The Viet Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) presented the Sao Khue Awards to 73 information and technology (IT) software products and services in a ceremony in Ha Noi late last week.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines earned an estimated consolidated revenue of more than VND19 trillion (US$851.3 million) in the first quarter of this year.

 Local inventors have yet to pay attention to applying for intellectual property (IP) rights, which might get them into trouble in the future, an IP official in HCM City said.

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J.Vilsack held talks in Hanoi on April 25 to enhance collaboration in agriculture, forestry and seafood between the two countries.

 The costume worn by judges should be black robes to deliver the most comprehensive and profound image of the court and be in conformity with international practice.

  A high-ranking delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence led by Minister-General Ngo Xuan Lich left for an official visit to Russia on April 23.

 A Vietnamese Party delegation attended the meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Standing Committee, in Jakarta, Indonesia from April 22-24.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith met with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi this morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to rezone irrigation systems and dredge canals to cope with the damaging effects of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Great interest has been expressed by Buddhists and archeologists, as a 2,000-year-old Buddhist palm book is put on display in an exhibition in Hue.

On April 25, K+ Satellite Digital Television announced that it has acquired the broadcast rights of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2016-19 season.

 Fishermen and traders in the central region are facing huge losses as they have been unable to sell their catches due to the recent mass fish deaths in the central provinces.

 The qualifying round of the Vietnamese version of American reality television modeling competition series, The Face has been kicked off in main cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Can Tho.

Dr. Philipp Rösler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and former German Vice-Chancellor, met young Vietnamese in Hanoi on April 25 to discuss startups in the context of global integration.

 The death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people, the country's emergency management authority said on Saturday.

From "civil arms" such as fishing boats, marine surveillance vessels and giant oil rigs to occupying rocks and turning them into artificial islands to serve “civil purpuses”, China has revealed the plot of militarization in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taking losses in business, wasting money and incurring trillions of dong debts, some ‘seafood kings’ in Mekong River Delta have fallen from their pinnacle of prosperity into insolvency.

Tan Duc industrial park has decided to withdraw the lawsuit against the Japanese confectionery producer-Tango Candy Co. Ltd. from the Duc Hoa District People’s Court to send to the Ho Chi Minh City Commercial Arbitration Centre.

 The New York Times recently published an article by Frank Rose about an artist collective that addresses the mingled destinies of the US and Vietnam.

Actor Ray Lui from Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and Macau casino tycoon Chau Cheok Wa were invited to April 24 event in the central Quang Nam province’s Hoi An ancient town.