Thanh Ha Park, the country’s largest terra cotta park in the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province, has been put into operation.

A wedding fashion show for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people will be held for the first time in Vietnam in Hanoi on May 16, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

Vinamilk, the country’s leading dairy processor, has been in negotiations over the acquisition of a milk processing plant in Europe, said Mai Kieu Lien, chairwoman and general director of the firm, at the recent annual general meeting.

Travel enterprises arranging tours for international cruise passengers to Can Gio Biosphere Reserve in HCMC have got confused as the city police require foreigners to obtain permission before coming there, citing regulations on visits to border areas.

Economic experts have suggested the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) adopt a flexible foreign exchange policy and adjust it based on supply and demand, instead of forcing the Vietnam dong-US dollar exchange rate to move within 2% a year.

Equipment, machines and spare part imports from China posted double digit growth in the first quarter of this year, according to statistics of the General Department of Customs.

The office-for-lease market in HCMC performed better in the first quarter than the final quarter of last year with average occupancy shooting up to a seven-year high, according to property service provider Savills Vietnam.

Vietnamese passport holders traveling to Japan by ship do not need to get a visa before departure but ask the cruise line to complete procedures for them to obtain a landing visa.

Dividend issue is poised to heat up the annual general meeting (AGM) season in the banking sector this year as many lenders have failed to pay 2014 dividends for shareholders or have offered just modest payments.

Weak supporting industries and a lack of skilled labor are among the major barriers to foreign investment capital flow in the city, according to representatives of foreign-invested companies.