Danang City’s Son Tra District have decided to install lights for a local park following a proposal of a student.

 The Vietnam Report in co-ordination with VietNamNet on April 12 announced the 2016 list of top 500 fastest growing and most prospective enterprises in Vietnam (FAST500) which has been held for the sixth consecutive year.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said after being appointed as Minister of Education, he had received of thousands of SMS messages making suggestions for the development of the education and training sector.

 Viettel has won a $1.5 billion bid in Myanmar to establish a 4G mobile network in the country.

Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam announced a bid to entice new investors to the group-led $8 billion Block B-O Mon gas exploitation and pipeline complex.

  VinaCapital’s Vietnam Opportunity Fund is now listed on London’s main stock exchange as part of the fund’s efforts to raise foreign investor interest in the Vietnamese market.

 China will continue discharging water from a hydropower station into the downstream Mekong River for drought relief, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said on April 12.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on April 12 sold the VND100 souvenir bill to mark its 65th founding anniversary (May 6, 1951).

 Chinese online marketplace Alibaba has struck a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Lazada Group SA, Southeast Asia's leading e-commerce platform, at a cost of US$1 billion.

 Four people died yesterday after suffocating from poisonous gas in an illegal gold mine in the central Quang Nam Province’s Nam Giang District.

 Vietnam ranks second in the number of overseas students in Japan as of May 2015, with 38,882 students, the latest statistics of the J apan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) revealed.

 Governor of Japan’s Mie prefecture, EIkei Sukuzi, hoped to bolster multi-faced cooperation with Vietnam, to further expand the two countries’ friendship and relations.

 The government members from the 2007-2011 and 2011-2016 tenures met with newly elected government members at a get-together in Hanoi on April 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - Developing closed supply chains appears to be the only solution for Vietnamese businesses to take full advantage of the preferences to be brought by free trade agreements (FTAs).

VietNamNet Bridge - Phung Xuan Nha has taken the mission of working as the ‘supreme commander’ of the education & training sector. Many tasks are awaiting to be done during his tenure.

VietNamNet Bridge - The receipts from tax collection are increasing steadily year after year, but are never enough to cover expenses. Experts have warned that higher taxes and fees will burden people and businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - An eleventh grader in Ben Tre City has successfully created a solar panel-run machine which can convert saltwater into fresh water.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rapid development of shrimp farming has contributed to serious environment pollution and mangrove forest devastation.

Vietnam remains a new bright spot for Korean investors in Southeast Asia, as evidenced by their increasing presence in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The four foreign giants that are forecast to make changes in the Vietnamese market in the future are South Korea's CJ Group, Ayala Corporation of the Philippines, and Thailand's SCG and Central Group.