The Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2018 will take place from April 4-8 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The General Statistics Office (GSO) has submitted to the Prime Minister a statistical project on how to measure the non-observed economy, including underground and illegal economic activities that affect the scale of the economy.

 Concerns over complicated procedures arose after Ho Chi Minh City authorities issued a decision requiring all buildings higher than 20 floors to be equipped with a rooftop helipad fire and emergency rescue.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on April 4 for Cambodia to attend the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap from April 4-5 at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. 

More than 500 teachers in Dak Lak province have been warned that their labor contract will end in April, while thousands of teachers in Gia Lai province have been told that their jobs will be cut. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Once the EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) is signed and the tariff is cut to zero percent, textile and garment exports to the market may obtain 7-8 percent growth rate per annum, experts say.

Doctor Tran Hong Thai, deputy director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, talks about his agency’s efforts to produce reliable weather forecasts on par with those of foreign peers.

Though Vietnamese users’ awareness about information security has improved, they remain vulnerable when using Facebook, according to BKAV Corporation’s vice president Ngo Tuan Anh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Located about 10 kilometers northeast of Da Nang center, Son Tra Tinh Vien bamboo reserve contains over 100 bamboo and ivory bamboo species.

 Despite being one of Vietnam’s most sought-after second home property types, condotels are prompting a number of concerns among investment experts.

 Child and early marriages still occur isolated and deprived ethnic minority communities in the central province of Quang Binh.

 The revocation of $3.2 billion Vung Ro refinery and petrochemical complex not only broke locals’ dreams of a stable life, but also made their lives uncertain.   

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has established a working group led by the minister for home affairs to help the Government leader carry out inspections of public service agencies’ compliance with legal regulations.

 Vietnam is planning to slash corporate income tax rates from the current 20-22% to 15-17% in an effort to make the country one of the most competitive economies in ASEAN, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has revealed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has successfully entered many markets after years of negotiations, including choosy ones such as the US, Chile, Japan, Taiwan and New Zealand, according to Le Van Thiet, deputy director of the Plant Protection Agency. 

 The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) estimated that imports of completely built-up cars in April will likely jump in both volume and value compared to the previous month.

 The US Department of Commerce (DOC) recently announced an anti-dumping duty and countervailing duty investigations into laminated woven sacks imported from Vietnam.

 The condotel (condo hotel) market is forecast to remain attractive to investors in 2018, with increasing amounts of capital poured by both domestic and foreign investors into the segment.

 Foreigners working in Vietnam without a valid work permit will continue to be deported from the country, while employers will also face heavy fines for violating regulations about foreign employees.

 Online businesses may turn to other platforms to do business after Facebook blocked API, affecting many Vietnamese retailers using it as a trading platform.