The project on land use status, change and impacts in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was organized by the initiative of NASA's scientists and Vietnamese scientists.

 A wide range of telecommunications and IT products and services will be on display at the 2018 Vietnam ICT COMM to be held in HCM City next month.

 Viet Nam Competition Authority has asked Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group to provide complete and accurate information related to paid services providing TV channels.

Vietcombank and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) have issued official warnings to customers over online phishing scams.

 The National Payment Corporation of Viet Nam (NAPAS) has proposed to increase the fee for money withdrawal from its ATM network by four times for each transaction from August 1.

 Trading through commodity exchanges will be more convenient in Viet Nam with the Government’s new regulations on the establishment and trading on the commodity exchange.

 The price for different kinds of paper has soared in the last few months, affecting turnover at printers and publishers.

 State corporations and groups have been found to have committed violations worth nearly VND350 trillion (US$15.5 billion) in State capital usage and management during the 2011-2016 period, according to the Government Inspectorate.

 Vietnamese businesses invested US$129 million in 34 new overseas projects in the first four months of this year, statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment revealed.

 Vietnam will host two international volleyball tournaments this summer, heard a press conference held by the Volleyball Federation of Vietnam on May 14 in Hanoi.

 Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific IT Alliance (APICTA) Awards in 2019, said Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan on May 14.

 Fitch Ratings has upgraded Vietnam's sovereign rating based on rising foreign-exchange reserves and strong economic growth.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 24th session on May 14 with discussions on the Government’s supplementary report on socio-economic performance in 2017. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 14 for Sen. Lt. Gen. Suvon Luongbunmi, Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

 The peak of this year’s hot season will fall in May, June and July, with temperature even reaching 40 Celsius degrees, according to Dr. Nguyen Phuc Lam, head of the Climate Forecast under the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

 Vietnam has been active in implementing nine recommendations related to the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing of the EC to ensure responsible and sustainable fisheries. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many travel firms, after making heavy investments in online tourism, are earning increasingly high revenue. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed the current Vietnam visit by Lao Minister of Science and Technology and Chairman of the Lao National Scientific Institute Boviengkham Vongdara for contributing to lifting ties between the two countries. 

 The Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s Bombs, Mines, Explosives Disposal Company 319 discovered and relocated a bomb weighing 225kg in Hai Ha district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on May 14. 

 The Petrolimex Aviation Fuel JSC will ensure the fuel supply at all 26 airports in Vietnam under its five-year development strategy.