Prices of sand for construction continue increasing in HCM City, following authorities’ orders to strictly monitor sand mining sites for illegal activity.

 Couleurs d’Asie by Réhahn – Saigon, a new gallery by Hội An-based photographer Réhahn, will open in HCM City on June 1.

 For an A-list star who, as she says herself, does not have to work, Nicole Kidman has been pretty busy ahead of Cannes, appearing in three movies and a TV series screening at the film festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue City authorities have banned the construction of tall buildings near the city’s garden houses, considered an architectural legacy of the former imperial capital.

Immediately after announcing information about summer classes early in May, the 218 Ly Tu Trong extra education centre in HCM City was packed with hundreds of parents queuing till early in morning to sign their children up.

 At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in an explosion at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday, 

Ever since the 133-year-old Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio first launched production of its iconic Vespa in Vietnam, the scooter has been tightly linked to Vietnamese looks and lifestyle.

 State credit institutions will offer enterprises developing national agricultural products 70 per cent of investment capital support, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

 The HCM City People’s Committee has ordered all State-owned enterprises (SOEs) with 100 per cent charter capital owned by the State to fully publish information about their activities.

 Vietnam grabbed a gold and a bronze at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which concluded yesterday in Thailand.

 Twenty three artists from the State Dance Ensemble of Belarus will perform in Hanoi and Lao Cai province on May 25 & 27. 

 Hanoi’s People’s Committee has proposed that the Government choose a Japanese company as a consultant contractor to implement the planning of underground parking stations in the city.

Vietnam’s garment-textile sector is expected to expand its markets once the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement comes into force in early 2018, reducing tax on Vietnamese garments and textiles exported the EU to 0% over the next seven years.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has asked for approval from the Ministry of Transport to use English on street signs to serve foreign tourists.

 Vietnam undertakes measures to support and develop enterprises

 Vietnam has been developing strongly after joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) 10 years ago thanks to expansion of relations and reform policies.

  Patrol vessel Echigo of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will be sent to Vietnam and the Philippines to take part in joint anti-piracy drills.

 The Government has issued a decree on aquaculture management, and tra fish products processing and export, the Government Office reported.

 At the third session of the 14th National Assembly on May 22, the legislature heard the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic development and State budget tasks in 2016 and in the first months of 2017.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested ministries and sectors to make greater efforts in order to achieve a growth rate of 6.7 percent in 2017, thus contributing to the accomplishment of growth target set for 2016-2020.