The walking street of Bui Vien has been put into operation since August 2017, and become a popular entertainment destination for foreigners and young people at weekends. 

 The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations.

 Extreme weather appears to be disrupting the life cycle of Europe's bats. Scientists were alarmed to find that some bats in Portugal skipped winter hibernation altogether this year while others gave birth early.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese FDI (foreign direct investment) flow to Vietnam has been increasing rapidly recently as Vietnam is one of the destinations included in China’s ‘One belt, one road’ strategy’.

 $616.7 million Cocobay complex, home to Cocobay Towers where football legend Cristiano Ronaldo registered to buy a condotel, is the latest name on the list of projects without a construction permit in the central city of Danang.

 The consecutive decrease in profit makes it questionable whether domestic private Hoa Sen Group can develop the $10.6-billion Ca Na steel project in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

A Vietnamese pupil may miss the opportunity to participate in an international science fair in the US after his visa application was rejected twice.

 Mount Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 local residents.

Authorities in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi have requested a local family to dismantle a so-called palace illegally built on forest land.

A number of policies on insurance business, printing activities, property valuation, quality control of vocational training, etc. take effect in May.

Mui Ne is losing its beautiful beaches to serious erosion which is damaging seaside resorts while local authorities have yet to find a solution.

 Viettel Group’s revenue from its overseas investment in 2017 surged by 38 per cent from the previous year to reach VND38 trillion (US$1.7 billion).

 The Viet Nam International Cafe Show 2018 opened in HCM City on May 3, attracting more than 200 booths by 100 exhibitors and brands from 12 countries.

 Two shipwrecks found during a failed search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 were merchant vessels that sank in the 19th Century,

 Wholesale petrol traders should make more efforts to raise the market share of bio-fuel E5 in the country, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Do Thang Hai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Tuan Minh and Hoang Thi Bao Tram won the National Chess Championships’ standard event yesterday in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF), as well as Vietnamese players are confident about the draw result of the upcoming 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign registered investment projects capitalized at several millions of dollars each have been set up in Vietnam. Economists have warned that the existence of the micro enterprises will cause difficulties for domestic ones.

 Former captain of the Vietnam senior football team, Le Cong Vinh, resigned as acting chairman of HCM City FC on May 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Thi Ky Flower Market and Ben Thanh Night Market are ideal places to get a broader picture of Sai Gon’s nightlife.