VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam becomes insolvent, this will have serious implications for the national economy, not just for several years, but for a few decades, economists have warned. 

French retailer Casino Group, will continue its export activities in Vietnam despite keeping off its roots in the retail sector while attracting both foreign and domestic interest as it moves forward with the selection of a new partner.

 The National Golf Championship for Seniors will kick off at Thua Thien - Hue Province’s Laguna Lang Co Golf Course on April 30.

Becamex Binh Duong’s trip to the Asian Football Confederation Champions League ended yesterday after their 0-3 loss to Jiangsu Suning in the fifth round match of Group E.

 Singer-songwriter Mai Khoi will perform a solo concert at Hà Nội’s Heritage Space on Saturday.

The movie "Jackpot", based on the true story of Lanh, a lottery ticket seller in the southern province of Dong Thap, was granted the ‘Vietnamese Oscar’ Golden Kite award for feature movie at a glittery award ceremony last night in Hanoi.

 Industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City attracted investment worth US$197.86 million in the first quarter of 2016, a year-on-year decline of 53.4 per cent.

 The central province of Khanh Hoa plans to make Nha Trang Beach an ecological park where seaside buildings can only have 40 floors at most.

 Scientists and environmentalists across the country have raised their voice to strongly oppose the construction of the Drang Phok Hydropower Plant at the end of this year in the Central Highlands Dak Lak Province’s Krong Na Commune.

VietNamNet Bridge - University students are required to spend appropriate time on self-study, but few students have the habit of going to the library.

In the past few days, many provinces in the central region of Vietnam have reported an abnormal phenomenon – large amounts of fish dying along the coast. The authorities have recommended that locals not eat the dead fish.

 The southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City will set off fireworks in four venues to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam and national reunification (April 30) and the 130th International May Day (May 1).

 A Chinese fishing vessel in distress offshore Phu Loc district in central Thua Thien-Hue province was helped to anchor at the locality’s Chan May port on April 20, according to the local Border Guard.

 Vietnam and Russia signed an inter-governmental agreement on further geological survey and oil and gas exploitation in Russia within the framework of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Rusvietpetro at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 20.

Manufacturing, real estate and retail count among the most appealing sectors for foreign investors.

 Austrian President Heinx Fischer and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic have extended their congratulations to newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated Kumho Asiana’s contribution to the development of trade, investment, culture and education in Vietnam during a reception on April 20 for the group’s Chairman Park Sam Koo.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Khau Vai Love Market Culture-Tourism Week – an annual cultural event in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang - will take place in Meo Vac District from May 1 to 3. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Oppo Vietnam and FPT Trading are now vying for the right to distribute Oppo smartphones in the Vietnamese market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Plastics manufacturers complain that the current laws make it easier for foreign conglomerates to swallow domestic companies.