Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Ministry of Planning and Investment and other ministries and agencies to promptly reach consensus to fulfill the growth target of 6.7 percent in 2016.

 General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Bounnhang Volachith will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam from April 25-27.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken compared notes on measures to enhance the relationship between Vietnam and the US.

Vietnam is determined to improve its investment and business environment to create more favourable conditions for foreign investors, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed while receiving Chairman of the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group Jonathan Choi.

Vietnam treasures its relations with Japan and considers the country a high-priority partner in its foreign policy, affirmed President Tran Dai Quang at his reception for the special advisor to Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists from the Geophysics Institute, an arm of the Vietnam Science & Technology Academy, have reassured the public that the recent earthquakes in Bac Tra My district of Quang Nam province were ‘anticipated’.

 The government may find it difficult to mobilise sufficient capital to reach its ambitious growth target for the 2016-2020 period due to budget woes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, erosion sewers out500 hectares of land in the Mekong Delta and leaves local people living in fear.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drafting a legal document on allowing Vietnam to receive the venture capital flow, which is hoped to turn Vietnam into a country with startup movement.

 Vietnam has seen a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in its property market in 2016, a trend expected to continue throughout the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ca Mau peninsula is continuing to sink, according to research by the Southern Region Geological Mapping Federation under the General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam.

A string of violations uncovered in the construction investment management of National Highway 5’s extension running from North Thang Long – Van Tri urban area to Chui Bridge in Hanoi’s Long Bien district were recently exposed to the public.

 An international conference on the problems of digital television broadcasting was held on April 21 in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Visiting experts from the International Monetary Fund affirmed their fund’s further collaboration with Vietnam in the coming time during their meeting with Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Economic Affairs.

 Remarks in the US Human Right Report Remarks are biased and fails to provide accurate overview of the execution of human rights in Vietnam.

 A crewmember on the Korean-flagged Loihope cargo ship was found dead yesterday, having apparently fallen in the ship’s cargo hold.

 The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs here has suspended two officials of a training centre, until their role in the mass escape of 447 drug addicts was determined.

 Hailstorms and whirlwinds have plagued many localities over the past few days, causing a number of injuries and fatalities and damaging thousands of houses, officials reported.

The enhancement of international cooperation as well as the implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements has helped Vietnam prevent domestic drug crime efficiently, Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong said.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has two new vice chairmen, elected at the 21st session of the 13th municipal People’s Council on April 21.