VietNamNet Bridge - Every year Vietnam has about 200,000 new cases of cancer, with 75,000 deaths, making Vietnam one of the countries with the alarming rate of cancer.

 The first rainfall began spreading over the Mekong Delta last night, refreshing agricultural crops as well as lower temperatures after the long- lasting dry season in the region.

 Vietnam's workforce totaled 54.4 million people aged 15 and above in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 761,800 people year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Malaysian Public Bank Berhad (PBB) received a 100 per cent foreign-owned bank licence from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) last week.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) continues to expand to foreign markets in the context of its troubling business results at home.

 Piano lecturers, students and invited foreign artists, in collaboration with the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra, will join three concerts hosted by the HCM City Conservatory of Music this week.

Although the chances of Vietnam reaching the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifiers are slim, Vietnam will try to beat Iraq in the final match of the event’s second qualifying round to be held in Iran today.

 Binh Thuan won the 2016 Kedah International Dragon Boat festival which wrapped up in Tangjung Chali, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia over the weekend.

 Noted American photographer Debbie Rasiel is sharing her view of the world of people with autism at a photo exhibition in downtown Hanoi.

 The Ministry of Finance will co-ordinate with the Ministry of Transport and Hai Phong Port authority to deal with containers that are lying unused at Hai Phong Port by the end of April.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked the Prime Minister’s permission to grant an air transport license to Vietstar Airlines Multirole Corporation (Vietstar Airlines).

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is entering the aging process at an unprecedented high speed, said Ms. Victoria Kwawa, Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.

 A photo exhibition week introducing Vietnam’s achievements since its three-decade renewal is underway in Port Said city, Egypt, opening a series of events popularising the Southeast Asian nation and its people beyond the capital city of Cairo.

Plans of increasing the percentage of foreign ownership will continue gripping the attention of investors when companies propose them in their annual general shareholder meetings normally taking place in the second quarter of the year.

 The south central province of Binh Thuan has issued a temporary ban on the exploitation of mollusc and bivalve across its sea waters from April 1 to July 31 with a view to restoring the marine resources.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand is taking measures to ensure Vietnamese fishermen being detained in the country are treated in line with local and international laws, Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh said on March 28.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has lost rice export contracts as some of its major markets including Indonesia and the Philippines have canceled their import plans.

 National Assembly deputies looked into draft working reports of the 13th legislature and its organisations from 2011-2016 during a plenary session live broadcast nationwide on March 28.

 Voters nationwide have closely followed the 11 th session of the 13th National Assembly, and expressed their satisfaction with the NA’s and its agencies’ activities during the last tenure.

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 28 welcomed Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who is leading a Lao business delegation to Vietnam to attend the two countries’ Investment Cooperation Conference 2016.