The northernmost province of Ha Giang will hold the first ever Tam giac mach (buckwheat) flower festival in early October, when the plant fully blooms.

 Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation will build an industrial park in northern Vinh Phuc province, as said in a memorandum of understanding it signed with the provincial People’s Committee on May 29.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will keep the fluctuation of the VND/USD exchange rate at a maximum of 2 percent in 2015, as set in its policy for the year, despite the fact that the rate has already been adjusted by 1 percent twice this year.  

 The military-run telecom Viettel expects to see a return of 80 percent of its 600 million USD in foreign operations this year.

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 The East Sea issue is a regional and global concern, Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh told the Vietnam News Agency on May 30, on the sidelines of the 14th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 31 (local time) chaired a Vietnam-Algeria business dialogue in Algiers, which gathered nearly 300 enterprises from both countries.

US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter currently is on his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese defence minister Phung Quang Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Current railway technology in Vietnam is out of date, and investors would likely fail if they poured money into railway projects, said Tran Dinh Ba, a respected civil engineer.

The Ministry of Transport has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Education and Training, requesting to examine the “doctor” title of Tran Dinh Ba, who became famous recently with his opposition against a plan to build Long Thanh Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge - River dredging projects in the country are suspected of causing riverbank erosion and the disappearance of villages. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five people including three Viet Kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) from the US were killed in a traffic accident yesterday morning (May 31) on National Highway A in HCM City's Thu Duc District.

VietNamNet Bridge - Education exports are a “multi-billion dollar industry”. Why doesn’t Vietnam think of exporting its education services?

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese netizens have shown their support to the made-in-Vietnam smartphone model, BPhone, which is described by the manufacturer as “incredibly wonderful”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry has approved a restructuring scheme for the aviation sector with a focus on strongly expanding the number of aircraft operated by Vietnamese airlines between now and 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Cao Bang Province is home to many tourist attractions like Ban Gioc Fall, Pac Bo historical site, and particularly Nguom Ngao Cave.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Holding the most important posts in Vingroup, the family of Pham Nhat Vuong is currently the richest on the Vietnam Stock Exchange.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is aiming to develop a Vietnamese rice brand that would become the world's leading rice by 2030, according to a project approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 25,000 positions HCM City needs to fill in June, 35 per cent require manual labourers and 65 per cent skilled workers with training at vocational schools, colleges or universities.