Ho Chi Minh City rises to new heights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two container trucks going in the same direction crashed into each other and exploded on Nguyen Binh Khiem Street in coastal Hai Phong City at around 3am on Wednesday morning.

 Japan and South Korea are among the most favorite destinations for the Vietnamese as more local tourists will opt for these two northeast Asian nations when it comes to traveling abroad.

 District 5 of HCMC is planning to open some more traditional craft streets and provide free wifi on these streets to lure more tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international conference with the theme “Science for Development” is taking place in Quy Nhon City, central province of Binh Dinh on May 9-10. 

 The HCMC delegation of National Assembly deputies plans to inspect the Thu Thiem New Urban Area project whose original 1/5000 zoning map the city government recently said is missing.

Most commercial banks have released their first quarter earnings results, with many of them making big profits in January-March, a period which often sees the lowest quarterly loan growth, VietnamPlus reported.

 Indonesian scientists have launched the largest ever study into whether tiny plastic particles can affect human health.

A research exhibition titled “Plastic Matters: Wild Lives" is on display at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in the central city of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province. 

Famous overseas Vietnamese singer Huong Lan will stage a special show at Hoa Binh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City on June 2.

“The young scientists” collection of four magazines which is based on the latest Singapore MOE (Ministry of Education) Primary Science Syllabus and complemented with PSLE format questions has been released in Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Railway Corporation has proposed the Ministry of Transport to work out a project to improve the operation of the train on the Saigon-Nha Trang route with the aim of increasing capacity, minimizing the risk caused by human errors.

 Ireland will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time since 2013 after making it through the first semi-final in Lisbon.

Through millions of years of geological formation, sedimentary rocks piled on top of one another, creating an arc around the coast, forming the Ganh Yen landscape. 

The leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the National Coaching Council, and head coach Park Hang-seo sat down for a meeting on May 7 to finalise their plans and preparations for the upcoming tournaments.

Numerous activities of the event entitled “A Touch of Belgium” will take place at the King Ly Thai To monument in Hanoi on May 12.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for the Director of Israel’s Defence Export and Cooperation Agency Mishel Ben Baruch.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources signed off on two agreements at the second high-level agricultural policy dialogue in Canberra on May 8.

 Two Nobel laureates, theoretical physicist Gerard ‘t Hooft and economist Finn Kydland, will visit Vietnam to attend a conference on science and development scheduled for May 9-10 in the central city of Quy Nhon.

Coconuts can be found anywhere and everywhere in Vietnam. The fruit’s versatility is renowned. Juice, candy, rice and meat dishes are all immensely popular, but only in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre 

The annual Met Gala is the fashion industry's night of nights. The star-studded party raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute - but is also basically a chance for extremely beautiful people to wear

 The winner of Vietlott’s Jackpot 1 prize worth up to VND303.89 billion (USD13 million) has not come to the company to receive the money.

 Vietnam and China on May 8 jointly released aquatic resources into the Tonkin Gulf at the border gate of the cross-border Bac Luan (Beilun) River in Dongxing city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

 US Science Envoy Dr Margaret Leinen has raised concerns about plastic waste as Vietnam is among top five countries that generate most plastic waste in the ocean.

 Eximbank recently returning almost all the lost money in the Nghe An case opens opportunities for other victims, who were appropriated millions of dollar from saving books at this bank.