VietNamNet Bridge – The national weightlifting team left on April 20 for the Asian championships in Uzbekistan, targeting more Olympic slots.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two stage works by artists from the Viet Nam Drama Theatre will debut in Chinese cities on April 21-27.

 Ly Nha Ky has been selected to be one of the two sponsors for the Cinefondation festival de Cannes and her name has made presence in the website of the Cinefondation.

  Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi will become a Cultural and Historical Park, under a detailed project for conserving, restoring and promoting its values.

 No registered bids have been forthcoming for the more than 33 million SeABank shares currently on sale by MobiFone, with the bidding session planned for April 25 therefore being cancelled, according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

 The Hanoi People's Committee agreed to build a software and digital content park in Dong Anh District in northern Ha Noi.

 IBM Vietnam and CMC Telecommunication Infrastructure JSC (CMC Telecom) signed a co-operation agreement on providing outsourced managed security services on April 21.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese manufacturers are equal in strength with foreign goods in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market.

 Fire damaged a 5ha log farm near Ba Na – Nui Chua Nature Reserve in Hoa Vang District, 25km away from the central city’s centre yesterday, the city’s forest management department said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The officials of the Dong Nai provincial Education and Training Department mistakenly said that Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan are two 10 provinces in Mekong River Delta.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has requested credit institutions and foreign banks to intensify their credit quality and bad debt management and submit their bad debt handling plans.

 The first-ever Japanese cherry blossom festival is scheduled to take place in the southern province of Dong Nai on April 23-24 with a conference for Japanese investors to be held on the event’s sidelines.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Ministry of Planning and Investment and other ministries and agencies to promptly reach consensus to fulfill the growth target of 6.7 percent in 2016.

 General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Bounnhang Volachith will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam from April 25-27.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken compared notes on measures to enhance the relationship between Vietnam and the US.

Vietnam is determined to improve its investment and business environment to create more favourable conditions for foreign investors, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed while receiving Chairman of the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group Jonathan Choi.

Vietnam treasures its relations with Japan and considers the country a high-priority partner in its foreign policy, affirmed President Tran Dai Quang at his reception for the special advisor to Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists from the Geophysics Institute, an arm of the Vietnam Science & Technology Academy, have reassured the public that the recent earthquakes in Bac Tra My district of Quang Nam province were ‘anticipated’.

 The government may find it difficult to mobilise sufficient capital to reach its ambitious growth target for the 2016-2020 period due to budget woes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, erosion sewers out500 hectares of land in the Mekong Delta and leaves local people living in fear.