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. 

 Amid growing concerns in Viet Nam about unsafe food, many foreign and local firms are exploring opportunities to produce safe food in the country.

From May 16, the entrance fares at the tourist attractions like Silver waterfalls, Sin Chai, Ta Phin, and Love waterfalls rose by VND5,000 to VND25,000, except for the fare to Fansipan, which still remains at VND150,000 ($7) per person.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of lakes, the lungs of Hanoi, have become polluted.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Famous entertainment complexes around the world are all big moneymakers for host countries, but recreational tourism has not been given the attention it deserves in Vietnam. 

  2015 was littered with M&A activity in the property market, especially in residential, hospitality, and retail, and the trend is forecast to continue.

 Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have re-inked the regular Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers to work in the RoK under the Employment Permit System (EPS) in 2017.

TPP and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) are expected to offer more market opportunities for insurance companies in Viet Nam, but will also present tough challenges in a more competitive international environment.

 The performance of two magicians is proving why magic has become so popular in the Republic of Korea (RoK), say the organizers of a magic show scheduled for this coming June 1 in Hanoi.

 The Vietnam Fisheries Association has issued a denunciation of China’s illegal ban on fishing in the East Sea.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith left Ho Chi Chi Minh City on May 17, concluding his three-day official visit to Vietnam, the first foreign trip on his new PM post.

 A HCM City-based unit of Parkson, Malaysia's largest department store chain, was officially shut down on May 16 after five years of operation in the Phu My Hung New Urban Area.

 The New York Times has run an article with entitled “Obama in Vietnam Will Focus on Future, Rather Than the Past” in the “White House Letter” column on the threshold of the US President’s visit to the Southeast Asian country from May 23 to 25.