VOV.VN - A huge fire broke out on the top floor of a Moschino fashion shop on Hai Ba Trung Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi on April 4, causing panicked crowds to flee the area.

Singaporean-based Asian Scientist Magazine has named two Vietnamese – Professor Phan Thanh Son Nam and Associate Professor Nguyen Sum – in its recently published list of 100 leading scientists in Asia.

An exhibition displaying the latest broadcasting equipment and technology is being held in Hanoi on April 5-7.

The Vietnamese Embassy and expatriate community in Malaysia have raised enough funds to send the body of suicide victim Tran Thi Mai to Vietnam.

As of April 4, only 179 out of 718 multi-storey apartment buildings in Hanoi had fire insurance, according to the Hanoi Fire Prevention and Control Police Department.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) on April 4 announced the Ministry of Health’s decision to set up a national blood centre under the institute.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, received Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel Land Limited from Singapore on April 4 to discuss cooperation measures for innovation and smart city building.

VOV.VN - On April 2, the Truong Sa (Spratly) Club in Germany held an exchange with people who have visited Truong Sa archipelago and those who are planning a trip to the archipelago in mid-April.

VOV.VN - Despite her busy schedule, actress Diem My 9x has visited a number of provinces throughout the western region to bring gifts to people in need.

VOV.VN - Four people were injured and 10 automobiles were wrecked in a multi car pile-up as vehicles travelling in both directions on Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh Expressway lost their bearings in a thick cloud of smoke on April 3.

A high-level forum took place in Hanoi on April 4, discussing potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Switzerland toward green development.

The central province of Quang Ngai has set up two offices to monitor and inspect activities of fishing vessels at sea as part of local efforts to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Two out of 13 Vietnamese victims of the apartment fire in Ratchathewi district, Bangkok, Thailand, had been discharged from hospital as of April 4 morning. 

VOV.VN - The preliminary round of the National Radio Broadcasting Festival in the southern region got underway on April 3 in Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Province.

Findings from the 2017 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report, which was released in Hanoi on April 4, showed a significant turnaround in citizens’ perceptions and experiences in corruption in the public sector. 

Several foreign-funded projects have been conducted in the central province of Quang Tri over the past two decades, helping the locality to clear bombs and mines left from war.

Water and agricultural land in Nhon Hai commune, Ninh Hai district of the south central province of Ninh Thuan has been contaminated with high saline levels, affecting local production and livelihoods.

Two illegal logging cases were discovered in the central province of Quang Nam’s Dong Giang and Nam Giang districts in March, with 77 big trees chopped down.

“We are making efforts to give ethnic minority students bigger scholarships so they can cover living expense, study well and become good citizens,” said former Vice President Truong My Hoa, who is President of Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund.

All people living in northern mountainous localities with high risks of natural disasters such as torrential rains, landslides, flash flood, damaging cold and flood, are expected to be moved to safer places by 2025.

A captain who fishes illegally will see his boat driving licence revoked and his vessel banned from fishing, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.

Property developer Vingroup on April 3 signed a strategic cooperation agreement with US-based Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for greater efforts and higher awareness from relevant agencies in dealing with war-left landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) consequences and toxic chemical contaminated soil as the work is urgent to protect people’s safety and their living environment. 

VOV.VN - At 2:30am on April 4, a large fire broke out at a workshop of Texhong Fiber Company in Hai Yen Industrial Park in Mong Cai city, northern Quang Ninh province.   

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man extended Easter greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in Hanoi while visiting the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) on April 3. 

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang visited and offered comfort to 13 Vietnamese who were injured when a fire broke out inside the Ratchathewi Apartment in Bangkok on early April 3.

A delegation from the National Assembly (NA) Committee for External Affairs met authorities in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 3 to examine the local implementation of the Vietnam – Laos agreement on tackling free migration and undocumented marriage in their shared border areas.

VOV.VN -The Vietnamese Party and State have defined the settlement of consequences of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) left by wars as an urgent and long-term task aiming to boost socio-economic development and environmental protection.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Lottery Company (Vietlott) has recently awarded its jackpot 2 Power 6/55 worth more than VND25 billion to a very lucky customer, an 84 year-old man named T.H from HCM City.

VOV.VN - Border guards in the northern province of Son La arrested two Lao nationals suspected of trafficking 18,000 pills of synthetic drugs and two bricks of heroin.