The State Bank of Vietnam planned to merge six or seven more banks, SBV governor Nguyen Van Binh said.
Vietnam's labour market showed signs of recovery as over 82% of surveyed participants upbeat about the business outlook this year, projecting increased business revenue.
At the end of its one-day session in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5, the 2nd summit of the Mekong River Commission issued a declaration, reaffirming the vital importance of sustainable use and management of water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin.
The US organisation Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN), which consists mostly of American war veterans, has helped Vietnam deactivate around 64,000 pieces of explosives and clear over 138 ha of land contaminated with the unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country’s central region since 1995.
Vietnam’s laws on child adoption have been improved and brought closer in line with international standards, especially in the case of foreign adopting parents, but further improvement is needed.
Intellectual property has been identified as an instrument for boosting reform and creativity in businesses at a seminar held in Hanoi on April 4.
Nearly 300 experts from 20 countries across the world attended the fifth annual meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society – Asia-Pacific section (CSRS-AP) in Ho Chi Minh City on April 4.
Nine foreign troupes will join 16 local ones at the Vietnam International Dance Festival 2014 scheduled for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 14-18.
Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi on April 4 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Yen So Park, built by Malaysian group Gamuda in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district.
The People’s Court of the northern province of Dien Bien on April 4 sentenced Giang A Tinh to life imprisonment for conducting banditry in Muong Nhe district, in accordance with Article 83 of the Penal Code.