An opera, classical music and dance performance will be held at Ben Thanh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City on April 23rd by the city’s Dance School and Hong Hac Entertainment Company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Aquaculture farmers in the northern province of Quang Ninh have seen large numbers of their oysters die since last October, leaving them in financial difficulties.

Local firms may not be able to avail themselves of the benefits ushered in by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement due to poor awareness of copyright law. 

  “Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung won a ticket to the Rio Olympics yesterday after her victory against Taiwanese fencer Tiffany Dell’Aquila in the sabre final of the Asia-Pacific zone qualification.

 The first-ever auto-racing circus to meet international standards will open soon in the southern province of Long An.

 The Ministry of Health has sent an urgent notice to the National Steering Committee, which confirmed there was no evidence to prove the non-prescribed sale of salbutamol for animal breeding.

 Numerous activities featuring traditional Xoan singing will be organised during the upcoming 2016 Hung Kings Temple festival, said Nguyen Dac Thuy, Deputy Director of the Phu Tho provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 An ancient semicircular musical stone has been unearthed at Phu Lam pagoda, Yen Son district, the northern province of Tuyen Quang, according to Ly Manh Thang, deputy director of the provincial museum.

 Mobifone was ranked second among the top 20 most valuable ASEAN telecom brands by the UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, Deputy General Director of the firm Nguyen Manh Hung announced on April 13.

The Hanoi Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department continues intensifying fire prevention inspections and increasing the maintenance of fire safety systems from one to four times per year.

 The UK wishes to work with Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to study their major development plans and set up ties with the locality in specific areas, said UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

 The National Election Council (NEC) convened its fourth session in Hanoi on April 13 under the chair of its Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Detecting her 12-year-old son stealing money, a young mother in the northern port city of Hai Phong whipped the boy’s buttocks and forced him to walk naked on the streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organising board of the Edtech Asia Hackathon 2016 contest announced the winning teams at the two-day contest in Ha Noi last weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Duc Kien, or ‘mogul Kien,’ and Tram Be once had long arms in the banking sector. But not now.

The Thanh Oai district People’s Committee in Hanoi held a ceremony on April 12 to receive the Prime Minister’s decision recognising the bas-relief of the nation’s Legendary Father Lac Long Quan as a national treasure.

China has re-deployed its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig near Vietnamese waters at a time that coincided with the NA's election of new leaders. It could be supposed that the move is a test for Vietnam’s new leadership?

 Authorities in Ha Tinh Province are investigating a mass fish death in Ky Anh Town after local farmers raised fears it was caused by sewage discharge from the nearby Formosa Industrial Zone.

 Danang City’s Son Tra District have decided to install lights for a local park following a proposal of a student.

 The Vietnam Report in co-ordination with VietNamNet on April 12 announced the 2016 list of top 500 fastest growing and most prospective enterprises in Vietnam (FAST500) which has been held for the sixth consecutive year.