Vietnam's No 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped to 901st place from 870 in the ATP rankings, which were released earlier this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been unintentionally importing pollution because of loopholes in management over scrap imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has asked for the government’s permission for the export of lump coal and dust coal in the 2016-2020 period.

 Vietnam’s headline inflation rate increased by 1.69 per cent in the first quarter of this year, putting pressure on the new Government to curb the rate going forward, according to a quarterly report on macroeconomic growth.

 Vietnamese deposits overseas, which were previously negligible, skyrocketed to hit 7.3 billion USD as of the third quarter of 2015, it was reported at a conference in Hanoi on April 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - About 4.8 million children at preschools throughout the country face high risks – food contamination, accidents and child abuse.

 Vietnam and the European Union have agreed that the Timber Legality Assurance System of Vietnam (VNTLAS) will be applied for wood and wood products exported to the EU, and also to other countries and in the domestic market.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on April 13 handed down death penalties to two men involved in a case of smuggling 11.8kg of drugs.

 Leaders worldwide have sent messages to congratulate Tran Dai Quang on his election as the new President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 12 appointed Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of Military Zone 1, as Deputy Minister of Defense

Vietnam attaches importance to the Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme – a joint effort among the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, the Vietnam Programme at the Harvard Kennedy School and the UNDP, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the National Satellite Center, it is expected that this September, the satellite MicroDragon will be manufactured and available for launching in September 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bankers have been repeatedly warned about the high risks they would face when investing in the aviation sector, but they still harbor the ‘airline dream’.

 From July 1, prices of autos with engine capacity of below 1,500 cubic centimeters are expected to fall by at least US$500 a unit while prices of cars with engines of over 2,000 cubic centimeters would soar due to special consumption tax change.

Local firms may not be able to avail themselves of the benefits ushered in by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement due to poor awareness of copyright law. 

  “Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung won a ticket to the Rio Olympics yesterday after her victory against Taiwanese fencer Tiffany Dell’Aquila in the sabre final of the Asia-Pacific zone qualification.

 The first-ever auto-racing circus to meet international standards will open soon in the southern province of Long An.

 The Ministry of Health has sent an urgent notice to the National Steering Committee, which confirmed there was no evidence to prove the non-prescribed sale of salbutamol for animal breeding.

 Mobifone was ranked second among the top 20 most valuable ASEAN telecom brands by the UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, Deputy General Director of the firm Nguyen Manh Hung announced on April 13.

The Hanoi Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department continues intensifying fire prevention inspections and increasing the maintenance of fire safety systems from one to four times per year.