The Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises has thrown its support behind Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) as the investor in the T3 passenger terminal project at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC.

 Four former leaders of the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), now the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC), have been charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

VietNamNet Bridge - The news about land subsidence in the western provinces of the southern region has once again rung the alarm over the exploitation of underground water.

VietNamNet Bridge - Both Vietnamese and foreign banks are rushing to raise their chartered capital to satisfy the requirements of Basel II.

 Transactions on the property market in the districts of Dong Anh, Gia Lam, Hoai Duc and Thanh Tri posted an uptrend in the first quarter of this year though Ha Noi saw an overall reduction on the market, according to Savills Viet Nam in the capital.

 High growth potentials of the Vietnamese market has urged South Korean investors to make more merger and acquisition (M&A) deals with local firms to optimize business opportunities.

 The HCMC Steering Center of the Urban Flood Control Program has proposed the municipal government execute a project to build underground antiflood reservoirs using Crosswave technology at flood-prone sites in HCMC.

 A group of experts from the Ministry of Rural Agriculture and Development is debating whether to keep or remove a 15-hectare sand island that recently emerges around 1.5 kilometers off the coast of Hoi An City.

A sizzling hot spell is forecast to hit the whole country in the next few days, with the highest temperatures reaching 38-39 degrees Celsius, Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported.

 After 10 years of operations since 2009, Can Tho International Airport has seen an international air route being put into service for the first time. The route links the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

Two weekly chartered flights will carry tourists from Indonesia to the central coastal city of Danang from June until the end of the year. 

  Vietnam’s regulations on food additives are in line with those issued by the United Nations’ Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which has 186 state members.

 In addition to other Vingroup subsidiaries entering overseas markets, VinFast is planning to launch in Russia.

 18-year-old Nguyen Van Phuong excelled over his senior Pham Minh Tuan during the men’s singles final at the first National Men's and Women's Tennis Championships.

Ha Giang will organise the first off-road motor race for both motorbikes and cars in the UNESCO-recognised Dong Van Karts Global Geopark during the upcoming holidays.

 HCM City police have arrested a man who stabbed 10 local people with sharp objects, causing them to have to take HIV exposure treatment.

 Vice-president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Nellie Kim of Belarus, has finished her course for Vietnamese coaches, gymnasts and referees in Hanoi.

 Sai Gon Heat have been ousted from the ongoing ASEAN Basketball League.

 Many experts have raised concerns about the import of thousands of containers of plastic, and proposed raising fees for importing plastic waste to Viet Nam and then using it as materials.

 Ten victims of pin prick attacks in District 5, HCM City, have come to Hospital of Tropical Diseases to receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV, Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper reports.