Japan’s ANA Holdings will buy 8.771 percent of Vietnam Airlines’ stake worth 109 million USD, becoming the national flag carrier’s strategic shareholder under a strategic cooperation deal signed in Tokyo on May 28.

 Internet freedom in Vietnam is an irrefutable truth, or in other words, Vietnam is an Internet-friendly country.

 Principal of Indonesia’s President University Chandra Setiawan expressed hope to welcome more Vietnamese students during a graduation ceremony in Jakarta on May 28.

 The country's unemployment rate slightly rose to 2.25 percent in the first quarter of this year as the local economy slowed down, according to the labor ministry's new data.

 Ho Chi Minh City is willing to cooperate with Lao localities, including Attapu province, in a more practical and effective way, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang has said.  

 Thai Princess Maha Chaktri Sirindhon paid a visit to the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok and attended a ceremony to launch a pictorial book on Vietnam’s beauty on May 28.

 Vietnam and Russia are discussing the building of two more Gepard-3.9 ships for the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN), the local news website Sputnik quoted the Russian Rostex Group as saying on May 29.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held talks in Tokyo on May 28 following a welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese PM.

VietNamNet Bridge - Billions of dong has been spent to save polluted canals in HCM City, but they are in danger of getting polluted again. 

The Top 10 FMCG brand owners and the Top 10 brands in Health & Beauty, Homecare, and Food and Beverages, as bought by the most consumers in four urban cities and rural Vietnam were revealed in Kantar Worldpanel’s fourth annual Brand Footprint report.

 Construction of underground parking lots has been said one of urgent measures to deal with traffic jam in Ho Chi Minh City, however no project has been built since the city approved a plan to build the parking lots 12 years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge - The names ‘Nguyen Duc Thuy’ and “Nguyen Van Thien’ have become well known these days as they are businessmen who have great ambitions and mammoth projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - No bank cards or wallets are necessary. Just  tap the ring integrated with NFC (Near Field Communication) chip at a POS (point of sale), and a payment transaction will be implemented. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The low quality of arts teachers has been blamed for problems in arts education at general schools in Vietnam.

The Bphone 2 is still expected to be introduced this year, a leader from makers Bkav told local media though he could not say exactly when.

  Vietnam's younger generation are more interested in buying consumer goods than solely focusing on savings.

With over 4,000 blooming flamboyant trees and hundreds of Lagerstroemia trees, the road named after late PM Pham Van Dong in Hai Phong is the longest road of flamboyant trees in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The development of Cam Ranh has attracted many international resort and hotel management corporations such as Accor, Carlson Rezidor and Mövenpick.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year as many as 40,000 Vietnamese people went abroad for medical treatment and spent around $1 billion, according to statistics of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham).

 The policy on national mobile number portability which will begin in Viet Nam early next year is a tool to boost the competitive market.