The south’s key economic provinces have recently shifted focus from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors, resulting in a serious shortage of agricultural workers during harvest season.

French students call for environmental protection, First language assessment symposium opens in HCM City, Vietnam attends culinary charity bazaar in Egypt, Offices of Vietnam, Laos Party Central Committees reinforce cooperation

 HCMC Enterprise Products Week attracts 100 firms, HCMC, Jetstar clinch tourism promotion deal, No-bid contracts banned for North-South Expressway project, New trade centre opens in Ha Noi     

VietNamNet Bridge - The supply of high-end apartments has been increasing rapidly in Hanoi and HCMC, but sales have not been brisk. 

Vietnam is working with MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) on the Vietnamese stock market upgrading. 

The “Mây” (Cloud) duo will present a piano repertoire for four hands and two pianos, including compositions by Brahms, Fauré, Bizet and Rachmaninoff at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on May 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some things change a person’s life forever – a person, an event, or a floral kaleidoscope.

  A Vietnamese delegation led by Hoa Lac Hi-tech Service Centre (HHSC), under Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park’s management, was showcasing many IT application products at the Tech in Asia 2017 in Singapore on Wednesday.

 Financial inclusion has been an accelerating global phenomenon recently, with financial services being provided at affordable costs to disadvantaged and low-income segments to increase earnings.

 Saigon Heat, the first professional basketball club in Việt Nam, have said goodbye to coach Anthony Garbelotto following the team’s repeated inability to win the ABL title.

 Viet Nam beat Chinese Taipei 5-4 in the third match of Group B of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation U-20 Futsal Championship in Thailand yesterday.

 A Space for Community Culture was launched at the central city’s East Sea Park yesterday, attracting the participation of 80 pavilions including souvenirs, food courts and folk games.

 Doctors from the Viet Nam-Germany Hospital have successfully conducted an eight-hour heart surgery on a female patient with the HIV virus.

 The National Assembly’s first meeting session this year will be focused on scrutinising and voting on 13 draft laws, announced NA Deputy General-Secretary Le Bo Linh yesterday.

 Hanoi’s leader has promised to solve all issues in the daily lives of all workers in the city soon, including shortages of housing, cultural activities, kindergartens and medical centres at industrial zones.

 The Yen Bai Tourism Year kicked off with art performances and cultural activities on May 19 in the northern mountainous province. 

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan in Hanoi on May 20.

 President Tran Dai Quang has conveyed his deep sympathy to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the death of Russian Hero, astronaut Viktor Gorbatko who joined Vietnamese heroic spaceman Pham Tuan on a flight to the space in 1980.

 Global C-section rates surging, Việt Nam’s Glory honours national spirit and patriotism, Ministry urged to raise capital for North-South Expressway, Responsible forest sourcing benefits businesses: report

 Forum updates Indonesian firms on Vietnam’s business climate, Samsung Vietnam back to high export growth path, Hindrances to business pinpointed, SBV says interest rates now reasonable