Legislators have appreciated efforts by the President, Government, Prime Minister and chiefs of judicial agencies while commenting on their performance since 2011.

 President Truong Tan Sang asked Russia’s Primorye authorities to enlarge its market and connect with neighbouring regions so that Vietnamese products can get access to the Far East.

 The Ministry of Health has raised the warning level for the Zika virus nationwide after an Australian visitor tested positive on his return from Vietnam.

 The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of the Hanoi Software Technology Park as a concentrated information technology (IT) one in Long Bien district.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Among the cabinet members who are going to retire are Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh, and Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

After three weeks, a house weighing 2,600 tons in Dak Lak Province in Vietnam’s central highlands has been moved 70m away from its original position as planned by the Vietnam Company for Drooping, Sloping and Falling.

VietNamNet Bridge - With a height of 2m, 1.5m wide, the Easter egg was made in seven days by 10 bakers of the Topaz Restaurant in Hanoi. 

 Decree No. 11/2016/ND-CP dated February 3, 2016 guiding the implementation of some articles of the Labor Code is among new legal documents that take effect in April.

 Hanoi authorities have approved a project in principle to build a shopping centre and underground parking facility inside Thong Nhat Park, which was previously known as Lenin Park.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year Vietnam has about 200,000 new cases of cancer, with 75,000 deaths, making Vietnam one of the countries with the alarming rate of cancer.

 The first rainfall began spreading over the Mekong Delta last night, refreshing agricultural crops as well as lower temperatures after the long- lasting dry season in the region.

 Vietnam's workforce totaled 54.4 million people aged 15 and above in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 761,800 people year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Malaysian Public Bank Berhad (PBB) received a 100 per cent foreign-owned bank licence from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) last week.

Although the chances of Vietnam reaching the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifiers are slim, Vietnam will try to beat Iraq in the final match of the event’s second qualifying round to be held in Iran today.

 Binh Thuan won the 2016 Kedah International Dragon Boat festival which wrapped up in Tangjung Chali, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia over the weekend.

 The Ministry of Finance will co-ordinate with the Ministry of Transport and Hai Phong Port authority to deal with containers that are lying unused at Hai Phong Port by the end of April.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is entering the aging process at an unprecedented high speed, said Ms. Victoria Kwawa, Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.

Plans of increasing the percentage of foreign ownership will continue gripping the attention of investors when companies propose them in their annual general shareholder meetings normally taking place in the second quarter of the year.

 The south central province of Binh Thuan has issued a temporary ban on the exploitation of mollusc and bivalve across its sea waters from April 1 to July 31 with a view to restoring the marine resources.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand is taking measures to ensure Vietnamese fishermen being detained in the country are treated in line with local and international laws, Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh said on March 28.