Vietnam’s economic growth in 2018 could exceed the National Assembly’s target and reach 6.83%, according to a forecast released by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

A man in the central province of Quang Ngai who lived in the forest for up to 40 years is now alone after the death of his father.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to allow Hanoi’s metro project to increase its capital by VND16.12 trillion (USD727.2 million).

 Human resources development will help improve the competiveness of lodging providers in Vietnam amid the rapid expansion of the country’s tourism industry, according to hospitality experts.

Liquidity at the HCMC Stock Exchange 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. 

 Total revenue of the State budget reached 446.3 trillion VND (19.57 billion USD) in the first fourth months of 2018, equivalent to 33.8 percent of the yearly estimate and up 12.1 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance.

 The fast-changing hospitality industry is offering many opportunities for developers to expand the number of rooms and market their properties to future new categories of guests like millennials, according to hospitality experts.

 The Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) will hold three auctions in May to sell shares of Sai Gon Postel Corp, Viet Nam Apatite Phosphorus Joint Stock Company and Viet Nam Aviation Corporation.

 The Erato School of Music & Performing Arts will host a Guitar Concert featuring Vincent Fillatreau from 8pm to 10pm on May 24 at 107 Ton Dat Tien Street, District 7.

 The 3rd European Book Days event will be held from May 12 to 20 at HCM City Book Street, Nguyen Van Binh, District 1.

 The experimental music centre Phu Sa Lab continues to present their successful performance Bamboo Talk this month.

 Stormy weather hit the mountainous Thuong Xuan District in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Tuesday evening, causing the collapse of an electrical pole and a 65-m-high base transceiver station (BTS).

 Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Ngoan hopes to change her medal colour at the 17th Asian Karate Federation Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championships, which will be held in Okinawa, Japan, from May 10 to May 13.

 The US delegation will investigate the production process of tra fish from May 14-25, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 An international workshop themed “Science for Development” opened at the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh on May 9.

 The 10th International Environment and Energy Technology Exhibition (ENTECH Vietnam 2018) kicked off at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.

 The 12th-tenure Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) elected two additional members to the Central Committee Secretariat on May 9, the third day of its 7th plenary meeting. 

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 9 for Deputy Commander of the US Pacific Command Bryan Fenton. 

 Border guards of the central province of Thanh Hoa announced on May 9 that they caught two persons red-handed for carrying 34,000 meth pills from the Lao province of Houaphan to Vietnam. 

 The annual Vietnam Seas and Islands Week 2018 will take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh in June in response to World Oceans Day (June 8), announced the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.