VietNamNet Bridge – Returning to Vietnam nearly 4 decades after the war, Paul George Harding, a US was veteran, has opened free English classes in Hanoi as he wants to make amends as far as possible to the Vietnamese people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A concert dedicated to legendary Vietnamese composer Trinh Cong Son will be performed in Vinhomes Riverside Eco-Urban Area, Ha Noi, on May 30.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has decided to change the method of calculating a luxury tax on car imports, striving to support the development of the domestic automobile industry and increase state budget revenue from tax collection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several canals in HCM City have been seriously polluted by junk and waste thrown in by neighbouring residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The parks of Gia Dinh, Hoang Van Thu, Tao Dan and the Saigon Zoo with thousands of trees are ideal venues for fresh air and relaxation of HCM City people and visitors.

 French director Jacques Audiard's film Dheepan has won the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or.

The Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute has identified three sites to build a new nuclear research center, which will be submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology for approval, said the institute’s head, Dr. Nguyen Nhi Dien.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sharp oil price falls, high tax rates, overproduction and inappropriate development of rubber plantations all have dealt strong blows to rubber producers.

VND2,300 billion orthopaedic institute built in HCMC, Train accident kills two in Nam Dinh, Fire at seafood storage building cost billions, Hailstone victims to receive support, Japanese firm plans to spend US$80m on waste treatment in HCMC

 Vietnamese Ao Dai introduced in New York, Mexico's top guitarist to perform in Ha Noi, Vo Trong Nghia Architects Vietnam sweeps FuturArc Awards, Photo exhibit calls for support for Nepal, HCM City plays dwell on post-war battles

 With an average Internet speed of 2.7 Mbps, Vietnam’s Internet speed was ranked 99th in the world in the final quarter of last year, according to a report of U.S. cloud computing services provider Akamai Technologies.

 Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Vu Hong Nam, led a delegation to Egypt from May 22-25, where he attended the eighth political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level between the two countries.

 Efforts are being ramped up to tackle widespread software piracy in locations across the country.  

 Low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines on May 21 announced that it had earned a profit of about VND100 billion (more than US$4.54 million) in the first four months of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located at an altitude of over 2,000m with a cool climate all year round, Y Ty in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is a favorite destination of domestic and international tourists.

 US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash with his wife, police have said.

 Greece cannot make a repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due on 5 June as it does not have the money, the interior minister says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As golf has become an increasingly attractive sport here, as well as a lucrative component within the country's tourism industry, many foreign and domestic investors are rushing to build costly golf courses throughout Vietnam.

 A total of 139 grave sites of suspected migrants have been found in 28 human-trafficking camps close to the Thai border in north Malaysia, say police.

 Diagnosed with gastrointestinal bleeding due to having very rare expanded oesophageal veins, Duong Gia Phuc, a two years old boy in HCM City, was vomiting blood; a life threatening situation.