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.

Olympic champion Hoang Xuan Vinh met no difficulty winning gold in the men’s 10m air pistol individual event at the 41st Southeast Asia Shooting Championship yesterday in Malaysia.

 Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and followers joined a parade of flower vehicles and Buddha relics on May 9 to celebrate Buddha’s 2,561st birthday.

 Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) usually start with friendly handshakes, but underneath the friendly facade there are several intense battles to manipulate enterprises. These different shades of the game make up a diverse M&A spectrum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign artists will gather at a fundraising concert for the “Art of Love” project at the Grand Ballroom, Melia Hanoi Hotel, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi on May 14.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh suggested Mongolia carry out policies to encourage and facilitate investment by Vietnamese investors while attending a Vietnam-Mongolia Business Meeting in Ulan Bator on May 9.

 The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings continue the agenda with an array of meetings and workshops in Hanoi on May 10.

 Vessel CSB-8004 carrying a delegation of the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command arrived at Xiuying Port in Haikou city, China’s Hainan province, on May 9, beginning an exchange programme with China’s Coast Guard.

 The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the import licences of 679 Vietnamese food and beverage manufactureres that did not re-register with the agency as required, or did so without following current procedures.

 Multinational companies focus on building talent management strategies right from the early stage of their businesses, but many of their Vietnamese counterparts do not, a seminar heard in HCM City on Tuesday.

The capital city of Ha Noi has launched an initiative – lending visitors a longsleeved shirt or dress that stretches to below the knee, so that inappropriately clad visitors, local and foreign, can enter places of worship

 Grant Thornton Vietnam Limited’s 16th survey of the Vietnamese private equity sector showed largely positive economic progress and optimism for the country’s level of investment attraction.

 Total sugar inventory at factories and trading companies by the end of April reached a record high in the history of the local sugar industry, according to the Viet Nam Sugar Cane and Sugar Association.

 The 2017 Quang Nam Heritage Festival will take place from June 7-14, through which the central province hopes to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector with a focus on maritime tourism. 

ASEAN and Canada need to promote cooperation in priority fields such as maritime and cyber security, fighting human trafficking, coping with climate change and ensuring water security, especially the Mekong River lower reaches.