Five Vietnamese travel startups have qualified to pitch their business plans to investors at the Mekong Tourism Forum on June 6 in Luang Prabang, Laos, under the Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) program.

 Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Hanoi on May 11 for the 10th APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-10) Meeting.

 Eight people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck in China's northwest Xinjiang region on Thursday with photographs online also showing damaged buildings.

Moon Jae-in was sworn in as new South Korean president on Wednesday and soon after an inaugural ceremony, he appointed new prime minister, intelligence agency chief, presidential chief of staff 

 Facebook (FB.O) is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called clickbait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements.

 Twenty-three people were killed and 30 injured in India when a wall collapsed on a crowd of people celebrating a wedding, police said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - While other Asian countries have national festivals to attract foreign travelers, Vietnam has only a few that have been marketed well. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women are advised to think carefully before taking intravenouis skin whitening injections, medical experts say.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking solutions to prevent landslides in the Mekong Delta, after a landslide occurred on the Vam Co Lau Canal on Monday afternoon in An Giang Province, 

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Terminal 2 of Danang International Airport has been put into operation. The US$154 million new terminal aims to serve APEC 2017 and contribute to the development of the aviation industry in the time ahead.

 Tourism images of HCMC will be displayed at the Cannes Film Festival in France set to take place for 10 days starting from May 17.

 Travel agencies are finding it difficult to secure enough hotel rooms in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province for domestic tourists in the upcoming summer holiday due to an upsurge of international arrivals.

Despite several setbacks, investors pledged in February to put the capital city’s first elevated railway to trial operations in October. 

On Saturday, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage will hold an excursion to Lai Xa photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Ha Noi.

 Visitors to Nguyen Hue pedestrian mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City will have the chance to enjoy different street and traditional Vietnamese art every weekend, starting this Saturday.

The Government has asked the Ministry of Finance to hand over a list of 60 enterprises, most of them State-owned, that are carrying out real estate projects to the Government Inspectorate in preparation for inspections into land management this year.

The new international passenger terminal (T2) at Da Nang International Airport is undergoing trial operations from May 9.

 After holding their general shareholders’ meetings in 2017, many commercial banks have publicised their senior personnel for the new term.

Quang Nam said that they would not propose the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to license Bong Mieu Gold Mining Company Ltd., a subsidiary of Canadian company Besra Gold Inc., to exploit Bong Mieu gold mine again.