The Drug and Crime Prevention Department in coordination with Lao police force have caught red-handed a Lao man who was smuggling 40kg of methamphetamine, 120,000 pills of synthetic drug and two cakes of heroin into Vietnam.

 The War Remnants Museum in HCM City has opened a display of around 190 items, documents, and photos related to the US army’s use of bombs, mines, and toxic chemicals during the past war in Vietnam.

 Police in the central highlands province of Dak Nong have prosecuted and arrested five people involving in the large-scale fake coffee production in the area.

 As many as 46 % disabled people in Vietnam think that they should not love and get married according to a survey released on April 23 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

 Vice Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Le Van Khoa has submitted his resignation letter to municipal authorities citing health problems. 

 The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to spend around VND9.8 trillion (USD445.5 millon) on building Terminal 3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 Over a quarter of businesses that have been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks do not think they were the intended target, showing that businesses cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to today’s threat landscape.

 The US$1.75-billion Vinh Tan 1 thermal power project will begin operations ahead of its schedule owing to concerns about the risk of power shortage in the southern provinces in future.

 The Vietnam Festival 2018 will take place at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo between 10 am and 8 pm on May 19 and 20.

 Vietnam has been making great strides to move from malaria control towards elimination of the disease, but increasing malaria in disadvantaged areas is threatening the country’s overall progress.

 Steel will be included in the country’s key export items besides fruits, garment and textile, footwear and seafood products, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is to make an official visit to Singapore from April 25-27 and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 27-28, which is expected to further foster the already sound partnership between the two countries.

 Vietnam grabbed five more golds and one silver at the International Club Open Taekwondo Championship which wrapped up in Sakai city of Japan on April 22.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed to maintain and intensify the exchange of all-level delegations of their legislative bodies, particularly special committees. 

 The northern province of Hung Yen has prepared a list of 13 enterprises that need improvement for causing environmental pollution last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A constant stream of vehicles have been flowing to Nghia Linh Mountain in Phu Tho Province to commemorate the Hung Kings and the early ancestors of the Vietnamese people.

National Committee for Traffic Safety has ordered the Ministry of Education and Training to direct all schools nationwide to ban car parking in school premises or on pavements near schools.

While foreign-invested manufacturers have shifted to importing cars for domestic sale, Vietnamese enterprises have increased investments and expanded production, vowing to develop a domestic automobile industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Ha Tinh has come up with an innovative way to reduce moss on its walls and attract tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s thermal power plants generated up to 12.2 million tones of coal ash last year, while treating only 4 million tonnes, meaning inventory rose to 25.2 million tonnes,