VietNamNet Bridge - ODA (official development assistance) capital was allocated to over 2,500 projects from 1993 to 2017, most of which has been used. 

 Nuno Cunha, ILO senior specialist on social security, talks to Vietnam media about a recent proposal to increase the retirement age of Vietnamese labourers.

 Nearly 150 organisations, including State agencies, banks and enterprises, participated in a cyber security drill on Wednesday and Thursday, recorded as the largest ever in Viet Nam.

A man in HCM City’s Binh Tan District has made his truck into a coffee shop. 

 “Then” singing is an indispensable practice in the cultural and religious life of Tay and Nung ethnic minority communities in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, especially Dinh Hoa region. 

 The Republic of Korea will receive 7,900 Vietnamese workers in 2018, said Nguyen Gia Liem, said Deputy General Director of the Overseas Labour Department under the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked centrally-run cities and provinces to promptly submit their reports on the implementation and disbursement of public investment in 2018.

 Lang Son province has encouraged the establishment of local Then singing clubs to promote the development of this genre of traditional singing – a typical culture of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region.

 A public Wi-Fi system was handed over to the central province of Quang Tri by the military-run Viettel Group on May 11.

Parents across the world should admire Vietnamese parents as Vietnamese parents spend an average of 10 hours per week helping their children with homework, according to statistics released by the London-based Varkey Foundation.

 The 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on May 11 morning discussed in groups a report on the leadership and direction work of the Politburo and the Secretariat in 2017.

USAID and the Air Defence – Air Force Service under the Vietnamese Defence Ministry signed an agreement on non-refundable aid for a project on dioxin remediation in the Bien Hoa airport in Hanoi on May 11.

 Ministry proposes changes in salary scales, payrolls in enterprises

Vietnam to repatriate remains of 98 volunteer soldiers, experts from Laos, USAID project helps Vietnam’s wildlife protection, US travel site urges tourists to explore Vietnam's two most beautiful beaches

VietNamNet Bridge - Among the 30 names listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs and innovators, Phan Hoang Lan has drawn special attention because she is a civil servant.

 The State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) has proposed the Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage JSC (Habeco) pay the State budget 1.85 trillion VND (81 million USD) in tax liabilities.

Vietnam’s exporters must self-verify the origin of their products that they export to the European Union (EU) from 2019 to be qualified for Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) which is the tariff preference for developing countries.

 Relevant agencies and localities have taken drastic measures to promote law enforcement on and increase public awareness of wildlife protection, said the Education for Nature Vietnam on May 11.

 President Tran Dai Quang met in Hanoi on May 11 with Vietnamese and foreign scientists attending the seminar themed “Science for development” that took place in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh on May 9-10. 

 A letter about Santa Claus written by an eighth grader in Hai Duong province has won the first prize of the 47th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People in Vietnam.