Vietnamese businesses have invested in 23 projects totaling 123.62 million USD in other countries in the first quarter of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 A software development centre will be developed by ETC Technology Systems SJC (ETC) at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi with an investment of nearly 1.48 trillion VND (some 65 million USD).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam has requested Grab to report on its purchase of Uber in the Southeast Asian market, including Vietnam.

 Industry 4.0 poses a challenge to the Vietnamese labour force so significant that the only way to meet it is to impose reforms across the board, starting with education and training programmes, experts agreed at a seminar yesterday in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2018 is forecasted to exceed 7%, the highest figure recoded over the recent 10 years. 

 According to the investigation, these three people on March 27 were prosecuted as accomplices helping Le Nguyen Hung (former deputy director of Eximbank’s Ho Chi Minh City branch) to appropriate Chu Thi Binh’s VND245 billion ($10.8 million).

 Carina Plaza has alerted the public to the need to strictly implement fire prevention and fighting regulations at all buildings, especially apartments.

Slovakia's BTG Holdings, the registered investor of a $500 million industrial park and related investment projects including a $116-million Budweiser brewery in the northern province of Hoa Binh, has disappeared since October 2017.

 FPT and a number of electronics retailers are looking to expand their business by entering the pharmaceutical segment.

 Pham Nhat Vuong, owner of real estate conglomerate Vingroup and Vietnam's first billionaire, has earned a place on the list of the world's richest people as compiled by Forbes magazine.

 An increasing number of investors are looking to crack Vietnam’s egg market to meet rising demand and explore export opportunities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The life and work of artists during the resistance is portrayed truthfully in a recently released photo book containing the work of late photographer Tran Van Luu.

VietNamNet Bridge - Banks and payment gateways are now the most effective way for hi-tech criminals to transfer dirty money and conduct illegal actions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 40,000 books of various genres, including culture, education, politics, economics and literature, are available at the annual spring book fair hosted by the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

 A young man in the northern province of Nam Dinh has been admitted by Chicago University for his excellent maths achievements.

Duc scored the opener to put Vietnam in front before half-time, but Abu Amara’s second-half equaliser prevented coach Park Hang-seo’s side from pocketing a victory against Jordan in their last Group C match yesterday.

 The Ministry of Transport has officially selected the lotus design for Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai Province.

 The consumer price index (CPI) for March fell 0.27 per cent month-on-month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam and France issued a joint statement on the occasion of the official visit to France from March 25-27 made by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the invitation of French President Emannuel Macron. 

The new headquarters of the Vietnam Culture Centre in France was inaugurated in Paris on March 27 in the presence of General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, who is on an official visit to the European country.