Three years ago, Le Quoc Duc, a 30-year-old man in Da Lat City of Lam Dong Province, decided to quit his white-collar job at a State-owned company to become a farmer.

 Three recent gas asphyxiation deaths in Hai Duong Province has raised alarms about the risks of building substandard biogas systems in rural areas, local authorities and experts said.

 Auto manufacturers and companies in textiles and garments as well as rubber have trained their workers to compete in skills competitions in the country and elsewhere in Asia, Chính said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is working with Australia’s relevant agencies towards the early lift of Australia’s ban on the import of shrimp and uncooked shelled shrimp.

 After 18 months of construction, Da Nang International Airport officially launched its new terminal at a ceremony held on May 19.

 We are looking at Chrastava Town Primary School in Czechia’s Liberec province which President Ho Chi Minh visited in 1957 to give his regards to 100 Vietnamese cadets studying there.

 The Vietnamese Government will facilitate conditions for Japanese enterprises to land their investment in Vietnam, making contributions to promote friendship and cooperation relations between the two countries, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave a reception in Hanoi on May 20 for US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer who is in Vietnam for the 23rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade. 

An international workshop on the East Sea was held at the Asia-Africa Institute under Hamburg University in northern Germany, drawing many leading scholars and researchers.

 Vo Thi Kim Phung took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China on May 19.

 Ministers and vice ministers from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam met in Hanoi on May 21 to discuss TPP.

 Vietnam-based technology corporation CMC on May 19 released its anti-data encryption software CMC CryptoShield, which offers protection from ransomware.

 The Vietnamese game industry is expected to earn annual revenue of 1 billion USD within 10 years, according to experts.

 The Vietnamese delegation, as an invited guest, has called for G20 countries to promote inclusive development at the third G20 Sherpa Meeting in Munich, Germany, on May 18-19.

 While homeschooling is somewhat common in developed countries, it remains unfamiliar to Vietnam. It has been imported to Vietnam by parents who have worked and lived abroad and has become more popular. 

 Ministers responsible for trade of the APEC member economies made  their call for free and fair trade after the conclusion of the 23rd APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting in Hanoi on May 21. 

The electricity industry must improve its management and technology to reduce losses in the transmission grid as well as eradicate power stealing, delegates heard at a recent seminar in Con Dao Island in Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

The south’s key economic provinces have recently shifted focus from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors, resulting in a serious shortage of agricultural workers during harvest season.

VietNamNet Bridge - The supply of high-end apartments has been increasing rapidly in Hanoi and HCMC, but sales have not been brisk. 

Vietnam is working with MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) on the Vietnamese stock market upgrading.