VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose back above the 50.0 no change mark in April, posting 50.3 from 49.9 in March, according to international independent credit rating data source and index provider Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global).

VOV.VN - Five export commodities recorded turnover of more than US$5 billion each in the first four months of the year, accounting for 57.8% of the country’s total export turnover.

VOV.VN - The Australia-Vietnam Young Leaders Dialogue Network hosted a digital technology forum in Melbourne on May 2 to map out orientations for digital cooperation between Vietnam and Australia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent approximately US$244 million on importing 12,500 completely-built automobiles (CBUs) throughout April, down 21.2% in volume and 26.1% in value compared to March, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly voted to relieve Vuong Dinh Hue of his position as Chairman of the legislature at an extraordinary session in Hanoi on May 2.

VOV.VN - Japanese government agencies have held meetings with leaders of a consortium between Vietnam’s BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to push progress on the North Hanoi Smart City project.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to produce 43 million tonnes of rice this year, of which more than 8 million tonnes will be for export, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - The government of Japan has decided to present Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun to Hoang Binh Quan, former head of the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission.

VOV.VN - The retail price of RON 95 petrol was revised up while prices of diesel and kerosene were slashed from 3pm on May 2 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - A 12-carriage freight train set off on a new route from Cao Xa railway station in northern Hai Duong province on May 2, linking between Vietnam and China.