A Japanese funded project will transfer technology to help Vietnam produce its own combined measles and rubella vaccine.

Vietnamese side Thai Son Nam grabbed the last qualifying slot for the finals of the AFC Futsal Clubs Championship after a 6-3 win over Australian Dural Warriors in the third-place playoff match at the Panasonic Sports Complex, in Malaysia on April 16.

A Vietnamese culture festival will be held in Germany in August.

HCM City’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first quarter of the year rose 109 percent year on year, showing investors’ growing confidence in the local economy.

Vietnamese athletes have earned three tickets to compete at the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in China next year.

A system of lava caves including one considered as the longest lava cave of Southeast Asia has been discovered in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to researcher Truong Ba Vuong of the Vietnam's Institute of Tropical Biology.

Shenzen Nanling of China edged past Thai Son Nam of Vietnam with a 3 – 2 win in a thrilling semi-final that went into extra time. 

Domestic auto sales hit nearly 8,390 units in March, down 4 percent over the same period last year, but up a significant 97 percent since February, said the Vietnam Automobile Manufacture’s Association (VAMA).

Kaientai, a folk band from Japan, will perform at the Ben Thanh theatre in HCM City on April 14.

Vietnam has officially become a member of the Hague Conference, the most prestigious organization in the field of international justice.