Tens of tons of dead fish have been taken out of HCM City’s Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal after the downpour on the afternoon of May 16. The authorities said the fish had been killed by toxic waste, which flowed into the canal via rainwater.

VietNamNet Bridge - On the way to apply for a job, two hungry young men who were out of money stopped at a grocery to pretend to buy bread and other food and then ran away.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of a wedding of two sets of twins from the province of Ca Mau posted on social networkshave caused a stir in the online community in the last few days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Because of prolonged drought, hundreds of irrigation lakes in Dak Lak province, in Vietnam’s central highlands, have dried to the bottom and the land is cracked.

 More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri Lanka,

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese business community thinks the value of tea and energy-drink manufacturer Tan Hiep Phat has decreased to $500 million due to the infamous fly-in-the-bottle scandal.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Lonely Planet, Hoi An market, Tsukiji fish market and Borough market are the food paradises that appeal to both locals and tourists.

 Insurance industry encouraged to make preparations for TPP, AEC, Credit policies enable sustainable coffee development, EVN assures power supplies amid prolonged drought, CIEM: economic growth to post 6.17 percent in QII

VietNamNet Bridge – The first baby conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in this northern province was born on Monday at the Bac Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first volume of War Memoirs by late French President Charles de Gaulle was recently published in Vietnamese.

Saigon, Hanoi and Hue are lively featured through the lens of French photographer Michel Blanchard at an on-going exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Ho Chi Minh City's streets proved incapable of dealing with their first rain on May 16 after a long dry spell.

 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.