A total of 248 buildings were damaged and 1,020 hectares of crops destroyed after a whirlwind passed through several localities in the central province of Ha Tinh late on April 30.

The Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum 2019 opened in Hanoi on May 2, with a special conference focusing on the sustainable formation and development of agro-forestry-fishery value chains for international integration.

The Vietnam Cafe Show 2019 opens in Ho Chi Minh City on May 2.

The 2019 Vietnamese Students' Sport Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1, drawing more than 1,000 athletes who are Vietnamese students learning in Russia.

Whole sale, retail, and vehicle repair service saw the joining of 16,100 new businesses, the highest number in the first four months of this year, up 14% year on year and accounting for 37.2% of the newly-established firms of the country.

The first Overseas Vietnamese Economic Forum is scheduled to run on April 6 – 9 in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Conglomerate VinGroup has set up VinBus, its subsidiary specialising in transport services, announced the property developer on May 2.

Ly Hoang Nam, Vietnam’s highest ranked tennis player, suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the ongoing Savannah Challenger tennis tournament after failing to beat Paolo Lorenzi of Italy on May 2.

Trumpeter Dominik Fuss and pianist Jorg Leichtfried from Austria will hold a jazz concert at Binh Minh Jazz Club in Hanoi on May 5 and another at Sax n’ Art Jazz Club in HCMC on May 7.

Nguyen Thi Kim Phung, director general of the Department of Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, talks to Nhân Dân (People) newspaper on the areas that universities and other education institutions should be given autonomy.

The HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has asked the National Assembly to approve a proposal which would give buyers of apartments more time to pay maintenance fees.

The International University of the Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City has been presented with an institutional ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) quality certificate.

Photographer Viet Van from Labour newspaper has become the only representative of Vietnam to win a prize in the Street Food category of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2019 in the UK.

A sailing ship of the Vietnam People’s Navy docked at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on May 1, beginning a four-day visit to Indonesia that lasts until May 4.

VN stocks may go sideways in post-holiday trading

Due to the unclear regulations on condotels, the market in Da Nang slowed down in the first quarter, according to Colliers International Vietnam’s Quarterly Knowledge Report.

Viet Nam’s poultry producers have a big opportunity to export their products thanks to high supply levels, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

A match to vie for the World Boxing Federation’s U52kg category between Vietnamese athlete Tran Van Thao and Argentinean opponent Lucas Emanuel Fernandez Leone later this May has been cancelled.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son talks to Vietnam Economics Times about a draft Law on Alcohol Harm Prevention that is ready for the National Assembly to discuss in May.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host an excursion to the craft silk village Van Phuc in Ha Dong District on Saturday.