Japan’s JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation last week officially agreed to purchase an 8 per cent stake in state-run Petrolimex, which holds 55 per cent of the local petroleum retail market share.

Leading European airports company Aeroport de Paris and Vietnam’s biggest airport operator Airports Corporation of Vietnam are expected to begin negotiations on a stake sale next month.

 Rocket Internet is jumping ship and divesting itself of unprofitable Asian fashion portal Zalora business units in both Vietnam and Thailand, according to TechCrunch media.

Vietnam won a bronze medal in the men’s team sabre event at the Asian Fencing Championships which ended in Wuxi, China, yesterday. 

 Gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh and Pham Phuoc Hung have qualified to represent Vietnam at the 2016 Olympic Games, following their performances at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil.

VietNamNet Bridge - The lives of hundreds of thousands of households in the downstream Ba River has been upset since the day the An Khe-Kanak blocked the stream to store water for electricity generation in September 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Domestic organizations, stage agencies and businesses remain passive in handling  security vulnerabilities, which brings high risks to networks, especially servers.

 “Just PHO you” is a highlight of the cuisine week featuring Vietnamese food in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from April 11-18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some psychologists believe that sex education must start when children are three years old, but some teachers believe that this is not suitable for an Asian country like Vietnam.

While the Ministry of Construction (MOC) believes that ranking apartments will help define selling prices and provide information about apartment management fees, some analysts say other countries do not use such a system. 

 The fourth negotiation round on the Trade Promotion and Facilitation Agreement in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area opened in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 Overseas Vietnamese in Switzerland and the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association held an exhibition and a forum on Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea in Geneva on April 16.

 The old city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam and Naha city, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, have come to an agreement on the third phase of the Eco-city Achievement Support Project.

All forces should be mobilised to cope with severe drought and saline intrusion in order to ensure food and fresh water for daily usage, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said at a meeting yesterday.

 Health insurance is scheduled to start covering payments for HIV/AIDS patients at 18 hospitals and preventive health centres as from early 2017 as international aid for free anti-retroviral medicine and treatment will stop in 2018.

 Four out of 25 self-nominated candidates running for seats in the HCM City’s People’s Council for 2016 – 2021 were approved to the shortlist of 175 qualified candidates during the third consultative conference organised in HCM City on April 17.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi met with Secretary of Shanghai Party Committee Han Zheng and Vice Governor of Zhejiang province Liang Liming as part of his working visit to the Chinese localities from April 10-14.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin discussed how to boost cooperation between the two countries across the fields during their annual meetings in HCM City and Phu Quoc (Kien Giang province) from April 16-17.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17.

 Central agencies and localities across the country have completed the third consultation round, approving 1,121 eligible candidates to run for the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA).