VietNamNet Bridge - While the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) insists on the plan to build 5-7 rolling weirs across the Red River to regulate the river’s water level, experts have warned about dangers that could occur.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The unemployment rate in Ha Noi has increased slightly in the first three months of this year, with 7,113 people registered for unemployment insurance benefits,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Lieutenant Colonel from the Viet Nam Peace Keeping Centre, talked about his two years of experience working at the UN Peace Keeping Centre

 VietNamNet Bridge – A graduate from the HCM City University of Fine Arts is using coconut shells for ornamental tiles to develop his small business in his home province of Phu Yen.

 Vietnam’s agricultural produce will face strong competition from the US as the Trans-Pacific Partnership requires it to eliminate import tariffs on many US products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tam Coc is a famous tourist site in the northern province of Ninh Binh and simple wooden boats on the Ngo Dong River are one of its attractions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In HCM City, many foreign tourists enjoy a city tour by xe om (motorcycle taxi), a special service for local people mostly offered by poor men.

 Nine countries including Britain, the Netherlands, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam participated in the international hot-air balloon festival in Hue City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last few years, firms exporting Vietnamese basa and tra fish fillets to the US have faced severe problems due to a sudden increase in anti-dumping duties.

 Settling in high mountains for hundreds of year, the Ha Nhi depend on agricultural production on terraced fields.

 A Japanese entrepreneur who studied agronomy and horticulture has brought his dream of following in his father’s footsteps and operating a floral growing and distribution business to life.

  Moves are underway to provide Vietnam’s textiles sector with the support industries it desperately needs to benefit from greater integration

 The northern province of Quang Ninh is taking all possible measures to ensure absolute safety for tourists when visiting the locality, home to UNESCO-recognised world natural heritage Ha Long Bay.

 A grand ceremony celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, which ended French colonial rule in the country, was held in Dien Bien Phu city in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on May 7.

 Anti-war songs on the album Ca Khúc Da Vàng (Yellow-skinned People’s Songs) written by late songwriter Trinh Cong Son have been released for the first time in Vietnam by young singer Nguyen Hong An.

 Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won a bronze medal at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal on May 6 (Vietnamese time).

 Vietnamese female wrestlers are seeking more berths to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games via the last Olympic qualifier that took place in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday.

 Vietnam’s Lien Viet Postbank entered the final of the open volleyball club tournament for youths in Bangkok yesterday.

 Coffee growers across the key producing regions of the Central Highlands have been severely struck by the worst drought in nearly three decades to hit the country, reports the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The temperature in HCMC in recent days remained at 38-39 degrees Celsius, making life miserable for those who have to work on the street.