An international painting and sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Silent talk’ opened at the Vietnam Fine Art Museum in Hanoi on May 15.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan has suggested providing armour for local men who voluntary join in crime fighting after two men were killed in a motorbike robbery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam grabbed nine gold, 11 silver and five bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix Series which closed in China on Monday.

 A tree that is believed to be 1,000 years old was recently discovered in Vu Quang National Park in central Ha Tinh Province.

An online gambling ring involving over VNĐ152 billion (US$6.6 million) was busted on Monday in Que Vo District of northern Bac Ninh Province.

 Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in two years, ending the longest stretch of economic growth since the 1980s.

Can Cau Market in the northwestern province of Lao Cai is one of the few of its kind that still keep traditional market activities of local ethnic minority groups.

Only Thailand and Indonesia have adjusted their regulations to satisfy Vietnam’s requirements to export cars to Vietnam. Imports from other countries still cannot meet the requirements stipulated in Decree 116.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to hire foreign consulting units or domestic and foreign joint ventures to verify the pre-feasibility study report of the Ho Chi Minh City metro line 5 project.

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 15 for Lao Deputy Minister of Public Security Kongthong Phongvichit.

The Cong ethnic group in Muong Te district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, is one of the most disadvantaged ethnic minorities in Vietnam, but the group boasts a diverse cultural life with traditional values. 

A working delegation of the EC’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries began a fact-finding trip to Vietnam on May 15 to inspect the implementation of recommendations related to the fight against illegal fishing.

 Positive socio-economic signs in the first months of 2018 have made economist optimistic about the Vietnamese economy’s outlook for the whole year as well as until 2020. 

 North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons.

 Vietnam’s retail sector earned about 129.6 billion USD in 2017, a rise of 10.6 percent from the previous year, according to a report on global retail market trends of Savills Vietnam retail consultancy.

Vietnam’s industrial real estate sector stands ready to take off after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) comes into effect, experts have said.

 Thua Thien-Hue attracts US$87mn in 5 months, Steel firms urged to ensure material transparency, Yeah1 to sell 7.8 million shares on HSX, Vinamilk to spend $127m to advance 2018 dividend          

 An environment protection campaign in tourism activities, themed “Blue Vietnamese Sea”, will take place in five central coastal cities and provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Da Nang from May 18-26. 

 State corporations and groups have been found to have committed violations worth $15.4 billion in State capital usage and management during the 2011-2016 period, according to the Government Inspectorate.

 Voters and people nationwide have sent more than 3,000 opinions and petitions to the National Assembly through local delegations of NA deputies and the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s local chapters, ahead of the NA’s 5th session.