Relevant agencies must get well prepared for receiving the remainder of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA-17) fund allocated for Vietnam in the 2014-2017 period, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The French School of the Far East (EFEO), an institute dedicated to studying Asian societies, gave an Honourary Doctorate degree to Historical Professor Phan Huy Le.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Le Thi Thu Ba, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, visited Canada from May 13-17, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two countries’ judiciaries.

 The results of the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) will be announced within 20 days after election day (May 22), according to the National Election Council (NEC) Office.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Contributing VND558 billion (nearly $30 million) to Honda, Toyota or Ford Vietnam many years ago, VEAM still earn hundreds of million of USD of profit each year

 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday cleared the way for approval of $1.1 billion in immediate funds to battle the Zika virus that is linked to birth defects, well above what is in legislation pending in the House of Representatives.

Tens of tons of dead fish have been taken out of HCM City’s Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal after the downpour on the afternoon of May 16. The authorities said the fish had been killed by toxic waste, which flowed into the canal via rainwater.

VietNamNet Bridge - On the way to apply for a job, two hungry young men who were out of money stopped at a grocery to pretend to buy bread and other food and then ran away.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of a wedding of two sets of twins from the province of Ca Mau posted on social networkshave caused a stir in the online community in the last few days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Because of prolonged drought, hundreds of irrigation lakes in Dak Lak province, in Vietnam’s central highlands, have dried to the bottom and the land is cracked.

 More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri Lanka,

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese business community thinks the value of tea and energy-drink manufacturer Tan Hiep Phat has decreased to $500 million due to the infamous fly-in-the-bottle scandal.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Lonely Planet, Hoi An market, Tsukiji fish market and Borough market are the food paradises that appeal to both locals and tourists.

 Insurance industry encouraged to make preparations for TPP, AEC, Credit policies enable sustainable coffee development, EVN assures power supplies amid prolonged drought, CIEM: economic growth to post 6.17 percent in QII

VietNamNet Bridge – The first baby conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in this northern province was born on Monday at the Bac Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first volume of War Memoirs by late French President Charles de Gaulle was recently published in Vietnamese.

Saigon, Hanoi and Hue are lively featured through the lens of French photographer Michel Blanchard at an on-going exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Ho Chi Minh City's streets proved incapable of dealing with their first rain on May 16 after a long dry spell.

 Vietnamese technology giant the VNG Corporation (VNG) has purchased 38 per cent of the Tiki Corporation, the owner of the e-commerce website Tiki.vn, for VND383 billion ($17.16 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision to establish the Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV). It is a 100% foreign-invested nonprofit university based in the HCM City Hi-tech Park.