National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will officially list more than 1.4 billion shares (coded HVN) on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on May 7, according to the company.

The Vietnamese and Chinese coast guards began their joint fishery inspection for 2019 in the Gulf of Tonkin on April 24.

A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam is attending the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security that opened in the Russian capital on April 24.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and France’s ADPi company signed an MoU in Hanoi on April 24 on cooperation in studying a project on expanding and outlining a detailed master plan on Noi Bai International Airport.

Authorities recently arrested a Vietnamese national at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking parts of endangered and rare animals, said customs officials at the airport on April 24.

More than 886,000 high school students nationwide have registered to attend the national high school graduation examination 2019, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

The 74th General Assembly and Congress of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 24, gathering 340 delegates from 91 member nations and three observer countries.

The VN Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) this week suggested the State Bank of VN (SBV) reconsider a proposal on limiting unsecured personal loans in cash by consumer finance companies.

HCM City’s Tax Department has announced a list of nearly 1,700 companies with total unpaid tax debt of almost VND4.5 trillion (US$193.5 million).

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee Raul Castro Ruz attended the inauguration of a Vietnam-Cuba Friendship School in Santiago de Cuba on April 23.

Quach Thi Lan won gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in the 400m hurdles in Qatar yesterday.

A cleaning machine has been used to tidy the beaches in Danang City before the summer holiday starts.

HCM City and the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant hold great potential to cooperate in the fields of education, culture, and arts, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem.

HCM City always attaches great importance to enhancing friendship and cooperation with Korean localities, including Gyeonggi province’s Ansan city, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Pham Duc Hai.

Individuals and businesses alike should be the subject of international integration, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a teleconference on April 23.

The ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) and the fourth protocol amending the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) were inked by ASEAN economic ministers in Thailand on April 23.

Vietnam Airlines will have an additional 78,000 seats on international and domestic routes during the Reunification Day and Labour Day holidays.

The habit of consuming much alcohol leaves severe consequences to be fixed, with the treatment of six common types of alcohol-related cancer in Vietnam already costing around US$1.118 billion, or 0.25% of the country’s GDP in 2017.

Border guards in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested a man suspected of illegally transporting guns and ammunition from another country to Vietnam through the city port.

As many as 76 Lao citizens have been naturalised in the northern province of Dien Bien under a decision signed by the Vietnamese President, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.