Korean choreographer/businesswoman Chun Yoo Oh has recently unveiled her plan to bring back her dancing creation “Promise to 800” on stage at the Opera House in HCMC on June 2 and the Opera House in Hanoi on June 7.

 The HCMC government will have to find at least VND74.35 trillion (US$3.34 billion) to fund flood control projects in 2016-2020, according to a report on flood control solutions released at a HCMC Party Committee meeting on Tuesday.

  Localities have expressed high hopes for the tax office’s investigation into the affairs of Vietnamese citizens linked to the Panama Papers leaks.

 Vietnam’s U16 football team has been drawn into the “Group of Death” at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Football Championship.

 The Italian Senate supports the early ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Italy and Vietnam, Senate President Pietro Grasso told Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong on May 25.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam entered the final of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur World Championships on May 26 in Jonkoping, Sweden.

 A concert titled and Romanticism will be held at 7pm on May 28 at the Southern Vietnam Women Museum in 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3.

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’.