VOV.VN - US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper visited the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 7-8, where he met with Can Tho leadership, Can Tho University leadership, environmental activists, students, and COVID-19 frontline health care workers.

VOV.VN - Bui Vien Walking Street in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, a popular nighttime destination among foreign visitors and young Saigonese people, has become busy once again following a long period of closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The second Vietnam Card Day is set to take place at Hanoi’s Bach Khoa Stadium between April 16 and 17 with the theme of Tu tin mo loi (Leading the way).

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai hosted a reception for Finnish Ambassador to Keijo Norvanto on April 7, during which he told his guest that the city is on the course of recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic has brought under control.

VOV.VN - Nearly 1,000 local athletes are gathering at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi ahead of the start of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Vietnam Reopening, a tourism promotion programme after the country’s border reopening to international travellers, took place in London on April 7.

VOV.VN - Australia’s low-cost airline Jetstar Airways officially restarted regular non-stop flights to the nation on April 8 after over two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Canadian businesses place great confidence in the Vietnamese investment environment and its potential, said the director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council at the Vietnam-Canada Investment Forum which was held virtually on April 7, featuring the participation of roughly 200 delegates.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier noted his appreciation for the good development of the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership over the past decade while receiving the new Vietnamese Ambassador, Vu Quang Minh who came to present his letter of credence on April 7.

The Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 51.7 in March from 54.3 in February, as the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread labour shortages in the manufacturing sector during March, according to S&P Global.