The schedule for HCM City’s first bus rapid transit route and details of its construction have been finalised.

Da Nang will start construction of a road tunnel at the junction of Dien Bien Phu, Nguyen Tri Phuong and Le Do, with a total investment of VNĐ220 billion (US$9.77 million) in the third quarter of this year.

 Cars offering taxi services on technology platforms like GrabTaxi and Uber must put signs reading “TAXI E” [E for "electronic"] on their roofs, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has proposed.

 Nearly 9,000 litres of suspected smuggled petrol that was seized early last month originated from military sources, reported National Steering Committee 389.

 Many farmers who breed brackish-water shrimp in the Mekong Delta have cut back on production because of high salinity this year.

 Vietnam and China should promote friendship and mutual cooperation to bring practical benefits to their people, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi said.

 King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni and King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej on April 8 sent congratulatory messages to new President Tran Dai Quang.

 Delegates at a workshop asked for more specific procedures for small wind power projects, longer validity for investment and generation licences, and a stricter Standard Power Purchase Agreement (SPPA) from Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

 VietNamNet Bridge - This year the Forbes list named Cao Thi Ngoc Dung, Chair and CEO of Phu Nhuan Jewelry (PNJ), Thai Huong, Chair of TH Group, and Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Chair and co-founder of Sovico Holdings.

 The Prime Minister approved the portfolio for the World Bank-funded project “Vietnam energy efficiency for industrial enterprises” (VEEIE).

 National Assembly deputy Nguyen Xuan Thuy, the youngest deputy born in 1985, could not contain his displeasure when a report for the 2011-2016 tenure did not mention anything about the education sector.

  Due to large-scale investments of big players, series of luxury resort real estate projects were consecutively brought into the market only in a short time.

 Vietnamese labourers who want to work abroad in Taiwan have to pay higher fees than regulated by the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

 The following leaders of the National Assembly were elected at the ongoing 11th working session of the 13th Legislature.

Opening the market widely to foreign investors and developing infrastructure were the two important hallmarks of the Vietnam economy in the last 10 years under the management of the government headed by Nguyen Tan Dung.

 Despite shortcomings, the Government has secured noteworthy achievements in the last five years, which reflected the leadership quality of the 2011-2016 tenure.

  The Thai navy said they have detained another five Vietnamese vessels for illegally fishing in Thailand’s exclusive economic zone.

  Real estate is one of the areas that attracts great interest from investors in Việt Nam. However, investment in this sector is currently restricted by quite a few regulations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five in 10 Vietnamese use smartphones to shop, with thegrowth rate of online shopping in Vietnam 16.8% last year, the 3rd highest in the Asia – Pacific region.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Japan is considering inviting leaders of seven countries out of the Group of Seven or G7, including Vietnam, to attend an enlarged meeting of G7, scheduled to take place in central Japan in May.