Vi Thuy district and Long My town in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang declared a level 1 state of emergency for seawater intrusion on May 6.

 Vietnam’s football team is 145 th in FIFA rankings in May, one step down from last month, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Singapore invested in 50 new projects and increased investment capital to 23 existing projects with a total registered capital of over 730 million USD in the first four months of this year.

HCMC Party Secretary Dinh La Thang has suggested SCG Building Materials of Thailand seize business opportunities in trade, infrastructure, smart transport, e-government, services and finance in Vietnam.

 Athletes from 59 nations across the world, who will compete in the VNG Ironman 70.3 Vietnam, took part in a charitable run, called Newborns Vietnam Run Out, in the coastal central city of Da Nang on May 6.

 Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue verified the safety level of seawater near the shore on May 6 following a recent test.

 President Tran Dai Quang has affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of continuing to regard Japan as its leading and long-term partner.

 UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson pledged to do his utmost to encourage more support for Vietnam to deal with difficulties related to climate change.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the 13th ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (ASPC) in Laos’ former capital city of Luang Prabang on May 6. 

 Vietnam considers Kuwait one of its top partners in the Middle East, President Tran Dai Quang said when receiving Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad in Hanoi on May 6.

Tuy Lai commune in My Duc district, Hanoi, has interwoven limestone mountains, covering hundreds of hectares, which are connected to four lakes, creating romantic landscape. This place is called “small Ha Long Bay”.

 Singapore’s investment in Vietnam surge, Jan-Apr FDI up 85% y-o-y, Newly-registered enterprises up 11% in April, Int’l organizations make positive assessments on VN’s economic picture, Vietnam’s PMI highest in nine months

Despite $90.6 million in funding from the state budget, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences with over 2,000 staff, had only 22 scientific articles published in international magazines over the last five years.

Limestone mine blast injures four, Human trafficking cases uncovered in Sơn La, Ministry releases list of safe-food outlets, VN Airlines offers discounted Europe fares, French-Vietnamese job fair slated for next Saturday

Preparations are underway among smartphone manufacturers for the introduction of 4G in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Automobile Association has asked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to resolve problems that transport firms face, including those relating to road maintenance fees,

 Vietnam has 17 UNESCO-recognised sites and heritages. This reflects the beauty of Vietnam’s natural landscape and the richness of its culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – College drop-out Dang Tuan Phong is a dreamer and feels he is living the perfect life with his muse and formed a strong bond within the epic music genre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Alarmed at the increasing number of drowning incidents in the Mekong Delta, primary teachers in Dong Thap Province’s Thap Muoi District began teaching hundreds of students how to swim in 2008.

The U.S. government took wide-ranging steps to crack down for the first time on e-cigarettes and cigars, growing in popularity among teens, and banned sales to anyone under age 18 in hopes of sparing a new generation