An Bang Seaside Village, a home-stay complex in An Bang beach of Hội An City, has received the ASEAN Homestays 2016 award from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

 The Lac Hong University’s LH-FF team successfully overcame 31 other competitors to become winner at the Robocon Vietnam 2016 final, which took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 14. 

 The Vietnam-EU cooperation in the science and technology field is auspicious, said the Head of Unit for Strategy on International Cooperation under the European Commission’s Directorate General of Innovation & Research.

 Vietnamese students have shined at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2016), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, which took place in the US from May 8-13.

 Lang Sen Festival 2016, which will celebrate late President Ho Chi Minh’s 126th birthday, will officially kick off on May 17 in Vinh City and Kim Lien Commune with a variety of activities.

 Dozens of traditional long dresses, part of the private collection of a Vietnamese living in Germany, will be exhibited at the Hue Culture Museum this month.

 Last week several banks cut their lending interest rates on the recommendation of the State Bank of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreigners have bought houses in Vietnam since the government removed strict regulations on foreign ownership. 

Nearly 140 samples of seafood, vegetables and water in the four central coastal provinces which suffered mass fish deaths are determined to be safe and within the prescribed level.  

The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labour said on May 15 that it would re-sign the normal Memorandum of Understanding to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers to work in the RoK under the Employment Permit System in 2017.

 Social order in Ho Chi Minh City was disrupted on May 1 and 8 after some mass gatherings were held in the name of environment protection using the context of the unusual mass fish deaths in the north central provinces.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico and the Republic of Guatemala Le Linh Lan has pledged to accelerate the formation of a legal framework for the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, bringing pragmatic interests for their people.

 Olympian Phan Thi Ha Thanh grabbed two silver medals at the Gymnastics Federation’s Individual Apparatus World Challenge Cup which closed in Varna, Bulgaria, yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – TNG Thai Nguyen secured second place in the National Women’s Football Championship after their 2-0 win over Viet Nam Coal and Minerals in the third round match at the Ha Nam Province Stadium. 

 Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnam's permanent representative to the UN, rejected the inaccurate, biased and unverified information provided by the spokesperson of the UNHCR on May 13.

 The Prime Minister has decided to launch a national steering committee to implement an action plan to tackle hunger in Vietnam between 2016 and 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac said that sufficient scientific evidence has been collected to conclude the cause of unusual fish deaths that occurred in the central coastal region

The ancient temples of Ang, Vinh Trang and Dat Set in the southwestern region of Vietnam attract travellers for their unique architectures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Lao counterpart, Thongloun Sisoulith, in Ha Noi yesterday, following a welcome ceremony.

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