The Vietnam Airlines Group earned syndicated revenue of VNĐ20.4 trillion (US$895.1 million) in the first quarter of this year, reaching 23.8 per cent of its yearly target.

 Stargazers in Vietnam are expected to see Lyrids meteor shower from midnight Saturday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to look into reports that many members of two families hold key administrative positions in two northern localities of Hai Duong and Hai Phong.

A plan of HCMC to treble the number of buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of 2017 might be in jeopardy as the CNG price has increased this year and is forecast to edge up further in the coming years.

Economists, warning about increasingly high investments by Chinese in Vietnam, are concerned that Chinese products made in Vietnam and bearing Vietnam labels may bring a bad reputation to Vietnam’s products.

Do Trung Ta, as a member of the Communist Party Committee, at the 1996 Central Conference II, asked for permission to bring the internet to Vietnam, with strong belief in Vietnamese technical staff. 

 Airports in major cities are increasingly overwhelmed with passengers, presenting a big challenge for tourism development as more than 80% of international visitors come to Vietnam by air, Savills said.

 A recent document issued by the Quang Ninh People’s Committee stated that real estate developer Sun Group is the only one chosen to develop a casino in Van Don Economic Zone.

 China imported up to half of Vietnam’s exported crude oil in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam General Customs Department.

 There will be major changes in railway services in Vietnam including early booking and big promotions according to the newly-appointed chairman of the Vietnam Railways Corporation, Vu Anh Minh.

 Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2017 has been projected at 6.5 per cent and CPI 4.9 per cent in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) released on April 19.

 Several NA deputies have urged that Hanoi People's Committee Chairman, Nguyen Duc Chung, to directly talk to people in My Duc District to quickly resolve an on-going dispute over a land plot.

 Ceres Negros of the Philippines crushed Vietnamese champions Hanoi FC 6-2 in a Group G match of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup at Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod city on April 19.

 The 20th anniversary of the enforcement of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) will be marked on April 26 in The Hague, an occasion to honour global efforts, including by Vietnam, to eradicate chemical weapons.

Sabeco reported good profit for 2016 and requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to hasten its equitisation this year, said Sabeco’s chairman Vo Thanh Ha at the company’s 2017 annual general meeting held on Tuesday.

 Thanh Thanh Cong Tay Ninh and Bien Hoa sugar companies plan to merge to create the largest sugar company in the Viet Nam’s stock market.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled that a group of eight of the brightest high school physics students in the country have been selected to take on the region’s best at the upcoming Asian Physics Olympiad in Russia.

 Vietnamese beer consumption is predicted to reach 4 billion litres in 2017, up from 3.78 billion litres in 2016.

 The cosmetics industry in Vietnam has experienced a burgeoning demand for premium products over the past decade, driven by a fast-growing market of women who increasingly want to buy luxurious products, say market researchers.

 Italy’s University of Brescia hopes to receive more Vietnamese students and postgraduates, headmaster of the university Maurizio Tira told Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien at their meeting in Lombardy on April 19.