A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, two weeks after more than 8,000 people were killed in a devastating quake.

  U.S. pop star Demi Lovato on Saturday staged a performance at the second Yan Beatfest 2015, one of the country’s largest outdoor music events, which was held on May 10 at Phu Tho Stadium in HCMC’s District 11.

 Vietnam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh performed exceptionally well helping his team beat Switzerland 4-1 during their first clash on May 11 at the biennial world mixed team badminton championship, the Sudirman Cup 2015, in Guangdong, China.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked vocational training centres nationwide to find jobs for rural labourers and improve their income, before organising vocational classes for them.

 Gazprom and Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) will jointly drill block numbers 129 to 132 in the continental shelf of Viet Nam this year, said a press statement issued by Gazprom on May 6.

 General secretary of the HCMC Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Association Ho Manh Tuong said that the rate of couple in child-bearing age who are infertile was 7.7 percent as per the Ministry of Health's statistics.

 Two among three Vietnamese teachers, who participated in the 2015 Microsoft Global Education Forum were excellently selected as  the first Pitch winner and the second Overall Challenge winner.

 According to the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO), trade deficit escalated to US$3 billion in the first four months this year, a three year record high. Especially, the trade gap from China approximated US$10.7 billion.

 Vietnam ranked the 75th out of 141 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), five grades higher than 2013.

 Inra Jaya is a Cham ethnic minority who has travelled extensively to many countries around the globe and strongly believes that tourism is the catalyst that will preserve the group’s way of life.

 A wedding fashion show for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people will be held for the first time in Vietnam in Hanoi on May 16, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World junior No 14 Ly Hoang Nam has been seeded No 7 at the 56o Trofeo Bonfiglio's boys' singles, which will be played May 18-24 in Milan, Italy.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of German-Vietnamese diplomatic relations, the Goethe-Institute is introducing a new generation of German artists at the “New Painting from Germany” exhibition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vovinam, a unique Vietnamese martial arts form, is going to be featured in a Hollywood action film that will be shot by the end of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) fulfilled only one-fourth of the yearly government bond issuance plan by the end of April, raising concerns that the state budget would not have money to spend this year.

 Concerns raised over airport rights, SBV seeks fresh impetus for green credit growth, Gov't approves hi-tech agricultural zones plan, Japanese insurer signs deal with HDBank, Vietnam, India boost cooperation in automobile industry

 Foreign enterprises remain upbeat over Vietnam’s business climate, according to high-profile surveys.

 A portrait of the late President Ho Chi Minh made of thousands of white and pink lotuses will be on display on May 17 at Dai Tue Pagoda, Nam Dan district in the central province of Nghe An.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has expressed his support to the Chinese province of Yunnan ’s proposal to launch a direct flight to Vietnam and build a cross-border economic cooperation zone, a joint project with the northern border province of Lao Cai.

 A group of banyan trees with the oldest dating almost 600 years old in Thien Huong hamlet, Dong Van district in northern mountainous Ha Giang province was recognised as a national heritage on May 11.