VietNamNet Bridge – Dreams of meeting limbless Australian writer Nick Vujicic will come true for many Vietnamese today, May 22, when he arrives to address an expected 70,000 people in total.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegates at the ongoing fifth session of the 13th National Assembly on May 21 debated on the draft amendments of business income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT),

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students have won one gold medal, one silver and three bronzes at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, the Ministry of Education and Training announced on May 21.

Coming to cinema as a pleasant experience, teen directors like Phan Huyen My, Minh Phuong or Le Hoang have reaped a lot of successes with their "babies," which are excellent documentaries or short films.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hawaii State House of Representatives has awarded a certificate for a Vietnamese scientist for his contributions in the field of environmental science and climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least three children have been vaccinated against measles, rubella and mumps with expired Trivivac vaccines in central Phu Yen Province's Tuy Hoa City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The office rents have decreased by a half if compared with six years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At 1.30pm this afternoon, May 22, a sudden power outage occurred in 22 southern provinces of Vietnam.

With the support from the Republic of Korea, the women’s national taekwondo team of Vietnam will be trained and guided by excellent experts to aim to Olympic medals in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won yesterday, May 21, to end the day in second place at the Asian Continental Chess Championships in the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge – The action continued yesterday at the National Team Tennis Tournament sponsored by Viettravel, with Da Nang's women's team securing a final berth after beating HCM City 2 in the semi-final.

 A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others, including about 70 children.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has requested press agencies to discuss with the competent agencies before they publish the news relating to the exam cheating.

 Japan's trade deficit expanded a worse-than-expected 70 percent on year to $8.6 billion in April, government data showed Wednesday, as a weaker yen made imports costlier.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is getting hotter during the summers and experts have blamed the situation on the city's bad planning that prioritises concrete structures instead of green spaces.  

Buildbank, the commercial bank which aims to mobilize capital and lend money in the real estate and construction sector, has been formed up.

 Leaders of recession-hit Europe take a fresh stab at fighting tax fraud and evasion worth a trillion euros a year at a summit Wednesday but seem unlikely to convince reluctant Austria and Luxembourg to sign on.

 Australian parliament speaker begins Vietnam visit; Vietnam keen on Japan’s development experience; Vietnam, Swaziland establish diplomatic ties

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies yesterday discussed the draft Anti-terrorism Law, debating international co-operation in this area and measures such as the establishment and operation of the steering committees of anti-terrorism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid urbanization speed in Da Lat, the city of thousands of pine trees, plus the serious deforestation, have both put the forests in agony.

The Ministry of Information and Communication is discussing the way of propping up set top boxes (STB) to people in the implementation of the national program on TV digitalization. Meanwhile, VTC has delayed its STB production project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For years, ambitious university students balked at a teaching career, primarily because of low pay and less than desirable working conditions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The high pricing policy allows preventing gold price fever attacks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fans of singer Le Cat Trong Ly, 26, can follow her singing journey across Viet Nam through an online music documentary on www.phim.soha.vn

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has been asked by its department in Ha Noi to establish a tourism police force dedicated to protecting visitors who are increasingly suffering from tourist scams in the capital.