The management board of the Nguyen Du Special National Historical Relic Site has received a collection of 9 books of great poet Nguyen Du and his masterpiece - The Tale of Kieu - from an overseas Vietnamese in France.

Liquidity at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) has risen, with more than 192 million shares worth $186.7 million being traded daily in 2017, up 49 percent in volume and 74 percent in value year-on-year. 

A heavy rain and whirlwind hit the central highlands province of Daklak’s Ea Sup district yesterday, blowing roofs off hundreds of houses; hectares of vegetables, fruits were damaged.

 The total value of transactions via the automatic teller machines (ATMs) and points of sale (POS) last year surged sharply by 34 per cent against the previous year.

 Prospects of coastal economic zones

 Not including Vietnamese labels and selling Chinese goods under Korean and Japanese brands are the newest scandals erupting from several stores of Korea-based Mumuso, Japan-based Miniso, and Daiso in Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines' consistently high index of on-time take-off and arrivals has made it one of the ten most punctual airlines in the world.

 An old woman died after fire suddenly broke out at a three-floor store in Hanoi’s Long Bien District.

 The FIFA World Cup 2018 will start in Russia in over a month but the Vietnam Television (VTV) has so far failed to land broadcasting rights due to the cost.

 An exhibition of works related to President Ho Chi Minh opened in Hanoi on May 10 as part of events to celebrate the President’s 128th birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2018).

 Vietnamese representative Dieu Linh has unveiled the Mong ethnic costume which she will wear for the national costume competition at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2018 pageant in Thailand.

 Vietnam will attempt to further reduce the number of commercial banks according to Vice Chairman of the NA Economic Committee, Nguyen Duc Kien.

 Those who have visited Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam are often astounded by traditional Then singing, which is accompanied by a handmade gourd lute called “Dan tinh” or “Tinh Tau”.

 The Goethe Institute Hanoi has launched a contest inviting all Vietnamese people to engage with their dialogue on Karl Marx, marking celebrations for his 200th birthday.

 The textiles and garment industry gained the second-largest export value in the first four months of this year, after the export value of phones and their components, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Vietnamese duo Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Van Phuong booked a place in the semi-finals of men’s doubles of Viet Nam F2 Futures Tennis Tournament Vietravel Cup 2018 yesterday.

 The Tuan Chau-Ha Long Open 2018 of the FIVB World Tour kicked off at the Tuan Chau international tourism and entertainment site in Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province, on May 10.

KOTRA said on May 10 that it will relocate its Southeast Asia headquarters from Singapore to the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi to support Korean companies doing businesses in the fast-growing market. 

 Red coloured the stock market on May 10 when a money outflow was recorded in all groups of shares, leading to a tumble of indexes on the two main bourses.

Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office Tetsuo Konaka has urged the Government of Vietnam to continue scrutinizing the process of allocating funds for ODA projects.