Rescue forces have found a body identified as a crewman of the Hai Thanh 26 ship which sank at sea off southern Vung Tau City three days ago, said an official from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

 Fiscal and monetary policies have been on the right track since early this year, members of the National Advisory Council on Fiscal and Monetary Policies confirmed at their quarterly meeting recently held in Hanoi. 

 Q1's CPI highest in recent 3 years

 The police of northern Ha Nam province and the Police Department for Drug-related Crimes Investigation under the Ministry of Public Security have broken up a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

More than 40 influential corporate executives, including billionaires from countries and territories worldwide, attended an event entitled “Vietnam – hidden beauty 2017” at the Temple of Literature on March 30. 

 More than 250 exhibitors will take part in a digital and technology forum to be held in HCM City from April 12 to 14.

Credit rating agency Moody’s has said that the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) is the bank with the best asset quality in Vietnam.

Vingroup, owned by Pham Nhat Vuong, and Vietjet, owned by Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, two dollar billionaires on Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s billionaires, had good business performances in 2016. 

 The "Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam" project has brought significant improvement to the pangasius supply chain, resolving environmental concerns, improving efficiency and ensuring consistent quality.

 Viet Nam reported a trade deficit of US$1.9 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on Wednesday.

 Recreational abuse of synthetic drugs is becoming increasingly popular among Vietnamese youth who want to get “high”. 

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) FC will welcome star midfielder Tran Minh Vuong back to action this weekend after his absence.

 The ASEAN Community and social-labour issues were highlighted at a training conference hosted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 30.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade on March 30 officially decided to levy anti-dumping duties on imported coated steel from mainland China (including Hong Kong) and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Following Viettel’s and FPT’s success, several information and communications technology (ICT) enterprises have started “cultivating” foreign markets. 

 There is basic compatibility between provisions of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and Vietnamese laws, but implementation has been inadequate, experts say.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is drafting a law on supporting credit institutions to restructure and resolve bad debt in an effort to quicken the process.

 Standard medical wastewater treatment systems have been set up in only 60 percent of total 13,000 healthcare clinics nationwide, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a conference held in Hanoi on March 30.

 HCM City attracted 574.71 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 56.7 percent, according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment. 

  Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission on Economic Affairs Nguyen Van Binh had a meeting with a delegation of specialists from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Hanoi on March 30.