The 19th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) kicked off at Hanoi’s University of Science and Technology on May 6, attracting the participation of 188 contestants from 25 countries and territories.

 Vietnam has sent six female athletes to take part in a test competition of kurash (Turkish wrestling), one of official sports of the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18), which is slated for next August in Indonesia.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principle a plan to build the south central province of Binh Dinh into a scientific and educational urban area when visiting the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education.

 The action month for labour safety and hygiene was launched in HCMC on May 6, focusing on measures to prevent and control dangerous and harmful factors at workplace so as to mitigate occupational accidents and diseases.

 Hanoi plans to promote auctions of land use rights from now to 2020 in order to make effective use of land fund and meet the increasing demand of businesses and people.

 The number forestry law violations in the first four months of 2018 declined by 31 percent from last year to 4,226, reported the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.

 Twenty football teams representing overseas Vietnamese students, entrepreneurs and intellectuals in Singapore were brought together at the fifth Hung Kings Cup championship opened in the island country on May 6.

 The border guard high command in the central province of Quang Tri has captured a man transporting 7,400 methamphetamine pills from Laos into Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taller, larger and more imposing buildings are what real estate developers are striving for in the central city of Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Co Island is a must-see place for travellers to the northern province of Hai Duong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many students are concerned about their future careers and want to improve the education sector to change society's perception of teaching careers. 

The huge cost of Vietnam's much-needed infrastructure development means the private sector must become more involved, especially foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Our first glimpse of Hai Hau District in the northern province of Nam Dinh was roadsides full of flowers. In recent years, the land along the inter-village roads in the coastal district has been planted with flowers

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VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese are some of Southeast Asia’s biggest buyers of luxury cars.

 Tran Hai Quang, a 28-year-old former student of the Foreign Trade University, has earned initial success after two years since the launch of his startup project, Clingme, a free app to facilitate shopping for consumers.

Mineral exploitation may have contributed to economic development of northern mountainous Ha Giang Province over the past years but it has also caused serious problems to the environment and social life of local people, 

 Trung Nam BT 1547 Co Ltd, which has been carrying out a major flood tide control project worth nearly VND10 trillion in southern HCMC, has informed city authorities of a suspension of construction work.

March 2018 was a big month for LGBTQ visibility in Vietnam. Singer Nguyen Huong Giang was crowned Miss International Queen at the world’s largest and most prestigious pageant for transgender women. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The heavily polluted Dong Thanh rubbish dump in HCM City has been converted into an orchard, drastically improving the environment in the surrounding neighbourhood.