VietNamNet Bridge - The US President on Monday held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang, met with Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong and PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex.

VietNamNet Bridge - Former Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam, actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky on May 22 attended the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Phong extended their lead over other teams in the V.League following their 1-0 win over FLC Thanh Hoa yesterday, May 22. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese epic poem Luc Van Tien (The Story of Luc Van Tien) has been launched for the first time in three languages -- Vietnamese, English and French.

 The Vietnam Diary Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) will remove the maximum foreign ownership limit of its shares, Chairwoman of Vinamilk’s board of directors Le Bang Tam has said.

 Minister of Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich and a high-ranking military delegation left Hanoi on May 23 for an official visit to Laos and to attend the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-10) from May 23-26.

 National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien and US members of parliament have discussed issues of shared concern such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and national defence and security.

 Important milestones in the Vietnam-U.S. relations

 The three-cushion carom billiards World Cup held in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on May 22 with the overall championship victory going to Frederic Caudron from Belgium.

US Ambassador Ted Osius writes about the outstanding achievements of the 21-year relationship between Vietnam and the US and what lies ahead in this ongoing process.

Following the signing of the landmark TPP early this year, President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam this week is expected to bolster US investors’ confidence in the prospects of bilateral relations. 

VietNamNet Bridge - This morning thousands of Hanoi people gathered along the street to greet the visiting US President, Barack Obama.

 US President Obama plans to meet young entrepreneurs and members of the local business community at Dreamplex, a co-working space for startups in HCM City on May 24.

 V.League 1’s Quang Ninh Coal has agreed to let their midfielder Nghiem Xuan Tu have a trial period at Germany’s FC Kaiserslautern in August.

 Vietnam and the US have made several efforts to strengthen friendship through cultural exchanges but it isn’t enough for mutual understanding, according the president of the Vietnam-US Association.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration has approval a proposal from the government of Cu Chi District for a comprehensive inspection of the long-delayed US$500-million Sai Gon Safari Park project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paul Blackthorne distributed chocolate bars imprinted with his image and the slogan “Keep the Rhino Horny” to the media as gifts for their efforts in raising awareness for rhino conservation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Manchester United legends Bryan Robson and Dwight Yorke thanked Vietnamese fans for their passion for the club at the recent ILOVEUNITED event in Ha Noi.

 Egypt has sent a robot submarine to join the hunt for an EgyptAir plane which crashed in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board,

Health officials said 279 pregnant women in the United States and U.S. territories have tested positive for Zika infection, prompting a new call from President Barack Obama for more funding to fight the outbreak spreading through the Americas.

  A number of international media outlets have covered US President Barack Obama’s first visit to Vietnam from May 23-25.

 The US completely lifts arms embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam, announced President Barack Obama who is on the first day of three-day official visit to the country.

While total receipts of the state in the first four months of the year were VND317 trillion, total expenses reached VND370 trillion. The Ministry of Finance’s April report released on May 9 once again showed that the state budget is limited.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides O Quy Ho Pass, travelers are also attracted by the Muong Thanh green fields and the picturesque Pu Dao village.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s private airline VietJet and Boeing Group today finalized an order for 100 737 MAX 200 airplanes, the largest ever single commercial airplane purchase in Vietnam aviation worth US$11.3 billion.