The People’s Court in the central province of Ha Tinh on April 12 handed down a jail term of nine years, which will be followed by another five-year probation, to Tran Thi Xuan for attempt to overthrow the people’s administration.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said since April 11, it has diverted its flights from/to Europe away from the Black Sea area, which could be under influence of the rising tension in Syria.

 VN Index recovered and exceeded 1,170 points on April 12 after a nosedive of over 31 points on the previous day.

 Vietnam won four gold medals at the ongoing 80th Singapore Open Track and Field Championship.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam has decided to give a warning as a disciplinary measure against Tran Quoc Cuong, member of the CPV Central Committee and Deputy Secretary of Dak Lak.

Considered a country with great potential for solar and wind power, Vietnam continues to be one of the 12 ‘hotspots’ in the globe for coal-fired power development.

Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bang was recognised as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris on April 12.

 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will help Ho Chi Minh City to build a smart city plan, IFC Vice President for Asia and Pacific Nena Stoiljkovic told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on April 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of shops that only serve Chinese travelers and refuse Vietnamese customers have been increasing in Nha Trang, to the embarrassment of state and local officials.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Several coal-fired thermal power plants in Vietnam have begun applying a high-tech method to reduce emissions. 

Even though the State Professorship Council announced that the number of candidates meeting standards for the title of professor in 2017 was twice as many as the year before, educators say that Vietnam still lacks professors.

 Ho Chi Minh City announced a list of eight buildings that had been put into use without receiving a fire code certification.

Tran Quang Chieu, standing member of the National Assembly Finance and Budget Committee, explains why he went a step further and proposed a maximum of 99 years.

 Vietnam has got better connected with other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) thanks to a wide range of projects on transport infrastructure development conducted within this cooperation framework.

 The World Bank (WB) forecasts Vietnam’s economic growth to stabilise around 6.5 percent in 2018 in its East Asia-Pacific Economic Update released on April 12.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee urged the Government to publicize cases of wasteful spending during a discussion of the Government’s report on the fight against wastefulness on April 12. 

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 The Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) has recently launched an online bus ticket service on the Timbus app and timbus.vn, as well as a new door-to-door service.

 Vietnam has witnessed continued growth in its trade deficit with the Republic of Korea (RoK), due to the latter boosting its investment and exports to the former in a bid to cash in on tax cuts under trade pacts.

 The third Vietnam-Sri Lanka political consultation took place in Colombo on April 11, during which the two sides agreed to roll out measures to elevate the Vietnam-Sri Lanka partnership.