VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese readers, particularly youth, will have more opportunities this summer to learn more about the country’s history after the release of new books.

A total of 33 Vietnamese tourists visited Son Doong cave in the central province of Quang Binh in the first few months of 2016.

 Vietnam and Sudan should foster bilateral cooperation in all fields, especially agriculture and industry.

 Thailand presented Phuong Minh Hoa, vice director of the Department of Politics under Vietnam’s Defence Ministry, with the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand in Bangkok on May 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Saturday evening, seven giant lotus flowers floating on the central Huong River in Hue were lit up to inaugurate a cultural week celebrating Buddha’s 2560th birthday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Son Nam triumphed in the National Futsal Championship yesterday (May 16) even though the tournament still runs for another two rounds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Suzuki Vietnam yesterday (May 16) signed a two-year contract to sponsor the national football squads in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The organising committee of the Da Nang International Marathon 2016 has offered offline registration at Viet Nam TravelMart, 68 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street and Da Nang Souvenirs & Cafe at 34 Bach Dang Street. 

 Dozens of elephants in Dak Lak Province have been scaring people and destroying crops while searching for food outside of the forest because of drought and disappearing forest land.

 Some expatriates and local people used last Sunday to clean a seriously polluted canal on Hanoi's Nguyen Khang Street, surprising the local authorities.

  Prime Minister and Ministries of Defense and Transport given power to approve different projects.

Residents in Mong Duong Ward, Cam Pha City, coastal Quang Ninh Province gave their houses a fresh look by putting white enamel tiles on all walls early this month.

 27 tonnes of frozen meat stuck at port, Ministry requests raising awareness of injury, drowning prevention, VND9.6 billion awards for Mathematics Ph.D thesis, scholarships for Math students, VNese talent awards 2016 launched

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training prohibits teaching of reading and writing before the first grade, but parents have ignored the advice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two laboratories have offered different conclusions about the same vegetable samples, with one saying the vegetables were safe, while the other saying the toxicity level was 3.5 times higher than the permitted level.

  Local producers and suppliers have been at risk at many supermarkets in Việt Nam due to strong competition from foreign rivals, prompting Vingroup to launch a supporting programme that promotes domestic production.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has many precious orchid species, but many of them have become extinct because of poor conservation. 

 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co (BSR), which operates and manages Dung Quat Oil Refinery, has asked the Ministry of Finance for permission to calculate the petrol selling price themselves.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ministries to hasten the process of drafting decrees providing guidelines for investment and business activities, under Dispatch 789/TTg-PL that he signed last weekend.

 Dinh Quang Linh defended his men’s singles title on the last day of the National Table Tennis Championships at Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium in HCM City on May 15.