Police of Japan’s Chiba prefecture on April 14 said the suspect arrested in the morning of the same day in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl is the girl’s neighbour in Matsudo.

Vietnamese rapper Suboi and young businessman Nguyen Hoang Trung have made it onto this year's Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia, an annual list issued to recognize the most influential people of the moment in Asia.

A number of expats living in Vietnam have shared their opinion with Tuoi Tre News after the city announced plans to turn several main roads into one-way streets to curb congestion.

Vietnam is drafting a new education program to introduce foreign languages into its first grade curriculum, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Japanese police arrested on April 14 a man in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba prefecture, according to local media.

Integrating gender equality into resettlement plans will increase women’s participation in the decision-making process, not only at the household level but also the institutional one, heard an international workshop in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 13.

Two Japanese citizens, Iwamura Masakazu and Kitada Takayoshi, have been given ten and eight-year jail terms, respectively, for smuggling seven golden statues under clause 153, article 4, point a of the Criminal Code.

A seminar took place in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh on April 13 to discuss solutions to help the local tourism sector recover from the consequences of the marine environment incident last year.

Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia attended the April 13 trial of Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong who is one of the suspects in the murder of a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), to ensure her legal rights.

The Breast Milk Bank under the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, the first of its kind in Vietnam, received 140 litres of milk donated by 46 nursing mothers, including 60 litres used for 136 infants with high risks of malnutrition or infections, after two months of operation.

A Malaysian court in Sepang district of Malaysia’s Selangor state postponed a hearing for two women suspected in the death of a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen to May 30.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang had a working session on April 13 with leaders of the State Audit, during which he asked the agency to pay heed to sectors and areas with high risks of corruption such as mining, capital construction, land use and cases of public concern.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan has visited the Lao Embassy to congratulate the embassy’s diplomats and staff on their traditional New Year festival, Bun Pi May.

Vice Chairman of the Lai Chau provincial People’s Committee Tong Thanh Hai visited and conveyed greetings to 30 Lao students studying at the provincial medical school on the occasion of Laos’s traditional Bun Pi May (New Year) festival).

A delegation of the Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, led by Editor-in-Chief Thuan Huu, is on a visit to China from April 11-19 at the invitation of the China Daily newspaper.

One year ago, the sea environmental incident caused by Formosa affected the production of local people in four central coastal provinces of Vietnam. The sea has now become safe and fishermen have started going out to sea.

After four months of deploying 4G on a trial basis in large cities and provinces, mobile network operators are hurrying to complete the infrastructure system to officially provide services throughout the country.

VOV.VN - The Japanese city of Osaka opened a 2-day cultural festival on April 13 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of sister city relations with Ho Chi Minh City.

Scott Matt from the US has been repainting an alleyway in the Old Quarter of Hanoi and hopes he can paint all alleyways in the city.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the central province of Thanh Hoa has urged localities at different levels to strengthen their monitoring of A/H7N9 avian flu.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation are co-organising a workshop to share Germany’s experience in trade union activities and labour relations.

The Investigation Policy Agency of central Ha Tinh province on April 12 decided to prosecute a criminal case of “public order disruption” and “unlawful seizure” that took place on April 3 in Loc Ha district’s Thach Bang commune.

About US$441,000 worth of medical equipment was presented to Hanoi’s Saint Paul Hospital by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on April 12.

More than VND16.5 billion (US$727,980) was raised at an art programme held in Hanoi on April 12 to support people with disabilities and orphans.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty on April 12 visited the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to inspect defence and security along border areas in the locality. 

An exhibition on historical and legal evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos began in Duc Tho town, the central province of Ha Tinh, on April 12.

Conservationists have captured images of the critically endangered giant muntjac, or large-antlered muntjac, in the Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve in Vietnam's Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Social networks have become a bigger part of Vietnam’s internet-savvy community, but it's too bad they all too often serve as an arena for public shaming and hate speech, a new study has found.

VOV.VN - Some bad elements have taken advantage of the marine environment disaster in the central region last year to instigate some local Catholics to cause social disorder.

Animal welfare charity Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued two moon bears (Ursus thibetanus) held for 12 years in the Central Highlands to extract bile.