VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty-year-old singer Tran Hieu has been recognised by Viet Nam Guinness Records as the country’s oldest People’s Artist.

As seen throughout history, wherever Vietnamese citizens live, such places are also home to temples, pagodas or communal houses, without exception of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Thousands hectares of forest in the central highlands province of Kon Tum are facing extinction as the local authorities are determined to construct a road that seems of little benefit to travellers.

The Saigon Suite at The Reverie Saigon was listed in the’12 Penthouse Perches to Swoon Over’ by Travel + Leisure. The suite was listed amongst 11 other hotel suites from around the globe.

 A large free trade area will be open between Vietnam and its 55 partners, including all G7 members and 15 members of the G20 group from now until 2020, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Vietnam's Ly Hoang Nam went through to the quarter-finals of the India F3 Futures tennis tournament after his opponent withdrew yesterday in Jassowal City.

 The War Remnants’ Museum in Ho Chi Minh City received several valuable historic documents from writer Colonel Dang Vuong Hung during a ceremony on May 11.

 Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed the target of 10 billion USD in two-way trade turnover before 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though the rice export increased in the first quarter over last year in the same period, rice exporters have been warned about big difficulties ahead.

Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng have agreed to intensify information and experience sharing between the two countries in the fight against criminals.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has encouraged UAE firms to invest in renewable energy, hotel, tourism, infrastructure, seaport, aviation, real estate and farm produce production in Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 11 for Victoria Kwakwa, Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific of the World Bank (WB).

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will pay an official friendly visit to Vietnam from May 15-17.

 Vietnam has called on the ten-member ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance (PA) to increase their exchanges in order to effectively deal with challenges hindering their affiliation like geographical distance and cultural differences.

VietNamNet Bridge - BPhone was brought into life in an impressive way, but the smartphone which was hoped to be ‘Vietnamese technological pride’ did not have an impressive performance in the last year.

 The Prime Minister has assigned Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung to participate in a steering committee and negotiation delegations related to border and territory.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Russia and attend the Commemorative Summit in celebration of the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Relations there from May 16-20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 11 hosted a reception for ambassadors of ASEAN member countries.

Donaco International Limited has expressed interest in joining in the development of Lao Cai airport in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drivers of xich lo (cyclos or pedicabs), a favourite form of transport in the UNESCO-declared World Heritage site of Hoi An in central Viet Nam, are doing quite well these days.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to develop teaching kits under VNEN – the new teaching model for Vietnam – into one of the sets of textbooks to be used for general education reform, commencing from 2018.

 HCM City needs VND2 trillion for flood control projects this year, Thanh Hoa: remains of martyrs reburied, Vietnam’s reform achievements introduced in France, 423 tons of safe fish bought by traders in Quang Binh

VietNamNet Bridge - The water of the Ba River has turned abnormally green, covered with scum and moss. However, it is still being used by thousands of local households, as it is their only source of water.

 A new master plan in Vietnam has mapped out medium-term objectives for investment and development in the power sector to meet the goal of advancing industrial capacity.

There has yet to be a definitive conclusion on the cause of mass fish deaths in the central region, but nonetheless, local residents whose diets rely on seafood and fishermen living along the coast from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue have been suffering.