Average occupancy of five-star hotels was up four percentage points quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 10 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) to 74 per cent, according to a quarterly report by Savills Viet Nam.

 The construction ministry will study the legality of condotels and issue technical standards soon to ensure that the development of this new property product is on the right track.

 The rapid growth and increasing production of cement in Viet Nam raises questions of how to increase efficiency and minimise hazards to workers and the environment, said Swedish Ambassador to Viet Nam Pereric Hogberg at a Ha Noi workshop on Thursday.

 The service sector has reported a strong growth, thanks to the rising number of enterprises, especially in education and training, administrative operations and entertainment.

 Viet Nam’s U16 and U19 teams are in the No 1 seed group of the East zone to prepare for the draws of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tournaments, the AFC has announed.

 Viet Nam have been placed in Group H of the East zone qualifiers for the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship.

 Viet Nam won two gold medals at the ongoing Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Kazakhstan.

 Two students from Hanoi on Thursday won the Taste of Australia culinary competition after beating three other teams at the final of the first nationwide culinary contest.

 Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, on April 22, kicked off a promotion programme, "Golden Tourism Week at Hue Heritage Site", phase 1 (April 22-28) at various relics under the Hue Heritage Site system.

 The former Imperial Palace in Hue will be lit up every night thanks to a light system installed by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, the local government body that manages the monuments.

 HCM City must develop a roadmap to restrict the use of personal vehicles, especially motorbikes, experts have urged.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology and HCM City People’s Committee on Friday signed a co-operative agreement on science and technology development for 2017-2020 period.

 A class called “I Can Say No” at the Nguyen Van Troi Primary School in HCM City’s District 4 is teaching first graders how to handle inappropriate touching by adults and other children.

 In an effort to overcome current shortcomings and improve the efficiency of traditional markets, Hà Nội will review and adjust the market network in tandem with infrastructure planning.

Four Vietnamese game changers have made the Forbes 2017 Asia list of 30 under 30 who are challenging the conventional wisdom and rewriting the rules for the next generation of entrepreneurs, entertainers, educators and more.

 The Chu-ru are one of several indigenous groups living in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

 On the evenings of April 26-27 aficionados of the music of Franz Peter Schubert will be able to hear the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra all-stars play his chamber music masterworks at L’Espace.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled that four of the brightest high school students have been chosen to compete at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad this coming July 6-15 at Mahidol University in Thailand.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are struggling to reach the target of having wastewater treatment systems at all export processing zones, industrial parks and industrial complexes by 2020.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on April 21 to announce the ASEAN ICT Awards 2017 (AICTA).