As of the end of April, 11 ministries and agencies have joined the Viet Nam National Single Window (NSW), addressing 1.13 million administrative documents from 20,800 businesses, according to the Viet Nam Customs. 

 The 2018 Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Life is taking place for the first time in Viet Nam from May 9-11, which has attracted the participation of more than 40 domestic and foreign professionals. 

The Ministry of Finance has proposed an additional special consumption tax of VND1,000 for each pack of cigarettes on top of the current special consumption tax rate of 70%, but experts said this extra amount is too small.

 Credit grew 5% in the first four months of the year, Pham Thanh Ha, director general of the Monetary Policy Department of the State Bank of Vietnam, told a banking forum in Hanoi on May 8.

 Head of the continuous studying center under the Department of Education and Training in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Phu Bac announced education inspectors will enhance supervision to foreign language, IT teaching centers in the city.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed Decision No.494/QĐ-TTg to set up a Steering Committee for the 'Digital Vietnamese knowledge system' project, under which Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam is appointed as the Head of the Steering Committee.

 A population of ancient ‘po mu’ trees (Fokienia hodginsii), some nearly 1,000-years-old, has been found at the Vu Quang National Park in Ha Tinh province, announced the park’s director Nguyen Danh Ky, on May 5.

 Vietnam will be the first Asian country to apply the GEMMES model to respond to climate change.

 Adding to the excitement of investments in the Vietnamese pharmaceutical sector, Celtrion Group from South Korea also found opportunities to join the game.

Singapore’s Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Company (JC&C) announced intentions to take up the competition with F&N Dairy Investment Pte., Ltd. for a stake in Vinamilk by registering to buy an additional 14.5 million shares.

 Khanh Hoa Province’s People’s Committee Chairman Le Duc Vinh has signed a document to suspend the conversion of land use purposes and land transfers in Van Ninh District.

 The Vietnam U16 team will meet Thailand in the semi-finals of the AFF U16 Girls’ Championship in Indonesia on Friday.

 The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has employed several measures to tackle increasingly erosion of river banks.

 Vietnam imported around 451 million USD worth of fruit and vegetable in the first four months of this year, with 107 million USD spent in April alone.

 Watermelon farmers in the central province of Quang Ngai are suffering from heavy losses as China halted purchases which have resulted in the sharp price fall.

Vietnam’s economic growth in 2018 could exceed the National Assembly’s target and reach 6.83%, according to a forecast released by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

A man in the central province of Quang Ngai who lived in the forest for up to 40 years is now alone after the death of his father.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to allow Hanoi’s metro project to increase its capital by VND16.12 trillion (USD727.2 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Embassy in Madrid and Durán Auction House will co-organise a charity auction of photographs by Vietnamese photographer Viet Ha Tran on May 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) has decided not to invite three referees to the ongoing national premiere league.