Half of the farming area on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, has been salinised in the early dry season this year, reducing coverage of the key crop purple onion from 170ha to 50ha.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whoever has tried banh te or banh rang bua (rice cake filled with brown onion) will never forget its delicious taste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The body of Thi An Kien, 24, a backpacker, who was previously reported missing on May 12, was found on Sunday in the coastal central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Dung Commune.

Nearly 28,000 high school teachers around the country are set to benefit from a programme meant for continuous professional development of teachers and principals to improve their capacity to teach the new curriculum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land erosions have caused major damage to property in Ca Mau Province’s Nam Can District, the Vietnam News Agency reported on May 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is among the countries with the highest selling price of cars in the world. 

 Many people are flocking to West Lake for a swim as a heat wave hits Hanoi over the last few days.  

 The British Council in partnership with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies launched a three-year-project Cultural and Creative Hubs (CCHs) in Vietnam between 2018 and 2021.

The Danang Inspectorate has discovered various violations in land management at many resettlement and flood control channel projects in Hoa Lien Commune.

 A cave with a huge number of stalactites in Thanh Hoa Province is being destroyed by quarrying activities as local authorities fail to act.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City topped the medal tally at the National Age Groups Swimming Championship, which concluded in Da Nang yesterday.

  Auto businesses are concerned about Viet Nam’s future policy orientation with regard to the auto industry, which they think will affect their business strategy.

Lotte Mart Vietnam has written to the Ministries of Information and Communications and Finance and the media dismissing the false reports in some newspapers that it has made losses of US$100.87 million in its 11 years in Vietnam.

 As of May 15, Viet Nam’s export turnover reached US$82.63 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18.7 per cent, according to the statistics of the General Department of Viet Nam Customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A film on teen love, adapted from a novel by best-selling children’s author Nguyen Nhat Anh, will begin shooting this summer in HCM City. 

Climate change is damaging production and livestock in the country’s northeast provinces, raising the risks that the poverty rate there could increase in the next few years, according to a new study.

 Vietnamese tennis player Pham Minh Tuan finished second in the men’s singles of the Singha TATP Tour, which concluded in Thailand on May 20.

 The 2018 HCM City School Festival Basketball Tournament for the Milo Cup began at the Phu Tho Stadium in District 11 on Sunday with 120 teams from primary, secondary and high schools taking part.

 Mobile apps, smartphones and robots will change the way hotels and resorts operate, with the aim of bringing tourists convenient experiences and managing housekeeping effectively.

 Giang Thi Thao, a 22-year-old girl from Hanoi, was crowned the winner of the second Miss Vietnam Festival 2018, which was recently held in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan.