Vietcombank, PV GAS up co-operation, Retail sales, services revenue up by 10.1%, Hanoi apartment project accused of cheating customers, South Korea travel firms seek more Vietnamese arrivals          

 Nguyen Huong Giang, a Vietnamese transgender woman, on March 9 won Miss International Queen 2018 - the world’s largest transgender pageant.

“I want to become the world’s number-one ball-juggling artist,” a Hanoian autistic teenager has said.

Statistics from the Saigon Hi-tech Park Incubation Center (SHTP-IC) show that since 2014, the center has incubated 38 projects, 22 of which have been successfully commercialized and other nine projects excellently graduated.

 One third of the world's protected lands are being degraded by human activities and are not fit for purpose, 

 With his exotic refinements and artistic ability, bonsai artisan Lam Ngoc Vinh in Hoc Mon District, HCMC has created numerous wonderful mini bonsais.

According to the HCMC Fisheries Sub-department, 16.25 million ornamental fish were exported in the first 10 months of 2017, an increase of 14.5 percent compared with the same period last year.

 Ha Dinh Chi, (aka Nem), hardly speaks. His quiet world is not boring but vibrant, as he has found a passion for brushes and colours. 

Vietnamese have reached the top at some foreign-owned banks but overall there remains a shortage of skilled staff in the banking and finance sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wooden stick in hand, with his wrinkled and tanned skin, 78-year-old Pham Van Tan is doing what he’s done for four decades. Picking up trash.

 The last Vietnamese players were blasted out of the Vietnam F3 Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Hue.

 Nguyen Nhat Nam finished first at the eighth stage of the Return to the Countryside cycling tournament to take the yellow jersey off the leading athlete yesterday.

If you are seeking a tourism destination with luxurious accommodations and plenty of services, do not visit O (Eagle Island) on Tri An Lake in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 Viet Nam will send 11 athletes to take part in the Taiwan Athletics Open later this month.

 A plane about to take off from Da Nang Airport stopped on the tarmac and headed back to the terminal after a pregnant woman fell ill on-board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi witnessed severe air pollution exceeding air quality guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on nine out of every 10 days in the first three months of 2018.

 Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

 The central province of Quang Tri has set up a mobile team to patrol the province and prevent illegal logging of timber.

 Mexican Secretary of National Defence General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda has received the new Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ten Korean artists have resumed painting a mural in the coastal Tam Thanh Commune in Tam Ky City of Quang Nam Province.

A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of his 128th birthday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks 113rd out of 136 surveyed countries in terms of tourism infrastructure. 

 6.4 trln in compensation for victims of marine environment incident

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s investigation police on May 17 started legal proceedings against three men arrested in connection with the murder of two volunteers from a team set up to protect residents.

 Vietnam’s economy had a good start in 2018 with a 7.38 percent GDP growth in first quarter, but experts warn of challenges and risks ahead in the remaining of the year as well as following years.