With 95 per cent of the vote, Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has been elected member of the municipal People’s Council for the period 2016-21.

The prosperity and sustainable development in Viet Nam, Asia and the world may be ensured only in a peaceful and stable international environment, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the expanded G7 Summit in Mie Prefecture, Japan on May 27.

 My Linh, a very famous Vietnamese singer, has been strongly criticised by some for her interpretation of the Vietnamese national anthem before a speech by US President Barack Obama in Hanoi on May 23.

An official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed the ministry will announce the official cause of the mass fish deaths when the investigation is finally finished, denying that they are burying the news.

 Though the number of Vietnamese smokers reduced, the country is still one of nations who have high rate of smokers in the world, said the Ministry of Health.

Microsoft Vietnam today organised Technology for Good Day, specifically designed for NGOs with attendance of about 100 people from more than 60 NGOs in Vietnam.

 The Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to a Vietnamese fishing vessel caught illegally operating in its waters.

The US Senate’s approval of a bill that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme is good news for Vietnam’s tra fish industry, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has given the nod to a project to develop a high-biotechnology park covering 207.8 hectares in the southern province of Dong Nai, the Government Office announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram of HCM City won four gold medals and broke two national records at the first day of the National Age Groups Swimming Tournament held in Phu Tho Club in HCM City yesterday

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to all known antibiotics, and expressed grave concern that the superbug could pose serious danger for routine infections if it spreads. 

Natural disasters wreck havoc on aquaculture in Ca Mau, WB-funded green transport project to begin in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam promotes tourism in Germany, Son La to organise third annual plum festival

Australia's Department of the Environment said on Friday it had omitted its contribution to a U.N. report examining the impact of climate change on world heritage sites over concern it could create "confusion" and have a negative impact on tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for capital for investment and development remains high, but 500 tons of gold kept by the people, a huge source of capital, has been forgotten.

The widespread Zika virus outbreak in Brazil does not pose enough of a threat to warrant canceling or putting off the Olympic Games set to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, 

Vietnamese rapper Suboi, 26, was interviewed live on CNN via Skype on May 25 after her exchange with US President Barack Obama in HCM City during a town hall meeting with  a group from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese who found their names in Panama Papers have described it as a ‘normal thing’. However, experts say that in most cases, it is ‘abnormal’. 

VietNamNet Bridge - CNN site give hints about ten street dishes that every visitor should not miss when they come to Vietnam, including bun cha, nem cuon, ca phe trung, banh mi, bot chien, pho and xoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on the occasion of his working visit to Japan on May 26

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 26 met with Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is seeking international assistance with HIV/AIDS prevention and control to avoid a resurgence of the disease.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famed French singer and songwriter Raphaël Haroche will perform with Francophone students in Ha Noi this weekend.

 Rice export prices edge up, Company classification for tax management sparks concern, HCM City tax agency to monitor big enterprises, Samsung picks three local suppliers, Local car market sees rise in Thai imports

 Vietnam recorded some 225,000 unemployed graduates in the first quarter of 2016 while many industrial zones are still facing serious lack of qualified staff, according to a local official.