Budget house program not to bear fruit until 2015; BIDV to add VND5.19 trillion to its capital; Smuggled seafood from China kills domestic market; Thailand to invest in US$27bln Vietnam oil project

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydro-electricity plants will adjust their operations to provide enough water for agriculture production and domestic use in the lowlands of Thu Bon-Vu Gia rivers.

VNREDSat-1B is the next remote sensing satellite that Vietnam intends to launch into space with the cooperation of Belgium, after the successful launch of the first earth observation satellite.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Few Vietnamese enterprises have paid proper attention to handling natural disasters or preparing business continuity plans, putting themselves and the community at risk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has won two gold medals at the 2013 Asian Physics Olympiad (AphO) in Indonesia, announced the Ministry of Education and Training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam bagged 7 golds and two silvers at the International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI) contest held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 9-11.

VietNamNet Bridge – The final round of Robocon Vietnam 2013, held in central Da Nang City on the evening of May 12, saw the great success of Lac Hong University’s teams which overcame 29 other teams to reap all the three top prizes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dominant Ha Noi T&T yesterday, May 12, trounced Kien Giang 5-0 in their V-League clash at the Ha Noi Stadium.

 Alex Ferguson bowed out in triumph following his last Old Trafford match as Manchester United manager only to leave successor David Moyes with the familiar problem of what to do with striker Wayne Rooney.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rock falls are threatening the lives of about 40 families living by the foot of a mountain in the northern province of Son La's Quynh Nhai District, according to Lo Van Thich,

VietNamNet Bridge – Strong speculative trading helped lift shares on both national stock exchanges last week while heavy negotiations trading on bank shares on the HCM City exchange attracted investor curiosity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage arrived in Moscow on May 12 for an official four-day visit to Russia at the invitation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Kyushu National Museum in Saifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, has announced its discovery of the oldest letter sent from Annam (Vietnam today) to Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Mai Hung has received a card to the 27th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games) later this year in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The XI Politburo has had two new members: Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, 59 and Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, 60, bringing the total number of members to 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 24-year-old Russian tourist was safely taken from HCM City - based Cho Ray Hospital to the Bangkok Heart hospital in a very serious situation on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has nominated its officials to the three most important positions of the Vietnam Football Federation – the President, Vice President and General Secretary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The men’s national football team of Vietnam did not play a single international game in April and lost in all for recent matches, but it still ranked 1st in the region in FIFA’s May rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has many people who are not different from Nick Vujicic, but Vietnam cannot turn them into mirrors or seeds with wide spreading influence like Nick.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten years after receiving the first job websites, Vietnam has witnessed the boom of job websites in recent years together with the Internet boom.