“Echoing Scars”, a solo exhibition by French mixed-media artist Thierry Bernard-Gotteland will take place at Galerie Quynh, 151/3 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, HCM City from May 12 through June 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Special Concert II” by the National Symphony Orchestra of Vietnam will take place at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi on May 12. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s come to Six Space, 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi on May 13 to enjoy Palestinian movie “The Time that Remains”. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three movies “Me, Myself and Mum” from France, “Breathing” from Austria and “At Eye Level” from Germany will be introduced at the European Film Festival 2017 in Vietnam. 

More than 50 sketches of women during the wars by 29 noted painters will be displayed between May 14 and 28 at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.

A majority of Vietnamese labourers may face unemployment in the next 10 years when industrial revolution 4.0 kicks in as their weak and outdated skills cannot meet the demand of enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has made history by becoming the first Vietnamese fighter to win the world championship title seven times.

Over one year since the maritime environmental incident ravaged four central provinces, information about the results of investigations into Hung Nghiep Formosa has been made public.

 F&N Dairy Investments PTE Ltd owned by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has registered to buy more than 14 million additional shares of Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) from May 16 to June 14.

President Tran Dai Quang and his Spouse is paying a State visit to China to attend the “Belt and Road” Summit from May 11-15 at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

 The CEO of UK Export Finance (UKEF) visited Vietnam to explore providing support of up to £1.5 billion ($1.93 billion) for infrastructure development in the country.

 2017 will be the last year Vietnam receives preferential loans from IDA, an arm of the World Bank (WB), and will then be able to access loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

 The fluctuations of the Japanese Yen caused big fluctuations in the for Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) in the first quarter of 2017.

 While foreign capital flows into the Vietnamese real estate market, domestic capital also flows out of Vietnam into various markets around the world.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse are in China for a State visit and the high-level forum on the Belt and Road from May 11-15.

 Economists have warned that elevated levels of short term corporate debt threaten the economic stability of Vietnam.

 Trade Ministers and officials from the 21 APEC member economies have begun convening in Ha Noi to alleviate uncertainty about the future of trade in the Asia-Pacific.

 A collection of 19 imperial records from the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) and 150 antiques showing Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos will be displayed in the central coastal province of Quang Nam next month.

 The northern province of Hung Yen on May 11 received a certificate recognising its local Trong quan singing (a response folk singing between male and female groups) as national intangible cultural heritage. 

 Customs officers and police of the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 12 detected three containers containing Shisha and another container with “Khat” leaves inside at the Nam Hai Dinh Vu port.