Vietnam bagged three gold medals at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) on May 19.

 Samsung from the Republic of Korea (RoK) began construction on a production complex across 70 hectares at a hi-tech zone in Ho Chi Minh City on May 19.

 Codeshare flights between the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacic (JPA) will become operational from May 21, it was announced on May 19.

 Vietnam poured a combined 20 billion USD in new and additional capital abroad as of this April, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Overseas Investment Agency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lack of public information resulted in widespread disapproval of a city tree-replacement plan, the capital city's inspectorate announced yesterday (May 19) following an inspection of the project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After three days and numerous complaints from the residents of Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ba Dinh District, Ba Dinh Electric Company has started shifting electric cables along the street.

 The Government has just issued a decree providing detailed guidance on the operation terms and conditions related to foreign-invested vocational training facilities.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a budget of 470 billion VND (about 22 million USD) to help preserve and develop rice fields in nine cities and provinces across the country.

The French Development Agency will provide Vietnam with a concessional loan of 20 million EUR for phase five of the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change in Vietnam, as stipulated in an agreement signed on May 19.

 Prime Minister receives RoK legislator, German press hails late President Ho Chi Minh, Deputy PM meets with former Lao leader, Late President’s 125th birth anniversary marked abroad, East Sea issues lie at heart of seminars in France

 The Ha Tinh Police’s investigation division arrested two men, both from the Republic of Korea, on May 19 as part of an investigation into a fatal scaffolding collapse on March 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - The last time the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced the prime interest rate was in 2009, or six years ago.

Bolivia wishes to further enhance its mutually-benefiting cooperation with Vietnam, stated Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera at his talks with visiting Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan in La Paz on May 18.

 Eleven draft laws are expected to be approved and 15 others will be scrutinised during the ninth sitting of the 13th National Assembly (NA), scheduled to convene on May 20, in a bid to implement the 2013 Constitution more effectively.

VietNamNet Bridge - Upgrading ships and turning them into mobile military bases, which Malaysia is doing, is within Vietnamese reach, scientists say.

VietNamNet Bridge - University entrance-exam preparation centers, which mushroomed in number some years ago, will be shut down because of a new exam regulation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new law was needed to tackle water pollution a workshop has been told in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A consortium of South Korean firms Hanwha E&C and K-Water have proposed implementing a wastewater treatment facility for the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom canal basin in HCMC

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three music concerts will be held in HCMC, Hanoi and Hue on May 23, May 30, and June 6 respectively in commemoration of the late famous musician Trinh Cong Son.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Terraced rice fields in Yen Bai, tea hills in Thai Nguyen, rocky islands offshore Quang Ninh and ancient villages are typical images of northern Vietnam.