A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, but there was no indication workers or the public were exposed to radiation, 

 The total number of 4G subscribers of the giant telecom group, Viettel, increased by 1.5 times after the official roll-out and reached nearly 3 million by the end of April, Viettel announced.

 Vietnamese cinema and Ho Chi Minh City as a tourist destination will be promoted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The event is scheduled to take place from May 17-28 in France.

 India looks likely to receive higher monsoon rainfall than previously forecast as concern over the El Nino weather condition has eased, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth.

Construction on a VND500 billion (US$22 million) flood-prevention project in HCM City’s District 7 is expected to start in the next quarter, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

 Digital currency bitcoin hit a record high on Tuesday as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology.

The HCM City People’s Committee has told the Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control Programme to go ahead and draw up plans to build a reservoir in the outlying district of Cu Chi to prevent flooding there.

A short time after its inauguration in HCM City, the 4,000sq.m Snow Town Saigon currently welcomes up to 6,000-7,000 customers a day. This proves the huge attraction of this amusement park.

The Vietnam E-commerce Association will organize the Vietnam eTrade Conference in Hanoi on May 16 to assist businesses and related organizations to better implement e-commerce in import-export activities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese investors are now eyeing non-production sectors, such as the retail industry.

More than $400 million was spent during the first quarter of this year on importing coal, newly-published figures from the Vietnam Industry and Trade Information Center reveal. Volume increased 1.6 per cent year-on-year and price 90.6 per cent.

 The Politburo has appointed Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, to be the new Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee.

 Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the Hollywood movie “Kong: Skull Island”, revisited the filming location at Trang An landscape complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 10.

 The final round of the 2017 Robocon Vietnam contest, themed “The Landing Disks”, kicked off in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 9. 

 Three more avian flu outbreaks have been recorded in the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to set up a boat racing club at West Lake, as part of plans to promote tourism in the area in particular and the capital in general.

 A helicopter route has been opened in Ho Chi Minh City for emergencies such as rescues, ambulance services, or disasters.

Viet Nam has 32 golf courses nationwide, and 60 others are planned, but golf tourism has yet to take off due to poor connections among travel agencies and golf tour operators.

Trading pre-activating SIM cards is now punishable by a fine up to VND40 million (US$1,760), according to a decree on penalties in the telecommunications, information and technology sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2017 Asian Women’s U23 Volleyball Championships will be held on May 13-21 in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.