For married artists Christiane Campioni and Tobias Kuester Campioni, Vietnam has always been an inspiration. But now it's also a home for them and their sons.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)'s foreign exchange policy will be based on macroeconomic management and harmonised with the benefits of all industries and sectors, and not exports alone.

Parents of children who ride electric bikes or ride pillion without wearing a helmet will be fined between VND100,000-200,000 (US$4.60-9.30) from next month, Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee has said.

The Ministry of Science and Technology launched a month-long campaign yesterday to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) with the support of the Software Alliance (BSA).

The Song Hong (Red River) Delta region had attracted 5,411 foreign-invested projects worth US$65.5 billion till March 1 this year.

Vietnam's leading international processing and packaging exhibition, Propak Vietnam, opened in HCM City on March 31.

The two bauxite mining and processing projects in the Central Highland Province of Lam Dong, which became operational in October 2013, would incur losses for four to five years.

The expansion of plane parking areas at Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City has been delayed so as not to disrupt passengers during the approaching end-of-April holiday period.

Vietnam are heading to Qatar for the AFC U23 Championship finals after crushing Macau 7-0 on March 31 in their last Group I match at the Shah Alam Stadium in Sepang, Malaysia.

Private enterprises have laid the foundation for and imparted momentum to the development of Vietnam's economy, said Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment.