Vietnam play Thailand in their first match at the high stakes Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Championship on May 13.

 The Political Academy, under the Ministry of Defence, held a ceremony to present PhD degree certificates to General Neang Phat and General Phorn Nara, high-ranking officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, in Hanoi on May 12. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – An old story about the starfish has inspired Austrian investment bankers to set up a foundation to build schools for needy children in Viet Nam.

Big companies in steel, real estate and securities sectors have announced investments in agriculture projects, but they remain quiet about their profits from the projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man born on a mattress made by his native village artisans tries to gain a fresh lease of life for the traditional craft with new, market-oriented designs.

Bestselling author Phan Viet has released the third volume of her non-fiction series called Bat Hanh La Mot Tai San (Unhappiness Is an Asset). Following on the success of the previous two volumes - Mot Minh O Chau Au 

 Can Tho wants to open more air routes, Many Korean firms come knocking, Prime Minister wants advertising market order restored, HCMC calls for more investment in healthcare sector

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese investors develop their businesses well in the beginning stages of growth, but have difficulty after expansion, analysts say.

he story of a family that took its two boys out of school to teach them at home in HCM City has been generating public interest after newspapers and social networks reported on it as a successful model.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The PAS – Hanoi Performing Arts Festival (or Festival des Arts du Spectacle in French) will take place in Hanoi from May 18 to 21.

An exhibition showcasing the reproduction of propaganda artworks created between 1969 and 1972 by the late celebrated Cuban graphic arist René Mederos will be held in Hanoi from May 19 through June 12.

“Echoing Scars”, a solo exhibition by French mixed-media artist Thierry Bernard-Gotteland will take place at Galerie Quynh, 151/3 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, HCM City from May 12 through June 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Special Concert II” by the National Symphony Orchestra of Vietnam will take place at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi on May 12. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s come to Six Space, 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi on May 13 to enjoy Palestinian movie “The Time that Remains”. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three movies “Me, Myself and Mum” from France, “Breathing” from Austria and “At Eye Level” from Germany will be introduced at the European Film Festival 2017 in Vietnam. 

 Vietnam’s tourism industry recorded a successful year with VNĐ400 trillion (US$17.6 billion) of total revenue in 2016. However, the travel companies’ profits are not commensurate with their revenue, vneconomy.vn reports.

More than 50 sketches of women during the wars by 29 noted painters will be displayed between May 14 and 28 at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.

A majority of Vietnamese labourers may face unemployment in the next 10 years when industrial revolution 4.0 kicks in as their weak and outdated skills cannot meet the demand of enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has made history by becoming the first Vietnamese fighter to win the world championship title seven times.

 Vietnam hopes for Laos’s support in Mekong River water management, Burial services for soldier remains repatriated from Cambodia, Gov’t approves new bridges, roads for HCM City

Over one year since the maritime environmental incident ravaged four central provinces, information about the results of investigations into Hung Nghiep Formosa has been made public.

 F&N Dairy Investments PTE Ltd owned by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has registered to buy more than 14 million additional shares of Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) from May 16 to June 14.

President Tran Dai Quang and his Spouse is paying a State visit to China to attend the “Belt and Road” Summit from May 11-15 at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

 The CEO of UK Export Finance (UKEF) visited Vietnam to explore providing support of up to £1.5 billion ($1.93 billion) for infrastructure development in the country.

 2017 will be the last year Vietnam receives preferential loans from IDA, an arm of the World Bank (WB), and will then be able to access loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.