Levels of unconscious racist and sexist bias have been reduced by manipulating the way the brain learns during sleep.

 May marks the 12th monthly decline in international visitors to Vietnam as 576,000 foreigners have visited the country, down 16.4% year-on-year.

  An irrigation project worth hundreds of billions of dong that has failed to become operational on time has affected some 1,000 households in Than Uyen District, Lai Chau Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – "Many people think shooting an air gun is a form of violence, but actually the sport is like Japanese kendo, which teaches people discipline and patience, and how to remain calm under pressure,"

Though NPLs have increased significantly, which forced commercial banks to make higher provisions against risks, they still have reported an increase in profit in the first quarter of 2015 in comparison with the same period last year.

 The National Exhibition Centre will be located on the intersection of Nhat Tan-Noi Bai highway and National Highway No 5 in Dong Anh District, the Ha Noi People's Committee said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam should take advantage of its current "golden population" consisting of a high percentage of young people, as the country will enter an ageing phase soon,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The terraced fields of Lao Cai Province’s Bat Xat District are full of water from the surrounding high mountains and farmers have begun planting, offering some spectacular scenes of rural Vietnam.

Footballchannel.asia has named Vietnamese striker Nguyen Cong Phuong as one of 10 players to watch at the coming Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.

US-based Microsoft Corp introduced its Universal Windows Platform, an evolution of the same modern platform on phones since Windows 8.1 and PCs since Windows 8, at the annual Build developer conference in Singapore on Thursday.

 The 2014 Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) Awards has honoured 40 projects in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The eastern area of HCM City is expected to become one of the most bustling economic and financial centers in Vietnam in the near future.

 The Prime Minister has approved a proposal on holding a limited tender to choose a factory to build research ships to explore the marine environment and its resources.

 “Mo Muong Hoa Binh”, folklore told by Muong ethnics in northern Hoa Binh province, and 20 Mo artists are officially recognised as cultural heritage under the patronage of the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations (VFUA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Devotees and tourists are slowly destroying hundreds of statues of the Buddha in Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh Province, as the touch them for good fortune.

 San Francisco-based digital payment platform, Paymentwall, is among the few Silicon Valley companies to foray into Viet Nam, eyeing the country's burgeoning Internet and mobile consumer market.

 Vietnam began their quest for the elusive gold medal in the men’s football competition at the Southeast Asian Games with an emphatic 6-0 victory over Brunei.

The free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) was signed in Burabai, Kazakhstan on May 29 after more than two years of negotiation.

 A meeting was held at the Hanoi National University of Education on May 29 in response to World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the 2015 National No Tobacco Week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Catherine Besch of the US keeps busy caring for dogs, cats, chickens and ducks at a shelter in Cam Ha Commune, 2km from Hai Ba Trung Street in Hoi An.

 Temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius will affect the northern and central regions until June 6 according to the National Meteorology and Hydrology Centre’s forecast.

 Vietnam, Germany boost judicial collaboration, PM meets with President of Eurasia Economic Commission, Vietnam, Myanmar reinforce multifaceted partnerships, Asia-Pacific expert group talks non-traditional security threats

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed their delight at the growing ties between the two countries in recent years.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung suggested that Vietnam and Armenia establish an inter-governmental committee on economic-trade and scientific-technological cooperation at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Hovik Abrahamyan on May 29.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sideline of the signing ceremony of the FTA between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union in Kazakhstan’s northern Burabai province on May 29.