The Animals Asia said it has received two Asian black bears handed over by an individual in An Khe town in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, raising the number of bears saved by the organisation in Vietnam to 177.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC Taxation Department has drawn up a plan to cooperate with agencies to collect tax from sales via social networks.

 More than 140 trillion VND (6.2 billion USD) will be used for the first phase construction of the North-South Expressway linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has highlighted the two countries’ defence and security cooperation while visiting the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.

 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife  will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-19.

 Viet Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) is expected to start trading on the HCM Stock Exchange in the third quarter of 2017.

 Vietnamese handicraft firms need to make greater efforts to meet the requirements of foreign buyers, said participants at a seminar in HCM City yesterday.

 Moody’s Investors Service on Monday assigned first-time ratings and assessments to the Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB).

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is an important opportunity that Viet Nam must quickly seize in order to accelerate the process of industrialisation and modernisation, said Ho Thi Kim Thoa, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

  In the next round of equitisation, State capital must be sold faster, at higher value, and the enterprises’ corporate governance must further improve, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

 The General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO) is developing a new set of indices to evaluate the development and efficiency of businesses in provinces and cities and expects to launch it by the end of this year.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan of Vietnam is confident that his team can spring a surprise at the upcoming FIFA U20 World Cup in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

 Vietnam defeated Chinese Taipei 2-0 in their opening match at the International U19 Football Tournament, which was held in Nha Trang City on April 11.

 A multi-media exhibition exploring the relationship between traditional crafts and contemporary design will open to the public on Thurday in Hanoi.

 An 18-month-old girl was brought recently to the Paediatrics Hospital 1 in HCM City from Tien Giang Province with vaginal bleeding.

 The Ministry of Health has urged relevant agencies to develop a Government decree on dietary supplements to control the production, trade, advertisement and labelling of the products.

 The Centre for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis in HCM City and the Sai Gon River Tunnel Management Centre have signed an agreement to work together to put up air and water quality readings on LED boards around the city.

Customs and police officials of Bac Ninh yesterday apprehended Kha A Cha from the Hoa Binh who illegally transported about 3.24 kg to Tu Son town, Bac Ninh province.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Prague on April 11 (local time) to start an official visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament Milan Stech.

The UN is always an important part in Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralisation and active international integration, said Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.