VGP – The Ministry of Finance has proposed reducing and simplifying 193 business condition lines in seven areas of insurance, stocks, price, customs, auditing, finance-banking and tax. 

VGP – Viet Nam’s industrial production index (IPI) was estimated to rise 9.4% year-on-year in April, pushing the four-month index growth by 11.4% on-year in the first four months of this year, according to the country's General Statistics Office.

VGP - Over 14,500 new enterprises were formed in Viet Nam in April, with total registered capital of VND133.5 trillion (US$5.86 billion), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VGP – Minister of Public Security To Lam on April 25 led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 9th International Meeting of High-Ranking Security Officials in Sochi, Russia. 

VGP - An inter-sectoral meeting took place between Vietnamese and Cambodian agencies took place in Phnom Penh on April 23 to discuss the handling of legal residency procedures for Vietnamese Cambodians.

VGP - Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich in Ha Noi on April 19 hosted a reception for Deputy Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Lieut. Gen. Talgat Sabitovich Mukhtarov.

VGP – Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has inked a Decision to eliminate and simplify 384 out of 570 business conditions, equal to 67.36% of regulations on business conditions in transport.

VGP - The investigation police agency of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has put seven persons into temporary detention for their alleged involvement in the case of Phan Van Anh Vu, who was charged with “deliberately disclosing state secrets”, “tax evasion”, and “abusing position and power while performing duties.”

VGP – Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung chairs a trade promotion conference in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from April 16-19.