The Vietnamese dairy firm TH True Milk began the first phase of its large-scale cow breeding and farming project in Moscow, Russia on May 18.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Vietnamese and Russian firms to raise two-way trade to 10 billion USD by 2020 during a business forum in Moscow on May 18.

Vietnam will create all favourable conditions for Brunei enterprises who wish to invest in the country, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists are concerned that coal power plants would still provide 50 percent of the nation’s total electricity output in the future.

Vietnam’s first artwork auction will be held in Hanoi on May 28, which expects to attract up to 40 bidders.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ‘PhD inflation’ is the hottest topic on education forums these days. MOET is now compiling new regulations on PhD training with an aim to improve training quality.

 Secretary of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Van Nen has affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people will do their best to foster the Vietnam-Thailand strategic partnership.

 Cooperation between Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese clients of HSBC and BIDV have lost tens of millions of dong after having their international payment accounts hacked. 

Exporters would be well served by paying greater attention to the benefits of using e-commerce channels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cuc Bac Café is a favorite destination for those dropping by Lo Lo Chai Hamlet in Lung Cu Commune, Dong Van District in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Salination-hit Mekong Delta still struggling, Popular Thai actor comes to Vietnam to promote tourism, Maps, documents on Hoang Sa, Truong Sa on display in Tay Ninh, Quang Tri supports farmers affected by mass fish deaths

VietNamNet Bridge - The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Le Minh Hung, as soon as he took office, released two documents with instructions to settle commercial banks’ debts.

 The process of restructuring commercial banks in Viet Nam mostly focusses on mitigating negative effects and not on promoting positive factors, one of which is the increase in private ownership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A multi-language color illustration book on the Tale of Luc Van Tien, an epic poem written in nom (the old Vietnamese script) by famous poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu in the 19th century,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Street food, for which Viet Nam is rightly famous, can be a financial boon to local communities, helping many people, especially the poor, increase their income.

Workshop on report from Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research discusses difficulties in meeting socioeconomic targets and identifies possible solutions.

 Irdeto, a world leader in digital platform security, has been selected by K+ to provide end-to-end multiscreen support for the launch of its first commercial over-the-top (OTT) service.

  The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Vietnamese State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Russian-Vietnamese investment platform on May 16.

 The Novaland Group on May 18 began work on a lake covering an area of 3.6 hectares in District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.