Vietnam’s rice export growth has regained momentum this year after a year of slowdown, according to a report by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

 Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which gauges the country’s manufacturing performance, dropped from 54.1 in April to 51.6 in May, marking the weakest rate of improvement since March 2016.

 Tran Quoc is the name of Hanoi’s oldest and most sacred pagoda. Nearly 1500 years old, it used to receive kings in Buddhist memorial days and host famous Buddhist monks who came here to practice their religion.

On Monday morning, people in Phuoc Thanh Commune in the southern province of Tien Giang’s My Tho City heard the sound of a horn coming from a container truck parked along the road.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s economic performance in the first five months of the year has been rock steady.

 Vietnam marks World Milk Day with slew of events, Deputy PM Dam urges reduction of hospital overcrowding in Ho Chi Minh City, Two overpasses near Tan Son Nhat airport ready this month

 Viet Nam will host the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) for the first time this November.

 The accused are Pham Thi Thanh, 36; Kieu Thi Nhuan, 38; Pham Van Quyet, 25 (Nhuan’s nephew); and Vu Van Hoan, 31. All are residents of the capital city.

The international community has given positive assessments of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to the US from May 29-31.

 Vietnam’s Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong said he hopes Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Japan from June 4-8 will create a new wave of Japanese investments in Vietnam, considering the major economic content of the visit. 

Traditional folk theater to host performances every Saturday, starting on June 3.

November IPO of Binh Son Refinery to see 5-6% of shares up for grabs.

Lotte Duty Free has opened a duty-free shop in Da Nang, the popular tourist destination in central Vietnam. 

 Property developer FLC Group has announced the establishment of the Viet Bamboo Airlines Ltd. Co., laying the foundation for the formation of an airline under the name of Bamboo Airways.

French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle will open his photo exhibition, The Ageless Beauty photography exhibition at Da Nang's Fine Arts Museum on June 6-18.

A report of the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows a significant increase in Vietnam’s exports to South Korea in the first four months of the year, reaching $4.4 billion, an increase of 32 percent compared with the same period last year. 

 The military-run telecom group Viettel on June 1 announced it has successfully run its Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0) after six years of hard work and many failed attempts.

Some 1,625 people have engaged in the Ha Long-Cat Ba Alliance and 109 people have benefited from sustainable management and conservation of resources with the project’s support.

The Duc Tai Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company exploited limestone in the central province of Thanh Hoa for the past two years without taking any environmental protection measures,

Hungary will share its experience with Ha Noi to help remove oil and grease from water and purify the city’s lakes, Kovacs Karoly, president of Hungarian Water Association, said.