VietNamNet Bridge - The State budget every year funnels big money into national scientific research projects, but discoveries by scientists seem to have little significance in the eyes of businesses.

 E-commerce websites saw turnover increase by 45 per cent last year and investment go up by 30 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underprivileged children will enjoy shows performed by artists from the Viet Nam Youth Theatre every Saturday of this month at the Thanh Nien Theatre on 37 Tran Binh Trong Street.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has discovered a number of transport violations related to management, transport trading licensing, vehicle safety conditions and speeding after the ministry’s inspection in Quang Ninh, Phu Tho

 More capital continues flowing into HCM City’s real estate sector as local companies and foreign partners join hands to take advantage of the new housing law, which allow foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam.

 Baidu Inc's CEO has called on employees to put values before profit in response to a scandal around the death of a student who underwent an experimental cancer treatment he found on the company's search website.

 Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has been appointed as Secretary of the Central Military Commission in the 2015 – 2020 tenure.

 The three provinces of Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen and Bac Giang have recently been added to the Hanoi Capital Region Master Plan by 2030.

 The ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days (STI Days) kicked off in Hanoi on May 10, serving as a platform for scientists, policymakers and innovation companies from the two blocs to boost cooperation in the fields.

 An official of the General Department of Taxation has said the information about 189 persons in Vietnam mentioned in the freshly-released part of the Panama Papers needs to be verified.

 US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam firstly aims to emphasise a secure, prosperous and independent Vietnam that respects universal human rights and rule of law.

 Cambodia’s Angkor Air will launch a direct route connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Preah Sihanoukville from June 17, according to the State Secretariat on Civil Aviation of Cambodia.

Freedom of religion and the building of a law on belief and religion in Vietnam were discussed during a meeting between VFF Vice President and visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour.

President Barack Obama is considering whether to lift the three-decade-old US arms embargo on Vietnam, Reuters reported, citing US officials on May 9.

 Researchers said on Monday they have sequenced the genome of the carrot, an increasingly important root crop worldwide, identifying genes responsible for traits including the vegetable's abundance of vitamin A,

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese Petrolimex Petrochemistry will be under pressure as TASCO, the Thai bitumen manufacturer, has bought 41 plants in Vietnam and Indonesia from a French manufacturer.

The pollution in the Buoi River, caused by a sugar factory, has not only killed fish but also affected the water resources of thousand households in 22 communes in the districts of Thach Thanh and Vinh Loc in Thanh Hoa province.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is a destination with a surreal beauty. Travelers all over the world would love to have a chance to explore it.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Four bombs with a total weight of about a ton were found at the bottom of the pond of a farmer family in Kien Thuy District in the northern port city of Hai Phong on Sunday.

 Contestants from 41 European countries and Australia walked the red carpet outside Stockholm's Royal Palace on Sunday, kicking-off Eurovision Song Contest week, which culminates in the grand finale on Saturday.