Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank’s SWIFT money-transfer system (TPBank) was recently attacked by hackers, using similar techniques in the case occurring at the Bank of Bangladesh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After successfully creating four varieties of herbal rice, a farmer in the central province of Nghe An “drew” a map of Vietnam on his herbal rice field.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In a locked apartment in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa, an Australian tourist was found dead.

International bathymetric agencies recognise that lighthouses on Truong Sa have been established and are maintained. They shine all around to support ships in the region and to affirm VN's sovereignty over the archipelago.

 VietNamNet Bridge - CIA Director John O. Brennan was in Hanoi last week to prepare for the upcoming visit of President Barack Obama to Vietnam, reported Zing news.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of banks have unanimously expressed their wish to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling, saying that the current ceiling of 30 percent is not high enough to attract investors to the banking sector.

 Vietnam and Sudan should foster bilateral cooperation in all fields, especially agriculture and industry.

 Thailand presented Phuong Minh Hoa, vice director of the Department of Politics under Vietnam’s Defence Ministry, with the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand in Bangkok on May 16.

 Dozens of elephants in Dak Lak Province have been scaring people and destroying crops while searching for food outside of the forest because of drought and disappearing forest land.

 Some expatriates and local people used last Sunday to clean a seriously polluted canal on Hanoi's Nguyen Khang Street, surprising the local authorities.

  Prime Minister and Ministries of Defense and Transport given power to approve different projects.

Residents in Mong Duong Ward, Cam Pha City, coastal Quang Ninh Province gave their houses a fresh look by putting white enamel tiles on all walls early this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training prohibits teaching of reading and writing before the first grade, but parents have ignored the advice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two laboratories have offered different conclusions about the same vegetable samples, with one saying the vegetables were safe, while the other saying the toxicity level was 3.5 times higher than the permitted level.

  Local producers and suppliers have been at risk at many supermarkets in Việt Nam due to strong competition from foreign rivals, prompting Vingroup to launch a supporting programme that promotes domestic production.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has many precious orchid species, but many of them have become extinct because of poor conservation. 

 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co (BSR), which operates and manages Dung Quat Oil Refinery, has asked the Ministry of Finance for permission to calculate the petrol selling price themselves.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ministries to hasten the process of drafting decrees providing guidelines for investment and business activities, under Dispatch 789/TTg-PL that he signed last weekend.

 Dinh Quang Linh defended his men’s singles title on the last day of the National Table Tennis Championships at Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium in HCM City on May 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - The difficulties Vietnam has to face in the next five years will increase as ODA loans will be cut by 50 percent, while new loans will bear an interest rate of 3 percent.