VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,700 hectares of land in HCM City that had been locked up in delayed and scrapped projects have been returned to their owners,

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group has released an announcement to reject the information of the London-based environmental watchdog Global Witness on its occupation of land in Laos and Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singaporean painter Choo Meng Foo is organizing an exhibition entitled “Vietnam Portrait” at the Art Accent gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 10-19.

 Fire destroys 1,400sq m factory; HCM City aims for major growth by 2020; Swallows free of bird flu in Ninh Thuan; Asia-Pacific law schools meet in HCM City; State offers insurance help for those near poverty line

European finance ministers bid to unlock a trillion-euro annual crackdown on tax evasion, under pressure from EU leaders looking for new measures to boost job creation and growth at their Brussels summit next week.

 Nearly 100 travel guide books of a Chinese passenger were confiscated at the Da Nang International Airport because the books have the Vietnam map without Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bathing in the Sre Pork hydroelectric reservoir after school, five sixth grade students were swept into a deep hole but only one kid could escape.

 Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield has returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the International Space Station that saw him become a global celebrity through Twitter.

 Mountain region festival links ethnic groups; President Ho translation republished; HCM City hosts Thailand paintings show; Da Nang student wins letter contest

A wedding photo of a couple in Lang Son that was recently posted on the Internet has attracted public attention. In the picture, the groom and the bride wore a lot of gold necklaces, rings and bracelets, which are wedding gifts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Food processors tend to spend more money on marketing and the distribution networks.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Belarus from May 15-17 at the invitation of his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich with the aim of deepening the two countries’ multifaceted cooperation.

On May 11, fishermen of Thua Thien-Hue province discovered a whale had floated to Binh An sea near the port of Chan May, about 1 km from the coast.

The Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem announced late Monday that finance ministers of the eurozone had approved two bailout tranches of 7.5 billion euros for Greece.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While digging the foundation to build a house for the family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi D in Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh province, building workers dug up 32 wooden coffins.

Colonel Dinh Manh Toan, Deputy Chief of the Police Agency of Social Order Administration, has admitted to make a slip of the tongue and would like to learn from experience.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fisherman Le Vi Bi was sitting on a boat to fish squid when a swordfish of about 15 kg jumped from the sea to stab him, making the man fall into the sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese coach Chen Yun Fat and his team left Hanoi at 4.15pm on May 12 and arrived at Amman (Jordan) at 5pm of May 13 after two stopovers in Bangkok and Dubai.

Recognizing asynchrony between conservation and development of relics, Hanoi Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi said that next week he will go to the Duong Lam ancient village to directly listen to people's comments.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Thang Mo 1" is said to have vulgar and reactionary content. The authorities wanted to see Ngoc Dai but the musician said he was sick.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified the election of the Chair of Phu Tho Province People’s Committee for the 2011-2016 term for Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Deputy Party Secretary of the Phu Tho Party Committee.

 British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday called for greater efforts to end the protracted conflict in Syria, stressing that "there is no more urgent international task than this."

 Standing Committee plans NA agenda; Voters express frustration with unemployment; US helps improve law enforcement capacity at sea; VN, Laos plan to help minorities

 Germany's finance minister warned that only EU treaty change would create the legal framework needed to allow the formation of a single bailout agency for its ailing banks, in an article for Monday's Financial Times.

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents of small children in the city are worried about the possible misuse of vaccines in Ha Noi after a local health worker was found to retain part of a vaccine shot while injecting a child.