VietNamNet Bridge - Investors in weaving and dyeing workshops have promised local authorities to discharge treated waste water to satisfy Vietnamese standards, but authorities say they rarely do.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Teams from Russia, Brazil, Belgium, Finland, England, China, Italy and Vietnam will perform at the 2019 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival on the Han River from June 1 to July 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Border Guards in An Giang on Saturday announced the seizure of five tonnes of refined sugar that was being moved from Cambodia to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese boxers won five out of six fights at the international boxing event Victory 8 held in HCM City’s Nguyen Du Gymnasium over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 130 people were arrested early Sunday morning when police raided a suspected gambling den in Village 76 in Ha Bau Commune, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Hanoi are planning to punish 12 people for conning people into using illegal taxis at Noi Bai International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A school principle in the northern province of Hung Yen has been suspended following an assault on a young female student by a gang of classmates.

VietNamNet Bridge - With the CPTPP, which removes all market access barriers in the retail sector, Vietnam expects to see an influx of foreign retailers. 

 Vietnamese golfer Nguyen Duc Ninh finished runner-up at the Volvo World Challenge 2019 in South Africa.

 The General Statistics Office (GSO) began a national population and housing census on April 1 to evaluate national targets and indicators of sustainable development.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 31 met organisers of the Vietnam Global Leaders Forum as part of her ongoing visit to France.

 The Vietnamese government sets to promote the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) firms, considering it an important driver to deal with the country’s economic slowdown.

 Martial artist Dao Hong Son bagged one gold medal for Vietnam at the 2019 Ju-Jitsu Thailand Championship, which took place on March 30 and 31 at Rangsit University in Bangkok.

 About 492,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to 917 million VND (over 39,500 USD), was saved in Vietnam during the Earth Hour, when lights were turned off for one hour from 8:30pm on March 30.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat his Indian rival Raunak Sadhwani after 58 moves in the final round of the 2019 Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship in the UAE.

 Indian Coast Guard Ship, ICGS “VIJIT” commanded by Commandant T Ashish, will pay a four-day goodwill visit to the Vietnamese port of Da Nang from April 1 to 4. 

 A latest Savills research showed that Vietnam’s prime residential segment is of great attention in comparison with regional markets like Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, and Bangkok.  

 Vietnam may face challenges to achieve GDP growth of 7% this year due to the African swine fever, higher power and petroleum prices.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allowed the use of mobile subscription accounts to pay small bills of goods and services on a trial basis.

Many enterprises have set lower profit targets for 2019, which indicates that the period of peak profits is over. This is expected to have an adverse impact on the stock market and prices of listed companies’ shares.