Competent forces have so far recovered the “black box” and most pieces from the Bell-505 helicopter that crashed in the sea area between Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province on April 5.

The Narcotics Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting in Hanoi on April 6 to review the operation of the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre (SMCC), which has been set up in all countries in the Mekong sub-region as part of their joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.

A union of Vietnamese associations in Japan was officially established on April 6, aiming to strengthen the connectivity among the associations and build a growing Vietnamese community in the host country.

The average monthly income of workers in the first quarter of this year was 7 million VND (300 USD) per person, an increase of 197,000 VND quarter-on-quarter and up 640,000 VND year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Some 485,000 poor and near-poor households gained access to loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), worth about 21.86 trillion VND (932.17 million USD) in total, in the first three months of this year.

Hai Phong city is focusing on developing new tourism products and enhancing the quality of services to provide best experience to visitors during the upcoming peak tourism season.

The Hanoi Department of Public Security announced on April 6 that the Investigation Police Agency of Tay Ho district have decided to detain and launch criminal proceedings against a local man for violating regulations on road traffic participation in accordance with Article 260 of the 2015 Criminal Code.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a Prime Minister’s dispatch ordering relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take measures and mobilise forces and vehicles to conduct fastest and most effective search and rescue activities for the victims of a helicopter crash in Ha Long Bay area of northern Quang Ninh province.

A Bell-505 helicopter coded VN-8650, owned by the Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company under the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation, took off at 4:56pm and lost contact at 5:15pm on April 5 while carrying four Vietnamese tourists on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay from above.

A delegation of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs led by Deputy Minister-Vice Chairman of the Committee Y Vinh Tor on April 5 visited Soai So Tum Nop pagoda in An Giang province’s Tri Ton district on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay festival.

In lieu of the dangerous train traffic at the site, the Hanoi Department of Tourism said on April 4 that it has asked businesses offering tourism and transport services in the city not to launch tours of the train street, a popular destination for many foreign visitors.

The international exhibition of educational technology, IT, equipment, toys, and school supplies BESS VIETNAM 2023 is going to take place on April 21 and 22 in Ho Chi Minh City, the organisers have said.

Rural areas in the northern province of Hung Yen have undergone drastic changes after 12 years implementing the national target programme on building new-style rural areas. The province is continuing with efforts to maintain and further improve the living conditions in rural areas.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highlilghted the importance of cooperation in labour and vocational training between Vietnam and Cambodia, during his reception for Cambodian Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng in Hanoi on April 5.

The volume of international visitors coming to Vietnam by sea in March rose by over 2.8 times compared to the previous month, according statistics of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Representatives from the Government, international organisations, trade associations, employment service suppliers of Vietnam and Japan gathered at a forum held in Hanoi on April 4 to discuss measures to improve the recruitment of workers to international standards.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and Cambodian Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng on April 5 co-chaired the Vietnam-Cambodia Labour Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi.

A working team of the Military Command of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on April 4 discovered the remains of seven war martyrs in Phu Lac hamlet, Thanh Phu commune, Binh Long town, bringing the total number of sets of remains of war martyrs found in the hamlet to 20.

As one of countries most affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, Vietnam has paid special attention to the clearance of bombs and mines in order to free land to serve socio-economic development and at the same time promote activities to support and help UXO victims.

The Journal of Asia Business and Economic Studies published by the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City has been included in the list of Australian Business Deans Council.