Business forum focuses on private sector

Vietnam has so far drawn nearly 500 billion USD in registered FDI capital after nearly four decades of opening up its economy, with investment quality improvement considered a key task for a new breakthrough phase ahead.

The upcoming National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays, which spans five days from April 27 to May 1 and marks the start of the peak season, will provide a "golden" chance for the tourism sector to promote growth through domestic and international travelling activities.

The northern province of Ninh Binh has been named among the list of the top 10 free-crowd wonders of the world, as compiled by media outlet the Daily Mail of the UK.

Total export revenue from agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first three months of this year is estimated at over 13.5 billion USD, up nearly 22% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Many Vietnamese have learned by heart a “six-eight” iambic couplet verse stating that no matter how far Vietnamese people travel, they always remember the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day. This important holiday falls on the tenth day of the third lunar month in remembrance of Vietnam’s Hung Kings.