A fire at a pig farm in Gia Lai Province killed more than 1,000 pigs on Thursday, with damages of over VNĐ 1 billion (US$44,400).

Japanese security forces on Friday said they had arrested a 46-year-old man who allegedly killed Vietnamese girl Lê Thị Nhật Linh.

Demand for new staff at the country’s enterprises increased in the first quarter, according to job recruitment agencies.

Việt Nam offers optimal conditions for investors, especially in tourism, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a meeting on Thursday with executives of Sun Group, one of the major investors in the country’s tourism with large projects on Phú Quốc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang.

Asset recovery in civil lawsuits, particularly those relating to major economic corruption, remains low as authorities have found it difficult to verify the financial status of defendants, said Lê Quang Tiến, head of Hà Nội’s Department of Civil Judgment Enforcement.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged the State Audit to focus more on sectors and areas with high risks of corruption and cases of public concern, thus giving advices to authorised agencies on how to adjust policies and legal regulation to prevent corruption.

Police in southern Đồng Nai Province’s Vĩnh Cửu District yesterday arrested a man suspected to have caused a fire at a lubricant recycling plant in a cajuput forest on Wednesday night.

HCM City plans to establish three more hi-tech agriculture parks by 2020 with the aim of becoming one of the country’s leading cities in high-tech agricultural development.

Fifty prominent women in various fields including politics, business, social and charitable activities, science, education, communications, entertainment, arts, and sports were honoured by Forbes Vietnam magazine at a ceremony held in HCM City on Wednesday.