A delegation of ten Vietnamese students from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted have won gold medals at the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools held from May 28-31 in Singapore.

 An exhibition featuring photos on China’s artificial island-building activity at Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelagos in the East Sea is running in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from May 31 to June 15.

 The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors on May 29 approved a loan of US$124 million to improve the performance and efficiency of public transport in a high-priority corridor in Ho Chi Minh City.

 FPT Group, a multinational information technology company of Vietnam with branches in 14 countries, is continuing to enhance its presence in Asia with the recent launch of a new development centre in Cebu, the Philippines.

 The US will offer an US$18 million support package to Vietnam Coast Guard to purchase patrol vessels while helping the southeast Asian nation build the peace-keeping training centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest rangers of Phu Quoc National Park forest protection unit discovered that almost 10,000sq.m of forests were destroyed in Ganh Dau Commune, Phu Quoc Island District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Google users accessing the website today will see its familiar symbol replaced by a colourful doodle bearing the image of the traditional Tet in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam defeated Maxime Mora of France in the first round of boys' singles at the 2015 Roland Garros Junior French Championships early this morning

 Vietnamese marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh is placed second in the latest men's 50m pistol world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

The dollar price continued to fluctuate after the State Bank devalued the dong by one percent earlier this month. Meanwhile, the State Bank said there would be no further dong/dollar exchange rate adjustment this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Eggs fried under the heat of 40 degrees Celsius in Hanoi. Some people had to spray their motorcycles with water to reduce the heat on the saddle.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore online newspaper straitstimes.com called Viet Nam swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien as one of 10 athletes to watch at the SEA Games, which kick off later this week.

 Twenty outstanding fashion students from Vietnam and New Zealand have been working together on the first ever NZ–Vietnam Fashion Collaboration since early May to last until late July 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Railway Corporation on May 29 launched high-quality express railway for the route Hanoi- Dong Dang (Lang Son province).

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign industrial zone developers are leading the way in the development of eco-industrial parks (EIZ) in Vietnam. 

Exhibition launched on children’s portrait photos, Southern fruit festival highlights floating fruit market, Feudal Vietnam through the eyes of French photographers, Summer music fest in Hanoi to show support for LGBT community

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located at 50 Trang Thi Street in Hanoi, this coffee shop is a meeting place for amateur and professional photographers. This café opened in April 2014 by three amateur photographers Phan Van Cao, Tran Anh Tu and Nguyen Anh Tuan.

 A credit package worth some VND20 trillion (US$952.38 million) will be released to support homebuyers interested in commercial and urban housing projects, reported Xay Dung, the Ministry of Construction's e-paper.

 Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by a worse-than-expected 9% in 2015, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to the country has concluded.

South Africa did pay $10m (£6.5m) to a football body led by Jack Warner, a figure at the centre of Fifa corruption allegations, local media say.

 It has been unveiled that world renowned global brand Tamsin Cooper has been chosen to serve on the jury of a fashion show sponsored by New Zealand on August 6 in HCM City at the Caravelle Saigon Hotel.

 Increase tobacco taxes to reduce smoking rate: Health Ministry, Ha Nam native caught with 2kg of meth, Man caught with 15,000 illegal chicks, Vietnam seizes record cocaine haul shipped from South America

 Thousands of schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal have begun to re-open.

 An archeological team from Viet Nam Archaeology Institute found five stone axes believed to come from the 3,000-year-old Sa Huynh Culture at a Khue Bac communal house garden in the central city.

A tourist route linking Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Thuan and Phu Quy island is likely under development following a familiarisation trip for tour operators and related media experts to Binh Thuan from May 28-31.