The southern province of Dong Nai has proposed measures to conserve and prevent consanguineous mating in the herd of wild elephants there.

 As of March, investors from the European Union had injected more than US$21.56 billion into 1,959 projects in Viet Nam, accounting for 7.2 per cent of total foreign direct investment and 8.5 per cent of projects registered in the country.

 Ship Fuyuzuki of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on April 11, starting a five-day visit to Vietnam.

Authorities in central Thua Thien-Hue Province discovered the first cases of H5N6 avian flu outbreak at two family-run farms in Phu Loc District. 

 Nine primary students in central Ha Tinh Province needed emergency hospitalisation after eating seeds they picked from the school’s yard.

 Eight teams will participate in this year’s edition of the VTV9-Binh Dien International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, to be held from April 22 to 30 in Tay Ninh Province.

 Over 22,500 overseas workers were sent abroad in Q1, marking a year-on-year surge of 8.7%, the Overseas Labor Management has reported.

Professor Carl Thayer (Australian Defense Force Academy), Dr. Huynh The Du (Harvard University, U.S) and Dr. Dang Hoang Giang shared with Zing.vn on the first year of the new Government.

 The visit of Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to the Czech Republic is significant to enhancing the two countries’ ties, said Vice President of the board of the Czech Chamber of Commerce Borivoj Minar.

The implementation of the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union will open opportunities to raise bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2020, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung told Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin Vnukov.

 Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 will make a comeback in town from April 25-28 at the Gem Center in HCMC’s District 1.

Some 350 artisans nationwide will be honored at the 7th traditional craft villages of Hue in the central coast city of Hue from April 28 to May 2.

 The HCMC Conservatory of Music will host an “Asian melodies” concert with the participation of traditional music artists of Vietnam and Korean art troupe Deobureosup on Friday night.

 Vietnam’s auto industry, which has ploddingly developed for the last many years, will face tariff abolishment on products imported from ASEAN nations from January 1 next year.

 Environment quality monitoring will be provided on the city’s electric traffic board, said the department of environment & natural resource.

Vietnam’s retail petrol price is lower than neighboring countries and many ASEAN nations, said head of Tax Policy Department Pham Dinh Thi yesterday.

 Vien Dong Import-Export Company yesterday sent a letter of apology and $1,000 in compensation for a female tourist who stumbled over an iron hook left by the company.

 Ninh Thuan is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. Coming to Ninh Thuan, one can see images of nomadic people, with their sheep in farms, fields and mountain slopes.

They may not be colourful or fragrant, but lilies are an all-time favourite with many. Fondly called the flower of April or simply summer flowers, lilies bloom only once a year. 

 A joint venture has been proposed with the Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to invest and construct new terminal T4 for the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.