Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed their delight at the rapid and practical development of Vietnam – Japan extensive strategic partnership over the past years.

 Foreign investments, including those made by Japanese firms, are an important driving force for Vietnam’s socio-economic development and improvement of the national competitive capacity, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 Shares declined in the afternoon session as strong selling pressure forced the benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) to fall below the 950-point mark to close at 948.5 points on May 30.

 Draft amendments to the Anti-Corruption Law and the Law on Physical Training and Sports are being discussed by the National Assembly (NA) on May 31, part of the ongoing fifth session of the 14th-tenure parliament.

 Military sapper in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai detonated a 150kg bomb, said to be left over by the French during the war in the first half of the 20th century, on May 30, ensuring safety for local residents.

 VN-Japan talk farm technology co-operation, VN’s five-month agro-forestry-fishery exports, Imports of garment and footwear materials from Canada surge strongly, TH Group expects IPO in Singapore within next two years

 VietNamNet Bridge – A single day’s trip from HCM City can take you to green and tranquil gardens in the Mekong Delta.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most banks reported satisfactory profits for the first quarter of 2018, but their asset exploitation and capital use efficiency varied.

 Local food and beverage (F&B) firms are expanding operations and upgrading the management technology and production lines in response to foreign competition.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has recently become a blockchain R&D center in the region. The technology has been the major topic of many workshops and conferences organized this year. 

 Data from StoxPlus and the National Financial Supervisory Commission shows that Vietnam’s total outstanding consumer credit reached a size of roughly $26.5 billion by the end of 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the central province of Quang Nam, protective forests have been cleared to make room for resorts, while tourism projects have blocked the way to beaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) decision to withdraw an examination reform plan has posed a question about the ministry’s way of renovating education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologist Lam My Dung, 59, and her students were digging at the Vuon Chuoi archaeological relic in Hoai Duc District on the outskirts of Hanoi in 2011. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors in Hanoi have warned parents to be more cautious when treating their children with food products that claim to contain Oral Rehydration Salts.

Vietnam’s FDI attraction has been showing signs of recovery in the in first five months of this year after consecutive decreases, thanks to the issuance of the first casino licence in the past 10 years to Laguna Lang Co Integrated Resort.  

 The electronic newspaper VietNamNet will merge with the Vietnam Post newspaper to become VietNamNet newspaper under a new decision issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications on May 30. 

 A possible link between dementia and football is being "swept under the carpet" by the game's authorities, a leading Welsh psychiatrist has claimed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 1,200 people at high risk of HIV have enrolled in a pilot oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme in Vietnam to reduce their risk of infection, 

 Hanoi has announced the list of 91 buildings violating the fire code and promises no leniency to developers who refuse to fix issues.