Poor workers to get small loans; ‘Unreasonable' insurance plan ignored by farmers; Danang-Quang Ngai expressway construction gets underway

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national gymnastics team of Vietnam has had a new star – overseas Vietnamese gymnast Truong Mai Nhat Linh or Linda Truong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular on providing low-interest loans to support the housing segment in line with Resolution 02/NQ-CP, under which as much as 30% or VND9 trillion of a credit line

The 9-year-old boy cried and did not sleep so he was beaten by his father, leaving bruises on his face and body. The father - a Party official in Can Tho - admitted that he is a hot-temper person so he beat his son with a teaching purpose.

With approximately 300 artifacts related to Buddhism through the Ly - Tran - Le – Nguyen dynasties, the exhibition of Buddhism cultural heritage open on May 17 at Xa Loi Temple in HCM City.

China has become the biggest rice export market for Vietnam, but it’s not easy to earn money from the market. Exporters have been facing high risks relating to the payment, pricing and contract cancelation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As a physician,  Mr. Nam is entranced by sparkling colorful sea snails. He bought hundreds of kilos of snail shells to assemble into unique artworks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Huu Phuoc won the final and seventh stage of the Cycling to the Countryside Tournament yesterday, May 19, while Ha Thanh Tam emerged as the overall winner.

"At the meetings of the National Assembly (NA), during the break, the hallway was full of cigarette smoke. Therefore, the NA must make an example of tobacco harm prevention," said NA deputy Nguyen Sy.

There is a growing tendency of companies quitting the stock market to escape the “big sharks” who try to swallow them. Many others disapprove of listing shares on the bourse for the bear of being taken over one day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ten homosexual, bisexual and asexual couples in Hanoi appeared at shopping malls in wedding dresses to call for support for same-sex marriage in Vietnam on May 19.

After three weeks of meeting with voters before the 5th session of the National Assembly, which opens today, May 20, the NA delegation of HCM City has acquired hundreds of comments across all sectors.

The highway connecting the city of Da Nang to Quang Ngai province is scheduled for completion in 2017, with four lanes and will be upgraded to six lanes with maximal speed of 120 km/h.

Mrs. Monie Phuong, Thanh Thai King’s granddaughter, has donated more than 200 artifacts and rare documents of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal reign in Vietnam, to the ancient city of Hue.

Three mechanics were fixing a freight elevator on the 18th floor of an apartment building in Dai Thanh new residential area in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi. Suddenly the elevator dropped, killing all mechanics on the site.

Heart-shaped kites decorated with the map of Vietnam, Vietnamese naval soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, or octopus. Snake kites of 160 artisans flew on the sky of Hoi An ancient town in the afternoon of May 18.

 Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday, May 17, met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who affirmed that Viet Nam is a strategic partner in Southeast Asia for Belarus.

 President Ho’s birthday honoured in HCM City; Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh; Assembly Chairman hails outstanding young policemen

The State has decided to form up a competitive broadcasting and transmission market, considering allowing more capable telecom groups to provide the services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once possessed by the sweet flavour of Hue cake, which used to be very popular in the former capital, a local resident has created a traditional entertainment programme of song and dance

 VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly three years' infrastructure upgrades, Bach Ma (White Horse) National Park in Thua Thien-Hue Province reopened to visitors in late April.

VietNamNet Bridge – People from across the country have submitted over 1,700 messages expressing concern over the unsustainable growth of the national economy, corruption and the widening rich-poor gap, among other issues, to the National Assembly,

 Veteran rocker Rod Stewart notched his first UK number one album for 34 years as "Time", his first LP of new material for 20 years, shot to the top of the charts.