National Geographic has named Viet Nam’s Topas Ecolodge on its list of unique lodges around the world.

 HCM City’s District 5 is planning to set up more traditional craft streets and provide free wifi here to attract visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dieu Linh is Vietnam's representative at the ongoing Miss Tourism Queen International 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. The grand finale is scheduled for May 16.

 Scientist David Goodall, 104, has died after choosing to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, a right-to-die organisation says.

 Land prices have surged on Con Dao Island, a popular tourist destination in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, due to massive land speculation.

Recent surges in transactions and withdrawal fees at a number of commercial banks went against the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) initial policy roadmap for a seamlessly cashless society.

The domestic tra fish industry is facing a boom in the development of production at present, according to experts and enterprises.

 Central Da Nang City will be host to a vast array of activities this summer as it makes efforts to attract more visitors.

Twenty-three art troupes from Vietnam and France will gather at the Vietnam National Drama Theatre to join the Performing Arts Spring Festival (PAS 2018) set to take place in Hanoi on May 18-20.

Actress and former Tourism Ambassador Ly Nha Ky on May 10 walked the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival by dazzling in a dress by designer Do Long.

 A deadly fungus that has ravaged amphibian populations worldwide probably originated in East Asia, new research suggests.

 The HCMC Department of Transport on May 8 asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to pilot emissions tests on motorcycles in the city, Thanh Nien newspaper reports.

 Drones that monitor crops, control mosquito populations and deliver defibrillators are to be tested in US airspace.

The government of Danang City is searching for investors to develop three industrial park (IP) projects with a total area of 1,000 hectares in the public-private partnership format, IZA Danang said on May 9.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), or the central bank, has told commercial banks to stop hiking ATM cash withdrawal fees as multiple banks have been rushing to revise up ATM card and Internet Banking service charges.

 Russia has suffered a shock elimination from Eurovision in Thursday's second semi-final.

Members of the Can Tho City People’s Committee and a National Assembly committee have recommended building new landfills and concentrated waste treatment plants that meet national standards

Following the success of two previous charity rock shows, Psychotramps13 will host the third Rock’n Share themed “Don’t live like a stone” at 126 Stage in HCMC’s District 3 this Sunday, starting from 5:30 p.m.

The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam in coordination with France Alumni Vietnam will organize the 2018 France-Vietnam Job Fair in HCMC this Saturday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision approving revisions to the national strategy on solid waste management to 2025 with a vision to 2050.

 Officials, Party members and citizens have paid attention to issues being discussed at the seventh plenary meeting of the 12th tenure Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, which takes place from May 7-12. 

 Vietnam is now home to more than 80,000 foreign workers, according to Le Quang Trung, deputy head of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam and China are set to expand self-driving tours in a border region, heard a conference co-held by Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh province and Dongxing city in China’s southwest Guangzi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese manufacturers are having difficulties in distributing their products as foreign retailers control modern distribution channels.

The management board of the Nguyen Du Special National Historical Relic Site has received a collection of 9 books of great poet Nguyen Du and his masterpiece - The Tale of Kieu - from an overseas Vietnamese in France.