HCM Stock Exchange (HoSE) has received an application from Techcombank to list more than 1.16 billion shares on its bourse.

 Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will continue to downsize its shipping fleet with additional sales of vessels in 2018.

 Ministries have continued accelerating administrative reforms to aid businesses in their operations.

 Nearly 300 golfers will compete in the HCM City Open Golf Tournament, Vietcombank Cup later this month at the Vietnam Golf & Country Club in District 9, HCM City.

 Vietnam’s national U23 team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in the top seeded group.

 Seven international teams, including three coming for the first time, and the host will compete in the 2018 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) starting at the end of this month.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Singapore and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 25-28 at the invitation of Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the Global Summit of Women and conduct bilateral activities in Australia from April 22-28, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. 

 Japanese artists will perform Yosakoi - a unique style of dance in Japan - at the walking area around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi on April 21, as part of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau will revoke permanently licences of captains and fishing boats that operate illegally in foreign waters. 

 Minister of Public Security To Lam held talks with Karim Massimov, Chairman of the Kazakhstani National Security Committee (NSC), in the capital city of Astana on April 19, as part of the Minister’s visit to the Central Asian country.

 More than 45 percent of Vietnamese males smoke tobacco, as heard at an anti-smoking conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19.

 The central city of Da Nang and FPT, a Vietnamese software giant, inked on April 19 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on building Da Nang as a ‘smart city’ for the 2018-20 period.

A festival is taking place in Hanoi where ethnic people from across the country gather together and exchange their cultures as well as introduce them to local people and tourists. 

 US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka has called for actions to improve public awareness of plastic waste as well as measures to reduce and recycle plastic waste. 

Any unilateral actions by any other country in Vietnam’s two archipelagoes in the East Sea – Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) – without the consent of Vietnam are invalid and illegal, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s book companies and publishers will organise a series of activities to mark Viet Nam Book Day on April 21 and World Book and Copyright Day on April 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Tri Thanh was elected chairman of the Viet Nam Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation (VCRSF) in its meeting in Hanoi yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s highest ranking tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam will face current national champion Pham Minh Tuan in the semi-final of the Viet Nam Tennis Federation Pro Tour.

VietNamNet Bridge - While the state treasury has plenty of money, the national economy still thirsts for capital.