VNS talked to six foreign correspondents who were present in HCM City on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South VN and national reunification.

 The growth rate of new schools in HCM City has not matched the rise in population in recent years, according to Le Hong Son, head of the city Department of Education and Training.

 Young racer Huynh Minh Sang received the checkered flag at the National Suzuki Raider R150 motorcycling championship 2015, in the 18-24 year old category, held May 1 in the southern province of Binh Duong.

 Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori arrived in Hanoi on May 3 to attend a corporate event.

 The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) has announced new statistics on Vietnamese innovation that analysed the nation’s patent and trademark trends in 2014.

  Scores of Swedish enterprises will come to Vietnam this year in the hunt for investment and business opportunities.

 The Sa Pa tourist destination in the northern Lao Cai Province has become a magnet for property developers, following projections that the number of tourists coming there would increase sharply.

 Two storms or tropical depressions will appear in the East Sea this May, but they are unlikely to directly affect the mainland, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 Vietnam is actively preparing for the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), which will be held in Singapore in June 2015.

 A late goal from Huynh Nhu gave Vietnam a narrow victory over Myanmar in their Group B opening game of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Football Championship 2015.

 The choir troupe PSM Unpar Tabela Harati from Indonesia has won the Grand Prize of the 4 th International Vietnam Choir Competition hosted by the German Interkultur and the city of Hoi An, central Quang Nam province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fan Yang, the world-renowned bubble artist, dazzled thousands with his magical bubble performance at the two-day bubble festival held by Syrena Viet Nam in Halong Marine Plaza

 Vietnam is committed to implementing the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Human Trafficking (COMMIT), the country’s Deputy Minister of Public Security, Le Quy Vuong, has declared.

 Mekong Delta cities and provinces are calling for large-scale investments to restore a number of floating markets such as Cai Be in Tien Giang province, Cai Rang in Can Tho city, Nga Bay in Hau Giang province, and Nga Nam in Soc Trang province.

 Experts have identified Vietnam’s distinctive cuisine as one of the major strengths of the country’s tourism, and said that this should be tapped more as an attraction alongside Vietnam’s beautiful landscapes and valuable heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank’s decision to buy Ocean Bank at zero dong means that PetroVietnam, the national oil and gas group, will incur a complete loss in the investment deal.

VietNamNet Bridge - Surveyors’ conclusions that the majority of Vietnamese users are satisfied with 3G service quality has raised controversy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thirty out of 63 special candidates, who came first at the domestic schools’ finals and graduated from foreign schools with “distinction” or at an “excellent” level, did not pass the test to join Hanoi agencies’ staff.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 163 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the national holiday from April 28 to May 1, killing 91 people and injuring 109 others.

 A funeral service was organised in Ho Chi Minh City on May 3 for the two military pilots, who died after their fighter planes crashed in a training session over the waters of Binh Thuan province two weeks ago.