An article published on The Diplomat magazine has looked for the reason behind an increasing number of people in the Republic of Korea learning Vietnamese, a less familiar language compared to English.

 Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in April went up 0.08 percent monthly and 2.75 percent annually, pushing up the four-month figure by 2.8 percent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on April 29. 

 Seven flights of low-cost airline Vietjet Air were cancelled on April 29 after a plane of this carrier was hit by a bird last night, according to a Vietjet Air spokesperson.

After the victories of the Hue-Da Nang Campaign and the Tay Nguyen Campaign, the Politburo decided to launch the Ho Chi Minh Campaign on April 9, 1975 to liberate Saigon.

January 2018 witnessed many IPOs of large corporations, including Binh Son Petrochemistry & Refinery JSC (BSR, UpCom), PVOil (OIL, UpCom), PVPower (POW, UpCom) and the Vietnam Rubber Group (GVR, UpCom).

 Vietnam can expect its fintech ecosystem to grow in the near future should it pay attention to the funding issue, growing talent in the field, and a legal framework to support such growth.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has agreed with the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to exempt three airlines from import tax.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say it is time for Vietnam to focus on quality, rather than quantity, of tea exports.

 The textile and garment industry earned US$31 billion from exports last year, a year-on-year increase of over 10 per cent.

VietNamNet Bridge - Twenty-one tons of coffee in Dak Nong province made of battery powder have been seized as ‘dirty coffee’. However, no one can define what ‘clean coffee’ means.

 Irrationalities in urban planning and management have led to an overly dense urban population and an overloaded transport infrastructure in the capital city of Hà Nội, affecting the lives of local residents.

 The landfall of foreign e-commerce giants arriving to Vietnam is not only a threat for traditional retailers but also an opportunity to streamline and improve their operation methods.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Myanmar President Win Myint on April 28 on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on late April 28, concluding his trip to Singapore for an official visit and to attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

 The foreign ministers of the Group Seven (G7) expressed concern about the situation in the East and South China seas in the communiqué issued following their meeting in Toronto early this week. 

 Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) raised about 21 trillion VND (922 million USD) in its initial public offering (IPO) on April 27.

 After mobile operators announced a temporary halt of scratchcard payments in the past few days, digital and online gaming businesses said they had been hit hard.

 SCG, a Thai-owned Southeast Asian conglomerate, reported first quarter revenue from sales of VND6 trillion (US$267 million) from its Viet Nam operations, a 10 per cent year-on-year increase.

 Viet Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) raised about VND21 trillion ($922 million) in its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday.

 Three out of twelve account holders at the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) had been reimbursed in full on Friday, following a series of unauthorised transactions from their accounts on Wednesday night.