Vietnam beat Uzbekistan 4-1 in a friendly match that was considered both sides’ warm-up for the coming Asian Football Confederation Futsal U20 Championship, yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped six places to No. 586 in the world in the latest ATP rankings for men’s tennis singles, published on Monday (May 8).

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the movie Kong: Skull Island, returned to Ha Long Bay on May 10 by seaplane to film a tourism promotion.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh arrived in Tokyo on May 10 afternoon, beginning a week-long visit to Japan.

 Localities are intensifying measures to prevent dengue fever and Zika virus.

Textile and garment businesses of Vietnam hold considerable opportunities to sell their products to the European Union via the world’s leading online shopping channel Amazon, foreign experts said at a seminar in Hanoi on May 10.

 A high-ranking delegation from Myanmar Assembly of the Union led by Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of the House of Nationalities (Upper House) and the Assembly, started his week-long visit to Vietnam from May 10.

The fifth plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee closed in Hanoi on May 10, fulfilling all the set objectives after six days of working.

 Vietnam will create the best possible conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from Hong Kong (China), to invest in the country, particularly in the field of infrastructure, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed. 

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has affirmed that China’s statement on halting fishing activities for a limited period in the waters belonging to Vietnam’s sovereignty is valueless.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on May 11 morning to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF-ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse left Hanoi on the morning of May 11 for a State visit to China and to attend a high-level forum on Belt and Road Initiative from May 11-15.

 State budget collects VNĐ400 trillion in four months, Vietnam Airlines Corporation earns VNĐ854 billion pre-tax profit, VN textile sector urged to diversify raw material import sources

VietNamNet Bridge - Many educational projects capitalized at trillions of dong have failed, but negative consequences have affected generations of students.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bui Do Minh Quan and Do Phuong Mai from the Tran Phu High School for the Gifted have synthesized a new derivative that has the potential to treat cancer.

VietNamNet Bridge - China consumes 144,000 tons of pork a day, according to FAO, but Vietnamese farmers cant sell their pork to the country because of demands made by Chinese traders. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have pointed out that field research results about the Pak Beng hydropower project in Laos are sketchy and do not provide sufficient information. 

The outlook for Asia and the Pacific is the strongest in the world, but it is shrouded by challenges at home and abroad, according to the latest IMF report for the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six riders from Australia joined a 400km charity bike trip to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students in central Viet Nam. 

Rudolf Hever, Director of Hotels at Savills Asia Pacific, casts his eye over Vietnam's condotel market.