Hanoi police on Monday reported they had detained a suspect for investigation into a cheating case related to property appropriation.

 Shortage of funding and trained personnel, as well as social discrimination, are undermining Vietnam’s hard-won success in combating the scourge of tuberculosis.

The sixth edition of INMEX Vietnam opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on March 29.

 The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products reached 7.6 billion USD in the first three months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 7.6 percent.

 The central city of Da Nang plans to petition the Prime Minister for adjustments to the Son Tra Master Plan in order to better protect the eponymous nature reserve.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will tighten regulations to ensure only qualified enterprises are permitted to provide guest worker services.

 Vietnam among Asian biggest spenders on infrastructure

Quang Binh, the land in Vietnam’s central region, is expected to have a new life as it has become the homeland of Kong and the area where many big real estate groups have landed. 

 Doctors of the HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have successfully performed a congenital heart surgery for a premature baby weighing 900grams, the lightest patient ever to receive the surgery.

 Founded in 2013, Vietnam’s first forum for cyber security research community, the whitehat.vn, which is commonly known as a forum for “white-hat hackers”, has more than 31,000 members.

 Vietnam shared one point with Afghanistan at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2019’s third qualifier after their hard-fought match ended in draw 1-1 on March 28.

 Hanoi is calling for investments into wastewater treatment projects from 2016 – 2020, in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

 Strategic investors may sell their shares in a State-owned enterprise (SOE) three years after the firm is equitised, according to the Ministry of Finance.

 Shares retreated on March 28 on the two national stock exchanges as investors booked short-term profits on fears of a possible downward correction.

Reports from the Trade Map of ITC and the World Bank show that Vietnam imported $500 million worth of cosmetics in 2011 and $1.1 billion in 2016, while the figure is expected to double by 2020 to $2.2 billion.

 The sudden surge in domestic rice prices in this year’s winter-spring crop has made a number of rice exporters suffer from losses in the first quarter.

 Vietnam has been attracting a lot of attention from investors in the Republic of Korea (RoK) thanks to her active global economic integration and engagement in free trade agreements.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held a press conference on March 28 to update the media on the unexploded ordnance contamination and the settlement of post-war UXO consequences in Vietnam.

 Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional relationship with Mozambique and wishes to promote multi-faceted cooperation between the nations, particularly in national defence, said a senior officer.

 President of the Council of States of Switzerland Ivo Bischofberger arrived in Hanoi on March 28 to begin his official visit till March 31 at the invitation of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.