UK volunteers cycle for Vietnamese babies; HCM City presents office building to Laos; Training 150,000 rural labourers in 2013; Wall Street English opens first Vietnam centre

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has confirmed that the bauxite project in the Central Highlands region will bear fruit in the long run.

 Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has drawn with M.Paragua from the host Philippines in the sixth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championships.   

 President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be self-defeating.

In an effort to save the cashew industry, local authorities have been moving ahead with the special plans to develop cashew growing areas.

 At least nine cars were torched and two schools and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early Friday for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly on May 24 approved the government’s nomination of Dinh Tien Dung as Finance Minister of Vietnam with 71.28% of votes in favour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bonsais of an entrepreneur named Khang were distrained because Khang could not pay his debts.

 Nation to work with Australia lawmakers; Vietnam attends German’s Social Democratic Party’s celebration; Lao localities hope to foster ties with Vietnam

For the first time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has publicly backed Mr. Le Khanh Hai as the president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has been warned against the hastiness in regulating the money policy. Vietnam would have to pay a heavy price for the decision to slash interest rates at unreasonable moments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) yesterday approved the Prime Minister's proposal to allow Vuong Dinh Hue to leave his post as Finance Minister in order to take on a new role.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An improvised concert will be held with Danish artist Lotte Anker and prominent Ha Noi musicians on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will perform New World Symphony under the baton of Vietnamese conductor Tran Vuong Thach at 8 p.m. on May 29 at HCMC Opera House.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield to be joined by percussionist Greig Stewart, will perform stripped-down versions of their songs in Ha Noi and HCM City next week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pagodas in HCM City this week have lit seven lotus-shaped lanterns to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha's birth.

Commercial banks have been moving ahead with their plans to boost the mobile banking, since they need to renovate technologies to improve the service quality and expand their service coverage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A wild elephant that was discovered in a trap two weeks ago in Yok Don National Park was released back into the jungle yesterday, May 22, park managers have announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A year after the imposition of a ban on vehicles parking in 262 streets in nine districts in the capital, many locations have returned to their initial chaos.

The labor market is expected to see more and more M&A deals in the time to come when more foreign human resource firms come to Vietnam, the market which has become more attractive in their eyes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cities and provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have mobilised funds to build more kindergartens as they strive to eliminate old, dilapidated classrooms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has freshly approved a funding of 208 billion VND to preserve and develop Tram Chim National Park sustainably in 2013-2020.

Building, renovating a series of piers, docks, organizing cultural events, etc. with a total capital of VND11 trillion, HCM City targets to turn river tourism into the city’s key tourism product in 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Love Valley is one of the most romantic sights in Da Lat. The valley is about 5 km from the city center to the north. This is an ideal destination for visitors this summer.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of the technical barriers has created a “flat word” which paves the way for Chinese low quality goods to penetrate the domestic market.