Vietnam is one of nine countries in the West Pacific region with alarming rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) with 10-20 percent of the population (10-16 million people) living with HBV, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

 The Nutifood - Hoang Anh Gia Lai - Arsenal JMG Football Academy opened in HCM City on May 7 and will begin recruiting for its first class in July.

 “Nguyen Tuyet Dung take a bow” was a headline in many European newspapers and online sites after the Vietnamese footballer scored two goals directly from corner kicks against Malaysia in an AFF Women’s Football Championship Group match on May 4.

 Four U23 players join VN national football team; Jung-Han Heo wins Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Open; Racers to compete in Long An drag race at industrial zone

 The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for hi-tech agriculture zones through 2020, a move to put domestic farming on the sustainable development track and ensure national food security.

 The national one-stop-shop customs mechanism was officially launched at ports in five localities, namely Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, on May 6.

 Vietnam was the third largest export market of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the first quarter of this year after China and the US, according to the Institute for International Trade at the RoK International Trade Association.

 The Vietnam Air Service Company (VASCO) introduced a Can Tho-Da Lat air route at a ceremony held on May 7 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to improve connections between the Southwest and the Central Highlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education Ministers from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) member countries and representatives from regional organisations gathered in Pattaya, Thailand,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, forcing many enterprises to reduce their operations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents are to blame for the disappearance of hundreds of screws that link barriers along the Noi Bai – Lao Cai Expressway, the Viet Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) said on Wednesday.

 The State Bank of Vietnam raised the inter-bank average exchange rate between the VND and USD by 1 percent early on May 7, from 21,458VND to 21,673VND per one USD.

The Centre for Thai studies was inaugurated at a ceremony held on May 7 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in the Vietnam National University HCM with the attendance of Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, among others.

The 19th session of the Vietnam-US Human Rights Dialogue took place in Hanoi yesterday, focusing on a number of relevant issues such as building the State of the rule of law, judicial reform, freedom of expression, freedom of religion...

 President Truong Tan Sang has emphasised great important contributions of the troops and people of the Soviet Union to the victory over the fascist axis 70 years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge - High export turnover and high export growth rate are figures usually cited in government agency reports as proof of economic development. However, there are many problems behind the figures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world’s oil price plunge led Vietnam’s crude oil export turnover to fall by US$1 billion in the first four months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Great Patriotic War Victory marked in Hanoi, El Salvador to bolster friendship with Vietnam: FMLN chief, Workshop highlights media role in reporting NA activities, Crowds commemorate General Vo Nguyen Giap

 The 11th Party Central Committee discussed the Long Thanh international airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai in the morning of its last sitting day of the 11th session in Hanoi on May 7.

 Matt Salmon, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives said he was pleased with the four-day trip to Vietnam starting from May 4.