Traditional craft villages of Hanoi are facing a shortage of labourers, especially skilled workers, reported Kinh te Viet Nam &The Gioi (Viet Nam and World Economy) Magazine.

 Thousands of mobile phone subscribers are rushing to service providers across the country to update their personal information.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s aerobic team won three gold medals at the Suzuki World Cup 2018 FIG World Cup Series Tokyo International Finals, which concluded in Tokyo on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 80,000 new employees are needed in HCM City for the second quarter as the city focuses on improving economic competitiveness and quality of growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 500 contestants, winning prizes in grassroots-level information technology (IT) competitions in 29 districts and towns, took part in the 23rd Ha Noi IT Competition for Young People on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - If everything goes smoothly, the Vietnam stock market may be upgraded to an emerging market by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has come up with two scenarios for increasing retirement age to 60 for women and 62 for men; or 60 for women and 65 for men.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent accident at an outdoor playground in the Central Highland’s province of Dak Lak has raised concerns about the poor conditions of children’s play equipment in Vietnam.

 Students from six universities in Ho Chi Minh City show their creativeness in their designs on the theme of traffic safety at the Safe Style Fashion Show.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every year around this time, people in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan have the same worry: water.

 Kazakhstan triumphed at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament which wrapped up in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 23.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has said that China’s temporary ban of fishing activities in Vietnam’s territorial waters is worthless. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision on the Government’s plans to borrow and pay loans as well as limits of loans in 2018.

 Some 2.5 million people flocked to the northern midland province of Phu Tho to celebrate the annual Hung Kings Temple Festival as of April 23 (the eight day of the third lunar month), said the organising board. 

Sabeco appointed a new management board at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on April 23, following Thai Beverage Public (ThaiBev)’s acquisition of a 53.59 percent stake in the State brewer last year.

 The media centre for the Hue Festival 2018 opened on April 23 at No. 1, Phan Boi Chau street, Hue city, serving reporters to cover the biennial event. 

 Craft villages in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue are in a rush to show their best products at festivals scheduled for later this month.

On the occasion of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, scheduled to take place between April 20 and 25 in Phu Tho province, Xoan singing performances will be held between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm every day. 

 The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) dropped 43.08 points to 1,076.78 points on April 23, representing a decrease of 3.85 percent. 

 The Sri Lanka Cultural Festival will take place at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum (VWM) in Hanoi from April 27-29, featuring diverse activities, according to Sri Lankan Ambassador to Vietnam S.H.U Dissnayake.