Ambassador of Armenia to Vietnam Raisa Vardanyan was honoured on April 5 with the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

Sappers of the Military High Command of the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau on April 5 confirmed that they have sent their men to the house of a local to collect a napalm bomb weighing about 75 kg.

 The Finance Ministry said it has devised three scenarios for the domestic consumer price index (CPI) in 2019 based on different levels of increase in world petrol prices.

The domestic sugar industry should restructure all stages of its production process towards diversifying products to improve competitiveness, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

 Vietnam aims to become the first country in Southeast Asia to put 5G into commercial operation in 2020, according to Japanese daily Nikkei.

Farmers in many localities in the Mekong Delta region are turning their paddy fields or other orchards into Thai jackfruit farms due to high profits in recent years.

The first human milk bank has been opened at Tu Du Maternity Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on April 4.

Hanoi has decided to upgrade pavements of 300 streets, using natural stone and other materials.

 There are about 3,000 taxis from other provinces are working illegally in Hanoi, according to Hanoi Taxi Association.

 Despite lower credit growth since early this year, local banks have continued hiking deposit rates but kept lending rates unchanged, according to a news report on Nguoi Lao Dong website.

 YouTube has just agreed to extend negotiations with Yeah1 with two more weeks instead of stopping to work with the firm from April 1, as previously announced.

Environmental pollution, high consumption of coal, lack of solutions to coal-fired plant ash and slag, and a high number of Chinese EPC contractors at thermopower projects are all problems mentioned by Nguyen Ngoc Tran, a respected scientist.

 A group of scientists in the Institute of Stem Cell of the University of Science have been successful in making a drug made from stem cell for treating lumbar degenerative disc and knee osteoarthritis, the first of its kind in the country.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has just issued a document No.2198/NHNN-TT with an aim of accelerating e-payment for public services.

The new project ‘Solutions to increase durability and performance of photovoltaic cells using dye-sensitized matter’ is offering a bright future to green concrete buildings with environmentally friendly energy in HCMC.

 Vietnam is expected to have more unicorns – or startups with value of at least US$1 billion – in the time ahead as the country has many advantages to support  the development of the businesses, experts said.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is consulting with the relevant ministries and agencies to establish a national competition commission by merging the Vietnam Competition Authority and the Vietnam Competition Council.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has advised passengers to buy air tickets on the official websites of airlines or at ticket offices and authorized outlets to avoid purchasing fake ones.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker agreed that the signing and ratification of the EVFTA should be sped up for mutual benefits, during their meeting in Brussels on April 4.

 Vietnam’s economy will grow at 6.6 percent this year, slightly down from last year’s 7.1 percent, HSBC has forecast in a report it released this week.