A plane about to take off from Da Nang Airport stopped on the tarmac and headed back to the terminal after a pregnant woman fell ill on-board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi witnessed severe air pollution exceeding air quality guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on nine out of every 10 days in the first three months of 2018.

 Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

 The central province of Quang Tri has set up a mobile team to patrol the province and prevent illegal logging of timber.

 Mexican Secretary of National Defence General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda has received the new Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ten Korean artists have resumed painting a mural in the coastal Tam Thanh Commune in Tam Ky City of Quang Nam Province.

A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of his 128th birthday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks 113rd out of 136 surveyed countries in terms of tourism infrastructure. 

 6.4 trln in compensation for victims of marine environment incident

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s investigation police on May 17 started legal proceedings against three men arrested in connection with the murder of two volunteers from a team set up to protect residents.

 Vietnam’s economy had a good start in 2018 with a 7.38 percent GDP growth in first quarter, but experts warn of challenges and risks ahead in the remaining of the year as well as following years. 

Le Ky Nam, a 12th grader from Ha Long High School for the Gifted, has been commended and rewarded for his excellent achievement in the recently-concluded 19th Asian Physics Olympiad in Hanoi. 

Hospital Ship 561 of the Vietnam People’s Navy returned to Cam Ranh military port of central Khanh Hoa province on May 16, concluding its trip to attend the MNEK 2018 held in Indonesia from May 5-9.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents living alongside a river in Can Tho City have put coconut trunks around an area wrecked by landslides during the past month to protect their houses.

 Exercise programmes for people with mild to moderate dementia "don't work", according to researchers writing in the British Medical Journal.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son Island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island.

Japan Material Engineering Services Company and Da Nang-based Dong A College have inked an agreement on training in electronics and engineering, as well as controls and automation for the Japanese labour market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some three tonnes of plant protection products smuggled from China were disposed on Wednesday.

 Two years since the marine pollution incident in the central region in April 2016, the lives of coastal residents in Quang Binh province have returned to normal.