On April 6, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed in groups the relieving of duty of the current Prime Minister as part of the agenda of the 13th legislature’s last meeting.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on March 31 approved the Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV) of Viet Nam's plan to open a branch in Yangon city, Myanmar.

 Vietnam’s best fashion designers and their international counterparts will show their collections in the third Vietnam International Fashion Week.

 HCM Stock Exchange (HoSE) put shares of the Vietnam Export Import Bank (EIB) on the warning list due to its accumulated losses over two consecutive years.

 Fitch Ratings has issued the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) on five Vietnamese banks.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has proposed that the Prime Minister ask the developer of the Da River Water Project Phase 2 to postpone signing a contract with a Chinese pipe supplier.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese parents want to send their children to international schools, but fear that the children would become ‘westernized’ and lose the ‘Vietnamese nature’.

 Vietnam’s scientific research capabilities were introduced at a seminar held in Osaka city, Japan on April 5, which attracted over 50 professors and lecturers from universities and research institutes in Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto.

 A number of Vietnamese squads will be sent to foreign countries this April for further training in anticipation of the Olympics and Paralympics 2016 qualifiers in Brazil.

 The shortage of long-term capital coupled with low competitiveness should be blamed for the rising number of firms going bankrupt and temporarily halting operations in the first quarter of 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - Convenience store chains which have been expanded in Vietnam will serve as the important channel for Japanese manufacturers.

Vietnam is following two solutions in a national program to save water – developing technologies which allow people to minimize the consumption of fresh water; and developing low-cost technologies which allow conversion of sea water into fresh water.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks 11th globally in terms of cyberattack threats such as malware spreading, intentional attacks and data theft. 

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP) said on April 5 that it has ratified charges against a former police officer and a former prosecutor involved in a wrongful conviction in a high-profile murder case.

 Residents in several areas of the capital Hanoi, including Ba Dinh, Tay Ho, Hoan Kiem, and Dong Da districts, might face water shortages this summer, said the municipal Department of Construction.

 Vietnamese Party and State leaders continually facilitate youth exchanges with Laos, thereby educating the two countries’ young generations about the fine traditions founded and nurtured by their predecessors.

 The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) is keen to work with Mozambique’s Assembly to elevate their bilateral ties, thus matching the fruitful political ties between the two countries, said NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam voiced his hope for continued support from the United Nations and its International Narcotics Control Board in the combat against drugs.

 The National Assembly passed the Child Law on April 5 morning with an 89.88 percent approval rate.

 The amended Law on Press was adopted by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the 11th session on April 5, with approximately 89.5 percent of votes.