A tree planting ceremony was held at the national trig point GPS 0001 in Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau, on May 2, in the presence of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on May 2 opened the first trial for Hoang Van Toan, former chairman of the board of directors of Dai Tin (Trust) Bank – predecessor of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB), Tran Son Nam, former general director of the bank and their accomplices.

The southern coastal province of Kien Giang has announced a list of eight vessels and their owners, which engaged in illegal fishing in foreign waters from the beginning of 2018 to date.

The Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) and Japan Radio Co. Ltd  signed an agreement worth 200 million JPY (US$1.81 million) in non-refundable aid to provide, install, monitor and transfer multilateration (MLAT) technology at Phu Quoc international airport. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a tree planting ceremony within the framework of the "1 Million Trees for Vietnam Fund" programme in Ngoc Hien district in the southernmost Ca Mau province on May 2.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s pilot car rental service for Government officials that began on May 1 is expected to save more than VND100 million (US$4,400) per month for the State budget.  

VOV.VN - A collision involving a passenger bus and a truck left one person dead and injured at least 10 others on the stretch of Highway 20 passing through Lien Nghia town in Central Highland Lam Dong province.

The Department of Education and Training of the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh and Ho Chi Minh City’s 2030 Business Club under the Saigon Times jointly held a charity caravan programme in Hoa Lu district on May 1 to raise funds for local students.

VOV.VN - Another FM radio station built by the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) with the use of non-refundable aid from the Vietnamese Government was inaugurated and put into operation in Pray Veng Province, Cambodia on May 1.

Chiang Mai province is introducing a new mode of transportation, the R3 bus, for travelers to and from the airport on April 5, 2018. The R3 bus service connects Chiang Mai airport with Nimman district in Chiang Mai city center.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is taking preventive measures to manage pollution hotspots at industrial zones and clusters, intensive shrimp-farming establishments, and aquaculture processing facilities.

The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, has begun an urgent conservation project for two herds of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) in a forest of Nui Thanh district’s Tam My Tay commune.

Ho Chi Minh City is now treating hazardous medical and industrial waste by high-tech methods at two plants, but by 2020 the city will need additional plant capacity as well as more private investment when public funding runs out.  

These days many eyes are on the Hoang Sa exhibition house in the central city of Da Nang. The venue is home to historical documents, objects and images on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Running a business is never an easy task for anyone, not to mention those with disabilities. Yet, there are still disabled people who overcome difficulties to pursue their start-up dream.

The numbers of traffic accidents and fatalities during the four-day holiday from April 28-May 1 decreased remarkably from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Public Security. 

Thailand celebrates the National Day for the Elderly on April 13 each year, which coincides with the traditional Thai New Year Day. The celebration of the National Day for the Elderly is to underline the importance of older persons and to show gratitude and respect to them.

Fishermen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen has been encouraged to maintain fishing activities in Vietnam’s territorial waters after China promulgated a temporary ban on fishing activities in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - Thousands of visitors have flocked to Bai Chay tourism site and Ha Long Bay, leading to a sharp increase in the number of tourists during this year’s national holidays.

A Vietnam Airlines plane carrying more than 200 passengers has landed on a runway under construction in an airport in south-central Vietnam.

VOV.VN - In recent times, increased labour productivity in Vietnam have  heavily relied on the transition of economic restructuring from the agricultural to the industrial and service sectors but there has been a lack of improvement in labour productivity in each economic sector.

VOV.VN - Professor Tran Duy Quy is a leading scientist in biotechnology, genetics, and transplants. 

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on April 30 hosted meetings and art programs to mark the 43rd  anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification. 

A total of 76 traffic accidents occurred across the country from April 28 – 30, killing 52 people and injured 46 others, according to a report from the Ministry of Public Security. 

 The Vietnamese Embassy in conjunction with the Vietnamese community in Mozambique organised a ceremony to celebrate the Reunification Day (April 30) and the Labour Day (May 1) in Maputo on April 29.

A programme to promote culture exchange and trade-tourism cooperation between the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and the Xin Zhu district of Taiwan (China) took place in Cao Lanh city on April 29.

 The Embassy of Vietnam in China held a cultural and sports exchange in Beijing on April 28, to mark the 43rd Reunification Day (April 30) and the International Labour Day (May 1), with the participation of the Lao Embassy in the country.

The Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has directed the arrangement of jobs for over 160 Vietnamese workers who lost their jobs due to a blaze that broke out in a factory’s dormitory in Taoyuan city, Taiwan (China) on April 28.

VOV.VN - People queued in a long line at Ba Binh Square as they waited to visit the President Ho Chi Minh relic site in Hanoi on the morning of April 30 – the Reunification Day.

After the victories of the Hue-Da Nang Campaign and the Tay Nguyen Campaign, the Politburo decided to launch the Ho Chi Minh Campaign on April 9, 1975 to liberate Saigon.