Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said that dirty food is not the major cause of cancer in Vietnam, but it is acute infection and chronic diseases.

 Local authorities of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai seized more than 1,600 items suspected to be made from ivory.

 HCM City Department of Transport plans to launch a public bicycle hire service in the city centre.

 The Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living ASEAN (HILL ASEAN) released the findings of its latest study titled “ASEAN’s Millennials: One size fit all? A generation gap in Asean” in HCM City on Friday.

 Average occupancy of five-star hotels was up four percentage points quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 10 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) to 74 per cent, according to a quarterly report by Savills Viet Nam.

 The construction ministry will study the legality of condotels and issue technical standards soon to ensure that the development of this new property product is on the right track.

 The rapid growth and increasing production of cement in Viet Nam raises questions of how to increase efficiency and minimise hazards to workers and the environment, said Swedish Ambassador to Viet Nam Pereric Hogberg at a Ha Noi workshop on Thursday.

 The service sector has reported a strong growth, thanks to the rising number of enterprises, especially in education and training, administrative operations and entertainment.

 Viet Nam’s U16 and U19 teams are in the No 1 seed group of the East zone to prepare for the draws of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tournaments, the AFC has announed.

 Viet Nam have been placed in Group H of the East zone qualifiers for the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship.

 Viet Nam won two gold medals at the ongoing Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Kazakhstan.

 HCM City must develop a roadmap to restrict the use of personal vehicles, especially motorbikes, experts have urged.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology and HCM City People’s Committee on Friday signed a co-operative agreement on science and technology development for 2017-2020 period.

 A class called “I Can Say No” at the Nguyen Van Troi Primary School in HCM City’s District 4 is teaching first graders how to handle inappropriate touching by adults and other children.

 In an effort to overcome current shortcomings and improve the efficiency of traditional markets, Hà Nội will review and adjust the market network in tandem with infrastructure planning.

Four Vietnamese game changers have made the Forbes 2017 Asia list of 30 under 30 who are challenging the conventional wisdom and rewriting the rules for the next generation of entrepreneurs, entertainers, educators and more.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled that four of the brightest high school students have been chosen to compete at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad this coming July 6-15 at Mahidol University in Thailand.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are struggling to reach the target of having wastewater treatment systems at all export processing zones, industrial parks and industrial complexes by 2020.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on April 21 to announce the ASEAN ICT Awards 2017 (AICTA).

 FPT Software expects to earn 200 million USD through the sale of automotive technology solutions and employ 8,000 people by 2020, the company said.