The People’s Procuracy of Nha Trang City has finished the indictment to sentence Hoàng Tuấn Hải to two to seven years in prison for smuggling sea turtles.

 The population of storks as well as many other kinds of birds in a special park in the northern province of Ba Giang has now declined by more than two thirds due to illegal firecracker explosions.

 Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Vieệt Nam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. 

 Experts say construction violations are still rampant in the capital city of Hanoi, despite a new regime to create district-level inspection task forces.

 A group of four HCM City-based screenwriters have been announced as the winners of the global screenwriting contest The Wanted Writer launched by the VinTaTa Animation Studio.

 The licences of some 1,225 transport entities in Hanoi have been revoked, reported Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. 

 Thanh Hoa Province Police today remanded two barrier keepers for three months in custody after a North-South passenger train crashed into a truck, killing two people and injuring 10 others on Thursday.

 To meet the growing demand for organic foods, retailers are scouring for producers and also planning to invest in organic agriculture themselves.

 HCM City will open an additional 17 high-quality bus routes beginning from July 1, increasing the total number of high-quality bus routes to 20.

 In just two weeks, 9th grade students all over the country will take part in the high school entrance exam, which is considered by many to be as important as the university entrance exam.

 A new circus performance will be showcased, promising to bring excitement and drama to audiences, especially children, according to artist Tong Toan Thang, deputy director of the Vietnam Circus Federation.

 Lawmakers express their concerns over several issues plaguing the Vietnamese society in current times including corruption, solutions to immigration, addressing child abuse and school violence.

 Advertising beer could soon be a thing of the past after the Ministry of Health proposed calling time on commercials.

 Another medical centre will be built on Phan Vinh island in the island district of Truong Sa, the central province of Khanh Hoa, said Director of the Military Hospital 175 Maj. Gen Nguyen Hong Son on May 25. 

 Water puppetry is among the traditional art forms most recommended for foreign visitors in Vietnam.

 A Vietnamese-Korean bilingual book on late General Vo Nguyen Giap made its debut in Hanoi on May 25 before it will be introduced to readers in the Republic of Korea (RoK) afterwards.

 Children from 6-60 months in 22 provinces having high stunted growth rates will be given free vitamin A supplements on the National Micronutrient Day (June 1-2), Director of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) Le Danh Tuyen said on May 25. 

 Hanoi University in conjunction with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam on May 25 organised the qualifying round of the 17th “Chinese Bridge” for students of universities and colleagues in northern provinces and cities.

 The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) under the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, Hanoi,  on May 25 announced Vietnam’s tax equity report 2017.

 Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung cleared up a number of questions relating to the State budget restructuring and the execution of financial disciplines, which were raised at the May 26 session.

 Vietnam is one of the leading countries in the world in implementing the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to Director of the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme Tereza Kasaeva.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has emphasised the need to change policies and mechanisms to encourage businesses to participate in national, regional and global supply chains. 

A keel laying ceremony was held on May 24 in the northeastern port city of Hai Phong to mark the building of Vietnam’s first submarine search and rescue ship.

 Residents in Ho Chi Minh City are being treated to a weekend of good food at the Singapore Food Festival that opened in the city on May 26. 

 Recent surveys amongst 1 million correspondents show inpatients’ satisfaction with hospital services in Vietnam reached 75.6 percent, while the figure for outpatients stands at 66.3 percent.