VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Duc Kien, or ‘mogul Kien,’ and Tram Be once had long arms in the banking sector. But not now.

The Thanh Oai district People’s Committee in Hanoi held a ceremony on April 12 to receive the Prime Minister’s decision recognising the bas-relief of the nation’s Legendary Father Lac Long Quan as a national treasure.

China has re-deployed its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig near Vietnamese waters at a time that coincided with the NA's election of new leaders. It could be supposed that the move is a test for Vietnam’s new leadership?

 Authorities in Ha Tinh Province are investigating a mass fish death in Ky Anh Town after local farmers raised fears it was caused by sewage discharge from the nearby Formosa Industrial Zone.

 Danang City’s Son Tra District have decided to install lights for a local park following a proposal of a student.

 The Vietnam Report in co-ordination with VietNamNet on April 12 announced the 2016 list of top 500 fastest growing and most prospective enterprises in Vietnam (FAST500) which has been held for the sixth consecutive year.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said after being appointed as Minister of Education, he had received of thousands of SMS messages making suggestions for the development of the education and training sector.

 Viettel has won a $1.5 billion bid in Myanmar to establish a 4G mobile network in the country.

Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam announced a bid to entice new investors to the group-led $8 billion Block B-O Mon gas exploitation and pipeline complex.

  VinaCapital’s Vietnam Opportunity Fund is now listed on London’s main stock exchange as part of the fund’s efforts to raise foreign investor interest in the Vietnamese market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World U8 chess champion Nguyen Le Cam Hien received a sponsorship from NutiFood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Nang-Viet Nam team was knocked down when a huge wave struck it amid strong winds last night on the ninth race’s 23rd day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will play Hong Kong in the first match of a four-sided tournament in Myanmar on June 3.

 The Vietnam Writers' Association has decided to translate the war novel 'Bien Ban ChienTranh 1-2-3-4.75' (War Minutes January-April, 1975) written by veteran journalist Tran Mai Hanh into English.

 China will continue discharging water from a hydropower station into the downstream Mekong River for drought relief, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said on April 12.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on April 12 sold the VND100 souvenir bill to mark its 65th founding anniversary (May 6, 1951).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s two stock bourses yesterday agreed to jointly build a common index as a step towards developing the country’s securities market.

 Chinese online marketplace Alibaba has struck a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Lazada Group SA, Southeast Asia's leading e-commerce platform, at a cost of US$1 billion.

 Four people died yesterday after suffocating from poisonous gas in an illegal gold mine in the central Quang Nam Province’s Nam Giang District.

 The 220kV Xekaman1-Pleiku2 transmission line in Vietnam’s territory, which transmits electricity from Laos to Vietnam, became operational on April 12, according to the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVN NPT).