The prices of 50 types of milk products for children below 2 years of age will drop by between 0.4 and 4% beginning on April 20.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Russia hit US$2.6 billion last year. However, it accounted for less than 1% of Vietnam's total import-export activity with the world, which was US$298.2 billion.

Ly Hoang Nam of Viet Nam won a gold medal at the ITF Asian Closed Junior Championships on April 17 in India.

An information and communications ministry delegation, led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hong, attended the Global Conference on Cyberspace, held from April 14 to 17 in the Netherlands.

The Haiphong health department on April 16 reported a serious case of avian influenza A/H1N1 at the Viet Tiep General Hospital.

The National Assembly House design by German company gmp International GmbH has just won the Grand Prize 2014 of the Vietnam Architects' Association.

Ly Hoang Nam (Vietnam) and Alberto Lim (the Philippines) advanced to the final match of the Asian Closed Junior Championships' boys' doubles event on April 16 in India.

To celebrate the annual cultural day of Vietnam's ethnic groups, representatives of their communities met in Hanoi to launch of a seminar and exhibition titled I Believe I Can – Changes from the Community.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg spoke to the Vietnamese press in Hanoi on April 16 during a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam was expected to maintain the second fastest growing economy in ASEAN-5 in 2015, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook.