VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has 20 thermal power plants now and plans to have more than double that by 2050.

 Viet Nam’s first oil refinery operator Binh Son Refinery and Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) has planned its domestic initial public offering (IPO) with 5-6 per cent of its capital in the fourth quarter of the year.

 Viet Nam’s export turnover reached US$62.09 billion in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 16.8 per cent, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.

 Increased access to funding and new legislations are among the measures being rolled out by the Vietnamese government to support the country’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

 Six selected films will be screened for free at Hanoi's Kim Dong Cinema during the German film festival for children and young audience from May 25 to 28.

 Authorities in central Quang Binh Province has given their nod to the proposal to install a ladder system inside the world’s largest cave – Son Doong Cave.

 Beginning Friday night, traffic on the historic Long Bien Bridge, a symbol of the capital city, will be limited to carry out recoating of the bridge’s concrete surface.

 Three years ago, Le Quoc Duc, a 30-year-old man in Da Lat City of Lam Dong Province, decided to quit his white-collar job at a State-owned company to become a farmer.

 Three recent gas asphyxiation deaths in Hai Duong Province has raised alarms about the risks of building substandard biogas systems in rural areas, local authorities and experts said.

 Auto manufacturers and companies in textiles and garments as well as rubber have trained their workers to compete in skills competitions in the country and elsewhere in Asia, Chính said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is working with Australia’s relevant agencies towards the early lift of Australia’s ban on the import of shrimp and uncooked shelled shrimp.

 After 18 months of construction, Da Nang International Airport officially launched its new terminal at a ceremony held on May 19.

 We are looking at Chrastava Town Primary School in Czechia’s Liberec province which President Ho Chi Minh visited in 1957 to give his regards to 100 Vietnamese cadets studying there.

 Even with his small savings and loans from friends, Bui Xuan Phuoc had to sell his house in NhaTrang city to build the exhibition room to display Ho Chi Minh’s items in 1997.

 The Vietnamese Government will facilitate conditions for Japanese enterprises to land their investment in Vietnam, making contributions to promote friendship and cooperation relations between the two countries, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave a reception in Hanoi on May 20 for US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer who is in Vietnam for the 23rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade. 

An international workshop on the East Sea was held at the Asia-Africa Institute under Hamburg University in northern Germany, drawing many leading scholars and researchers.

 Vo Thi Kim Phung took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China on May 19.

 Ministers and vice ministers from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam met in Hanoi on May 21 to discuss TPP.

 Vietnam-based technology corporation CMC on May 19 released its anti-data encryption software CMC CryptoShield, which offers protection from ransomware.