Viet Van, a photo journalist from Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper, has won the first prize at the 6th Chang International Fine Art Photo Contest in Thailand.

 The General Department of Vietnam Customs has issued a working plan designed to achieve vigorous changes in detecting, preventing and handling of corruption, towards well performing its anti-corruption related-tasks between now to 2020. 

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made final determinations of dumping and subsidizing in respect of certain copper pipe fittings (CPF) from Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

HCM City generates nearly 2,000 tonnes of construction waste each day, but only a minimal amount is collected and treated while the remaining amount is dumped or freely transferred without official oversight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Centre, based in Australia, has recently kicked off a crowd-funding project.

The final of the Vietnam F1 Futures tennis tournament’s singles category was delayed due to poor light yesterday in Hue.

Various activities showcasing the unique culture of ethnic groups will be included in the Khau Vai Love Market festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent instances of cooking gas cylinders exploding is due to fraudulent practices by suppliers, 

 The first Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Viet Vo Dao Grand Prix was held successfully in Algeria on May 4-5.

Visitors going to Lai Chau to admire the beauty of the Nam Mu river flowing through the pristine mountainous area are also attracted by the stunning sights and cascading sounds of 35 huge water wheels on the river bank.

 Twenty football teams representing overseas Vietnamese students, entrepreneurs and intellectuals in Singapore were brought together at the fifth Hung Kings Cup championship opened in the island country on May 6.

 The People’s Committee of Hanoi has requested to reclaim 39.2ha of investor-held land belonging to the city’s land fund, in order to construct public works.

Candles were lit at Martyrs’ Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu city of northern Dien Bien province on May 6 evening to pay tribute to fallen soldiers on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.

12th-tenure Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee convened its seventh plenary session in Hanoi on May 7, under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many anti-landslide projects in HCM City are lagging behind schedule due to limited capital resources and slow progress of land clearance and compensation, 

 First Vietnamese bank issues ATM card through LiveBank, ABBank appoints new general director, Rice exports bring home 1.1 billion USD in Jan-Apr, EuroSphere exhibition to bring over 150 European brands to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - In the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An, Dong Thap and An Giang, numerous signboards of establishments selling snakes, turtles and birds of different kinds can be seen.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pharmaceutical companies are hiring retail chains to distribute their products, rather than develop distribution networks of their own.

A team of Vietnamese scientists has successfully filed a patent application in the US for their non-electric lighting equipment, a cost-saving solution for certain projects, especially “tube” houses in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) estimates that 40,264 teachers will become redundant when Vietnam applies the new general education program.

 Viet Nam claimed the top spot in Group B of the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Futsal Championship 2018, after defeating Malaysia 3-1 yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Viet Nam has many opportunities to develop a digital economy, but the country’s legal framework on cross-border data flows is still "unopened", according to the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA).

 Many commercial banks in the country have increased loan interest rates by 1-2 per cent to investors in real estate as property prices continue to rise.

 Quang Ninh Province’s local authorities requested the suspension of land use conversions and land transfers in Van Don District until the National Assembly adopts the Law on Special Administrative Economic Zones later this month.

 IDECAF Stage, one of HCM City’s leading private drama troupes, is preparing to stage a new play aimed at young audiences this summer.