VietNamNet Bridge – Movie lovers in Viet Nam will be enthralled by an array of the best European films during the European Film Festival 2016, which will showcase 13 contemporary films from EU member countries.

Electronics giant has three IT complexes in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces, where 86.6% of its IT staff are employed.

 HCMC Customs Dept collects VND 150bln after customs clearance, FPT earns 384 million USD in first quarter of this year, Export garment producers see decline in orders, Petrol makers, distributors want more State support

Tourism in the four central seaside provinces faced serious business shortfalls due to many cancellations over the four-day holiday ending last Tuesday, caused by recent masses of dead fish washing up on central beaches.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a project to restore a part of the Kinh Thien Palace – Doan Mon (The Southern Gate) site in the middle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

A diving group sent by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said they found no layers of dead fish on the seabed in Quang Binh Province as reported by local fishermen.

Thai food products may dominate almost all shelves of Big C Vietnam’s outlets, one of the largest supermarket chains in the country when the new Thai owner Central Group takes possession.

 The northern province of Quang Ninh will focus on developing tourism as a key economic sector, creating a driving force for the locality’s rapid and substantial socio-economic growth.

 The General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on May 9 received additional information on a woman from the RoK who tested positive for the Zika virus after visiting Vietnam.

 Nine Vietnamese feature films are being screened in New Delhi, India during a Vietnamese Film Festival that kicked off on May 9.

 Vietnam has formed 280 safe food supply chains in 35 provinces and cities with main products including vegetables, fruits, tea, meat, eggs and aquatic products.

Drought and saline intrusion in south central coast, central highlands and southern provinces have caused damage worth nearly VND8.9 trillion ($400 million) as of May 6, according to the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged China’s Yunnan province to cooperate closely with Vietnam in implementing three documents on managing Vietnam-China land border.

 Palestine wishes to expand its friendship with Vietnam, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

 A Facebook user in the southern province of Binh Phuoc last week uploaded a minute-long video showing two boys in a drinking contest with a group of adults.

 The rate of IPv6 usage in Viet Nam was reported at only 0.03 per cent, 300 times lower than the world's average rate at 10.4 per cent.

Gas explosions related to cooking has been giving out a warning against quality of current LPG products in the market. It is thus important that consumers know what to look for in buying their LPG products.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) has suggested that Uber and Grab taxis should have signs on their cars to differentiate them from conventional taxis.

 The 2016 Vietnam Women’s National Championship – Thai Son Bac commenced yesterday in the northern province of Ha Nam.

 Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will wear the jersey for Thailand’s Bangkok Glass Volleyball Club at upcoming tournaments.

 Visitors to the Museum of Royal Fine Arts in Hue are to get a chance to look at books transcribed on rectangle gold pieces, made for the adoration of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

 Noted HCM City-based architect Vo Trong Nghia recently won six prizes at the Green Good Design Awards 2016 held in the United States.

Dozens of traditional long dresses designed by well-known tailors and paintings by famous artists from Saigon (now called HCM City) from the 1930-1940 period are being auctioned online.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just issued an official note regarding the draft blueprint for a transportation and hydroelectric project on the Red River of Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite mass fish deaths in central Vietnam, fish caught in the area are still being exported to major markets.