Farmers in Mekong Delta rush to sell shrimp as price falls, Programme launched to help domestic suppliers meet int’l standards, Support industry creates driving force for automobile sector

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of 100 percent foreign owned banks in Vietnam has increased by twofold in the last two years to nine.

 Province cracks down on illegal sand mining, Children and mothers to receive Vitamin A supplements, Foundation honouring late writer forced to close, Birthday of Lord Buddha celebration in HCM City

 Viet Nam is working hard to build a constructive and upright Government to serve people and businesses, including investors from Europe, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the “Meet Europe 2018” conference.

 With his love for the endangered Hatinh Langurs, a man in Quang Binh Province has protected and helped raise local awareness about the species to prevent illegal hunting for the past five years.

 Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join hands to develop e-government system in Vietnam under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked on May 25.

 Vietnam was selected as the only candidate of the Asia-Pacific region for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 tenure at a monthly meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group at the UN on May 25.

Halting phone card payments creates new prospects for the gaming industry, as gaming enterprises started co-operating with e-commerce platforms to satisfy the burgeoning demand for game cards. 

 NA deputies, during the fifth session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly on May 25, expressed their concern about outstanding problems in the agricultural sector, such as farm produce oversupply and price drop, and support policies for farmers. 

Tran Duy Quang, 29, has only trained running for three years but he gains many fruits in prestigious events. He triumphed in the men’s 70km category of the Dalat Ultra Trail International Marathon in Lam Dong.

The Law on Special Administrative-Economic Zones (SAEZs) will continue to be discussed at the fifth session of the 12th National Assembly. The law is expected to create a breakthrough to attract investment.

 Not all heroes wear capes. To Hanoi’s homeless, the volunteers who scour the streets weekly offering a helping hand are all The Avengers rolled into one.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the hot weather, the traditional medicine clinic in Northwest Nghe An General Hospital is full of patients waiting for free examinations from young doctor La Van Khoi.

 In Vietnam, Tay is the mother tongue of nearly 2 million people and a second language for many other ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. 

 Vietnam’s e-commerce websites are still receiving heavy investment to develop despite big losses, but when will these projects stop losing?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has become the fastest-growing market for Japan and South Korea’s tourism.

 Renowned Vietnamese and international belly dancers will give an excellent performance at the Vietnam Open Belly Dance Festival 2018 set to take place in Hanoi on June 8-11 along with a string of diverse activities.

 Phan Thi Thu Hien, deputy director of the Directorate of Roads of Viet Nam, speaks to the Viet Nam & World Economy on the safety and transparency benefits of electric toll collections (ETCs) in Viet Nam.

Anyone visiting an island in the East Sea of Vietnam may be impressed by the vegetable gardens grown by soldiers. All kinds of containers are used to store soil brought from the mainland to raise vegetables.

Duong Thu Hien, a fourth grader at Nhan Chinh Primary School for hearing-impaired children in Hanoi, looked attentively at a slideshow featuring a stranger using candy to persuade a little girl to follow him.

Large numbers of people have trekked to the remote rice terraces of the northern province of Yen Bai to see an installation in the form of a "crystal cloud" created from 58,000 shimmering beads.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Nghe An boasts some of best beaches of Vietnam and these are definitely the must-go places when armed with a camera to capture the perfect sunrises and sunsets.

According to latest statistics of Henley Passport Index 2018 released on May 23, Vietnam ranks 84th among the most powerful passports in the world with 51 visa-free destinations. 

 Australia and the Netherlands have formally accused Russia of being responsible for downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in 2014.

 A variety of festivals showing off the rich culture of Japan will be held on weekends in Hanoi over the coming months, visitors can register online or call the organizing board’s hotline to reserve tickets.