu Minh (King Thanh Thai’s mother) will be taken from France to Vietnam on April 14.

 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on April 7 for his official four-day visit to China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being in a middle-income country like Vietnam, investors should practice prudence when it comes to developing megaprojects. Business is business. Romance has no place in the profit-seeking business world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Successfully organizing the 132nd Inter-Parliament Union (IPU-132) Assembly and promoting cooperation with nations in the Oceania are remarkable diplomatic highlights in March.