Vietnamese technology giant the VNG Corporation (VNG) has purchased 38 per cent of the Tiki Corporation, the owner of the e-commerce website Tiki.vn, for VND383 billion ($17.16 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision to establish the Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV). It is a 100% foreign-invested nonprofit university based in the HCM City Hi-tech Park.

 Visitors from China topped the list of foreign tourists to the southern central province of Khanh Hoa in the first three months of 2016 with more than 107,000 arrivals.

 Route Inn Group from Japan will develop a coastal resort, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, with total investment of US$18 million, a Da Nang city official said.

Vietnam could reach upper-middle income status (US$22,000 purchasing power parity per capita) by 2035 by growing with sustainability, equity and social inclusion, and being a capable and accountable State.

 Three hotlines for reporting issues related to food safety were launched in Hanoi on May 17.

 The price of pigs in Vietnam has been slumping in recent days as China has suddenly suspended imports, owners of pig farms and traders said.

 A concert of classical music performed by French pianist Jean-Louis Haguenauer will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on May 21.

 Quang Binh Province People's Committee have suggested that local businesses could afford to cut their charges for goods and services from between 30 to 50 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prolonged dry weather has significantly increased forest fire risk in the southeast region, authorised agencies report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tonnes of cage-raised fish along the Buoi River in the north central province of Thanh Hoa have continued to die, according to local officials.

 More than 70 per cent of international visitors to Vietnam over the last decade spent their holidays on the coast, according to the latest report from Savills on Vietnam’s hospitality industry in the first half of 2016.

Once Vietnam finishes implementation of the TV digitalization program, the 700 Mhz waveband will be free for broadband services. The frequency band, with optimal advantages in signal transmission, will allow 4G services at low costs to rural areas.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang has moved the construction deadline for the already long-delayed $500-million Saigon Safari Park in the city’s Cu Chi district to later this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Panama Papers has issued warnings about tax evasion committed by Vietnamese individuals and institutions through international transactions. 

Russian Rosneft and Vietnamese state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam have signed an agreement to co-operate in the petrochemical sector, according to Rosneft’s website.

 The Philippines announced on May 17 that its patrol force had arrested three Vietnamese fishing vessels and two from China for illegal fishing in the country’s waters.

 All localities are ready for the election day slated for May 22, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has assured the media in a recent interview.

 The signing of the regular MoU to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers to work in the Republic of Korea under the Employment Permit System will help step up the two countries’ ties, particularly in the labour field.

 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville has recently had inaccurate and biased words based on wrongful information about recent mass gatherings that took place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam and Russia should step up their legislative ties through the exchange of information and experience in law-making and supervision activities, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many students who do not pass the entrance exams to university can go to intermediate school (2-year training) and junior college (3-year training) first, and then pass the credits to enter university. 

 Vietnam adamantly opposes China’s fishing suspension – a void decision – in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh has said.

  Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped six places to the 927th spot in the world rankings.

Vietnam has a good legal framework concerning environment pollution, but the environment remains polluted, and forests have been devastated and rivers poisoned with untreated waste water.