VietNamNet Bridge - While affirming that FDI from China will bring capital and jobs, economists say the FDI flow should be received in a selective way.

Fifteen leading Australian universities and executive training providers next month will participate in the Viet Nam – Australia Executive Education and Training Showcase to be held in Viet Nam for the first time. 

 The HCM City Taxation Department has announced it will submit a specific plan for tax collection from online businesses to the City People’s Committee in early April and deploy the plan in the same month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vogue recently released an article featuring outstanding design collections of Asian designers at Tokyo Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017, including ‘Em Hoa’ by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri.

 The People’s Court of southern An Giang province on March 30 sentenced 51 – year – old Cambodian, Rim Ri Linh, to six years in jail for illegally transporting 18 kilograms of gold from Cambodia to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Nai Province has suspended all dredging and sand mining projects in the Dong Nai River.

Asian and European educators meeting in Viet Nam this week agreed that innovative education is the key to ensuring qualified human resources for the sake of countries’ sustainable development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three apartment buildings in HCM City will be rebuilt this year as part of the city’s plan to renovate or replace old apartment buildings by 2020, 

Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation is taking strict disciplinary actions against several officials involved in air traffic service disruptions at the Hai Phong-based Cat Bi International Airport early this month. 

 Rescue forces have found a body identified as a crewman of the Hai Thanh 26 ship which sank at sea off southern Vung Tau City three days ago, said an official from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

 The preparation for the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and the 2017 Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho has been completed, said the organising board.

 Fiscal and monetary policies have been on the right track since early this year, members of the National Advisory Council on Fiscal and Monetary Policies confirmed at their quarterly meeting recently held in Hanoi. 

 Q1's CPI highest in recent 3 years

 The police of northern Ha Nam province and the Police Department for Drug-related Crimes Investigation under the Ministry of Public Security have broken up a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

More than 40 influential corporate executives, including billionaires from countries and territories worldwide, attended an event entitled “Vietnam – hidden beauty 2017” at the Temple of Literature on March 30. 

 More than 250 exhibitors will take part in a digital and technology forum to be held in HCM City from April 12 to 14.

Credit rating agency Moody’s has said that the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) is the bank with the best asset quality in Vietnam.

Vingroup, owned by Pham Nhat Vuong, and Vietjet, owned by Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, two dollar billionaires on Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s billionaires, had good business performances in 2016. 

 The "Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam" project has brought significant improvement to the pangasius supply chain, resolving environmental concerns, improving efficiency and ensuring consistent quality.

 Viet Nam reported a trade deficit of US$1.9 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on Wednesday.