The wreckage of a US military helicopter that disappeared this week while delivering aid near the Chinese border in Nepal has been found. 

 More than 600 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar stranded at sea have landed in Indonesia's Aceh province, after being rescued by local fishing boats.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to the Ha Noi Sound Stuff Festival witnessed the development of a new generation of Vietnamese sound artist through performances by Nguyen Hong Nhung.

A programme entitled ‘Light up the faith in victory’ was announced, aiming to raise an on-site bonus fund for the Vietnamese athletes who perform outstandingly at the 28th SEA Games, scheduled to take place in Singapore from June 5 to 16.

 Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to open a road route for travelers between from Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom and Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh Province.

 Thousands of outdated cars and trucks have been found in use in central Thanh Hoa Province and Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai, reported the Viet Nam Register yesterday.

 Vietnamese student Nguyen Le Minh Phu won a gold medal at the U7 blitz event at World Schools Chess Championships 2015 which took place in Thailand from May 6-14.

 Cuu village in Van Tu commune, in Hanoi’s outlying district of Phu Xuyen boasts of many old French-style villas which were built between 1920-1945. House owners were villagers who worked as tailors for French residents in that period.

French and Vietnamese models recently took to the catwalk on a four-day fashion show on Ao Dai designed by Ngo Nhat Huy. The event is within the Paris fair 2015 from April 29 to May 29.

 A fire stemming from prolonged intense heat engulfed 12 hectares of the U Minh Ha forest in the southernmost province of Ca Mau at 12 am on May 14.

 The Second Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange is being held in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and Yunnan province of China from May 15-18.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of newly established real estate firms in the first quarter of 2015 soared by 50 percent compared with the same period years before.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The selected artworks by two Vietnamese and a Thai painter are on display at the exhibition “Choose to Move”, held at Saigon Domaine, 1057 Binh Quoi, Ward 28, Binh Thanh District, HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The largest city in central Vietnam has opened a series of five-star public toilets to serve tourists and local people.

 Masan Food gets a Cholimex snub, Vietnam shrimp industry has ‘turned the corner’, State capital ownership to be transferred to SCIC, Work starts on 100 mln USD telecom equipment factory, Australia to import fresh lychees from Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has decided to pay at least $800 million to buy a 72-storey Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, according to Korea Herald.

 Franco-Portuguese circus troupe performs in Hanoi, HCM City, Exhibition spotlights contemporary Singaporean art, Sai Gon's soul up for discussion, Lang Son all set for summer, Ben Tre to hold fruit festival

 Vietnamese gymnastics will bring 10 athletes to the 28th SEA Games to be held in Singapore next month, targeting to win at least 10 gold medals, with its hopes mainly pinned on top female gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh.

The Dong Nai provincial authorities on May 7 convened an urgent meeting to clarify information provided by a local newspaper that the Dong Nai River is being filled with dioxin-contaminated soil and rocks taken from an area near Bien Hoa Airport.

 Khanh Hoa's Provincial People's Committee has proposed the government to allow it to build an international entertainment centre, including a casino.