Asian countries have agreed to work together to try to stem the region's migrant crisis, as Myanmar brought to shore another boat full of migrants.

 Many European football nations have reacted with concern to Sepp Blatter's re-election as Fifa president.

 A dance performance entitled ‘Standards’ by French choreographer Pierre Rigal will premiere on June 6 at the Hanoi Youth Theatre.

 Levels of unconscious racist and sexist bias have been reduced by manipulating the way the brain learns during sleep.

 May marks the 12th monthly decline in international visitors to Vietnam as 576,000 foreigners have visited the country, down 16.4% year-on-year.

  An irrigation project worth hundreds of billions of dong that has failed to become operational on time has affected some 1,000 households in Than Uyen District, Lai Chau Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – "Many people think shooting an air gun is a form of violence, but actually the sport is like Japanese kendo, which teaches people discipline and patience, and how to remain calm under pressure,"

Though NPLs have increased significantly, which forced commercial banks to make higher provisions against risks, they still have reported an increase in profit in the first quarter of 2015 in comparison with the same period last year.

 The National Exhibition Centre will be located on the intersection of Nhat Tan-Noi Bai highway and National Highway No 5 in Dong Anh District, the Ha Noi People's Committee said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam should take advantage of its current "golden population" consisting of a high percentage of young people, as the country will enter an ageing phase soon,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The terraced fields of Lao Cai Province’s Bat Xat District are full of water from the surrounding high mountains and farmers have begun planting, offering some spectacular scenes of rural Vietnam.

Footballchannel.asia has named Vietnamese striker Nguyen Cong Phuong as one of 10 players to watch at the coming Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.

US-based Microsoft Corp introduced its Universal Windows Platform, an evolution of the same modern platform on phones since Windows 8.1 and PCs since Windows 8, at the annual Build developer conference in Singapore on Thursday.

 The 2014 Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) Awards has honoured 40 projects in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The eastern area of HCM City is expected to become one of the most bustling economic and financial centers in Vietnam in the near future.

 The Prime Minister has approved a proposal on holding a limited tender to choose a factory to build research ships to explore the marine environment and its resources.

 “Mo Muong Hoa Binh”, folklore told by Muong ethnics in northern Hoa Binh province, and 20 Mo artists are officially recognised as cultural heritage under the patronage of the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations (VFUA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Devotees and tourists are slowly destroying hundreds of statues of the Buddha in Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh Province, as the touch them for good fortune.

 San Francisco-based digital payment platform, Paymentwall, is among the few Silicon Valley companies to foray into Viet Nam, eyeing the country's burgeoning Internet and mobile consumer market.

 Vietnam began their quest for the elusive gold medal in the men’s football competition at the Southeast Asian Games with an emphatic 6-0 victory over Brunei.