VietNamNet Bridge - Many US investors are looking to pour huge capital into the new urban area of Thu Thiem, in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City to turn this area into a new financial center of Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in much of the southern region, including HCM City, will continue to be at 10-12 high-risk level until the end of this week, according to a meteorologist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though many projects to restore lakes in Ha Noi have been carried out, some lakes are again reported to have become polluted.

 A stomach bug causing vomiting and diarrhea has spread to more than a quarter of the 919 passengers aboard a British cruise ship, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said, as the ship docked in Maine over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians will have the opportunity to enjoy traditional Japanese dance music to give thanks for a plentiful harvest during a performance this Sunday, May 15.

 Canadian officials showed some optimism on Sunday they were beginning to get on top of the country's most destructive wildfire in recent memory, as favorable weather helped firefighters and winds took the flames southeast,

According to Bloomberg, the amount of capital out of China in 2015 was about $1,000 billion, compared to only $134.3 billion in 2014. However, there is no sign that Vietnam has attracted some of that capital.

 Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world's biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Park of Ba Vi, Hanoi, is very beautiful in early summer.

 Honda Motor Co on Monday said it had not made any announcements on additional air bags recalls after the Nikkei newspaper reported it would recall at least 20 million more of the safety devices made by Takata Corp

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two Da Nang citizens who assisted foreign travelers in distress have received thank-you letters from the city Vice Chair Dang Viet Dung.

An artwork by famous Vietnamese painter Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) was advertised on the website of Auction.fr for an auction entitled “Impression, modernism and contemporariness” scheduled in Paris on May 12. Many experts said that it is a fake.

 Ninh Thuan signs yet another renewable power project, Foreign, domestic shareholders fight over control at Eximbank, Real estate sector M&As on the rise, Reforms needed to achieve 6.7% growth

 A road to Da Sy village on the outskirts of Hanoi seemingly become more splendid and romantic with blooming Diep (peacock) flowers, making it an ideal place for people who like to take photographs.

 The Ministry of Health has introduced several new vaccines in the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation in an effort to improve the efficiency of disease prevention.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) on May 7 confirmed that its fourth national to contract the Zika virus had recently returned from a trip to Vietnam.

 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, the world’s top smartphone maker from the Republic of Korea, is planning a production run of 200 million smartphones in Vietnam this year.

 The Japanese International School was inaugurated in Hanoi on May 7.

 Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha yesterday signed an diploma note over scholarship project for personnel development.

Vietnam National Petroleum Group has yet to make any progress on its South Van Phong oil refinery project eight years after receiving the investment certificate, because the company is still asking the government for incentives.

 Vietnam reiterates the common responsibility and benefits of countries and the international community towards maintaining regional peace and stability, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, said.

 Scientists from the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting have estimated that the 2014-2016 El Nino is expected to be as serious as the 1997-1998, and it could become one of the longest warming events ever (up to 20 months).

The number of cervical cancer cases in Vietnam has fallen by half in the last 30 years thanks to a nationwide network of health facilities providing gynaecology screening, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Cancer Association. 

 Vietnamese disabled swimmer Vo Thanh Tung brought home a gold medal at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships which wrapped up in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal on May 7.

 Sanna Khanh Hoa are in Group D of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship in Thailand after an official draw for the continental gathering in Bangkok on May 6.