Believe it or not, this was a lesson for the pupils of A Ngo Secondary School in central Quang Tri Province’s Dakrong border District to learn about border laws. The province borders Laos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air quality in Hanoi has seen improvement in the first four months of the year, but not in all parts of the city.

A man who illegally purchased around 7,000 dead sea turtles several years ago is expected to be sentenced to two to seven years in prison, a more severe punishment than what was proposed last year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – “It’s storming outside/but no matter what it’s like/our family love will last forever/wall of love nothing can sever.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Popular specialities from many cities and provinces are on offer at the 8th Southern Food Festival that opened yesterday at Dam Sen Cultural Park in HCM City’s District 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam are in Group E of the AFC U19 Women’s Championship 2019 qualifiers, according to the AFC’s draw held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several religious activities through HCM City have marked the occasion of the Buddha’s 2,562th birthday, which fell on May 29 this year, the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot project of Germany on training Vietnamese nurses has proved effective, as was reported at a seminar reviewing the project held in Berlin.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has agreed with the Tay Ninh Province’s policy to merge the Chang Riec historical and cultural forest with Lo Go-Xa Mat National Park for administrative purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The intellectual property (IP) registration process, which lasts 36-42 months, will be shortened to 36 months from June 1 next year.

The National Assembly debate on the draft amendment to the anti-corruption law on Thursday was thrown into confusion as the deputies failed to agree on how to handle the suspicious unreported wealth of a public servant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities are struggling to control illegal mineral mining and transportation in the northern province of Bac Kan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities have been pushing to promote a work safe environment, aiming at protecting workers’ health and businesses’ property, said online newspaper baotintuc.vn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ngai Province will hold the 1st Ly Son Culture Tourism Week from June 29 to July 3, the Ly Son District People’s Committee said recently. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is one of the many countries in the world committed to fighting illegal wildlife trade, a meeting in Hanoi was told on May 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional Vietnamese handicraft products will be displayed at an exhibition at the Belarus National History Museum in Minsk from June 11-18 as part of Vietnamese Culture Days.

Twenty-eight former officials of Dai Tin Bank charged with "abusing trust to appropriate property" and "intentionally violating State regulations on economic management and causing serious consequences" were sentenced

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Railways (VNR) has suspended the officers, chiefs and drivers responsible for two train accidents in Thanh Hoa and Quang Nam provinces recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While pushing his caddie around the streets of Vietnam for three months, Nicolas Queune took the time to observe its landscapes and its people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Owners of shrimp-breeding ponds pay VND50-200 million for electricity per hectare per crop, accounting for 10 per cent of their total cost of aquaculture production.