A Vietnamese delegation attended the 13th ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (ASPC) in Laos’ former capital city of Luang Prabang on May 6. 

 Vietnam considers Kuwait one of its top partners in the Middle East, President Tran Dai Quang said when receiving Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabad in Hanoi on May 6.

Despite $90.6 million in funding from the state budget, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences with over 2,000 staff, had only 22 scientific articles published in international magazines over the last five years.

Preparations are underway among smartphone manufacturers for the introduction of 4G in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three years have elapsed since the day Kien and many other bankers were charged with swindling. Some of them have fulfilled their judgment execution and returned to business. However, there still exist unsettled debts.

 Education is an attractive sector for foreign investors. However, investors should be aware of the opportunities and the challenges in investing in the sector.

Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the HCM City’s Department of Health, spoke to the The Labourer newspaper about plans to establish an independent food safety management agency under the People’s Committee.

  Gazprom, one of Russia’s largest natural gas producers, is keen on further co-operation with Vietnam in gas production and distribution.

 Japan has pledged US$2.5 billion of official development assistance (ODA) funding to support infrastructure modernization and climate change projects in Vietnam as well as human resources, learning and skills development.

 Viet Nam pledges to give a part of its TPP commitments to non-TPP members like Russia, 28 EU member states, and ASEAN ones, said a senior official.

 Hollywood film producer and actor Paul Blackthorne will be in Vietnam from May 19 to June 2 to get involved in a series of activities to protect rhinos.

 Passengers on one of the nation’s busiest cruise vessels at Ha Long Bay on May 6 were mustered at assembly stations after a fire broke out in a mechanical space, completely destroying the vessel.

Nearly 27,700 ".vn" domain names were created in the first three months of this year, increasing the total number of ".vn" domain names to 354,608.

 Four students drowned in the ocean off a beach in Khanh Hoa Province on Wednesday.

 A large, long living gayal-domestic cow hybrid breed has grown well following two years of research, according to the Lam Dong Department of Science and Technology.

 A cyber security solutions contest for public administrative management will take place in Hanoi from September 22-25.

VietNamNet Bridge – A security officer who was in charge of screening luggage at Cam Ranh international airport in Khanh Hoa province admitted that he slapped the back of a Chinese tourist during a chaotic incident at the airport.

 US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Vientiane and Luang Prabang, Laos; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 6 – 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - A public debt clock is a symbol which reminds the government, state agencies and public of the VND29 million worth of public debt now put on the shoulders of every Vietnamese.

 The Ministry of Finance said there is no sufficient evidence to confirm Vietstar Airlines Multirole Corporation has met capital requirements to get an air transport license.