VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam national football team and the U-19 squad played a goalless test match in Ha Noi yesterday, May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Thi Huyen has been selected to represent Viet Nam at the Rio Olympic women’s weightlifting competition.

 Remittances to HCM City in the past four months reached more than US$1.3 billion, up $211 million against the previous month.

 The US Senate has approved by 55 votes to 43 a bill that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s catfish inspection programme.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed hope that his visit to Japan from May 26-28 will create new impetus to further strengthen the relationship between Vietnam and Japan.

 Vietnamese and Chinese airlines are working on plans to launch more flights to meet increasing demand for air travel between the two countries.

 As President Obama visits Vietnam, we are struck by the fact that most citizens of both countries have no living memory of a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans and upward of a million Vietnamese.

 The Ministry of Education plans to cut down admission quota for teacher training universities to prevent unemployment and to improve the quality of teaching staff.

The Peace Corps, a US program whose volunteers travel overseas to help people, will officially set foot in Vietnam under an agreement signed during President Barack Obama’s visit from May 23 to 25.

The 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) concluded on May 25 afternoon in Vientiane, Laos.

High school and college students who get concussions may struggle more with academics than their peers who get other types of sports injuries, a small U.S. study suggests.  

VietNamNet Bridge - The forestland in the districts of Thanh Son, Thanh Thuy and Tam Nong of the midland province of Phu Tho has been seriously damaged. 

 340kg bomb lifted successfully from a fish lake in Ha Tinh, Quang Nam raids illegal gold mining operations, New countryside programme, sci-tech development under review, HCM City seek ways to engage OVs’ brainpower

VietNamNet Bridge - E-wallets are developing strongly in Vietnam again after many years of slow growth.

A café owner was fined VND17 million and prosecuted because he took five days to file his business registration. Luckily, the prosecution was canceled after the Prime Minister’s intervention.

Vietnam wishes to receive more support from the UN to fulfill its Sustainable Development Goals, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan told UN Resident Coordinator Pratibha Mehta.

 A delegation of the Sri Lanka-Vietnam Solidarity Association (SVSA) is paying a week-long working visit to Vietnam from May 24 to boost mutual understanding between the two countries.

 Further cooperation in investments and trade between Vietnam and Italy will bring benefits to both sides, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said during a reception for Italian Ambassador Cecilia Piccioni in Hanoi on May 25.

The Vietnamese government is determined to successfully carry out reforms to stabilise the macro-economy and fuel economic growth, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assured Country Director of ADB in Vietnam Eric Sidgwick.

 The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee adopted two resolutions on standards and classification of administrative units and classification of urban areas at its one-day 48th session on May 25.