President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse set foot in Beijing at 12 noon on May 11 (local time), beginning a State visit to China until May 15 during which he will also attend the high-level forum on the Belt and Road Initiative.

 Major contents of 5th Party Central Committee's plenum

 Miss Mekong Delta beauty contest 2017 will be held on May 9-July 23rd, announced the organization board at a press conference of the event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.

 Local  fashion designers , Ngo Hoang Kha and Tran Thi Tu will participate in the AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2017 in Malaysia.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau losses about 450 hectares of coastal land a year due to landslide and 150 kilometers of coastline are experiencing severe erosion now.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan will receive residents, solve complaints and denouncements on Friday’s morning in the third week every month.

 As the trend among foreign insurance companies to acquire 100 per cent ownership over insurance companies progresses at a stable pace, the Vietnamese insurance market expects to witness several major brand name changes.

 Currently, complicated procedures and regulations have become a barrier preventing domestic private investment from pouring into large-scale power plants.

 Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Hanoi on May 11 for the 10th APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-10) Meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge - While other Asian countries have national festivals to attract foreign travelers, Vietnam has only a few that have been marketed well. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women are advised to think carefully before taking intravenouis skin whitening injections, medical experts say.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking solutions to prevent landslides in the Mekong Delta, after a landslide occurred on the Vam Co Lau Canal on Monday afternoon in An Giang Province, 

Terminal 2 of Danang International Airport has been put into operation. The US$154 million new terminal aims to serve APEC 2017 and contribute to the development of the aviation industry in the time ahead.

Despite several setbacks, investors pledged in February to put the capital city’s first elevated railway to trial operations in October. 

On Saturday, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage will hold an excursion to Lai Xa photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Ha Noi.

 Visitors to Nguyen Hue pedestrian mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City will have the chance to enjoy different street and traditional Vietnamese art every weekend, starting this Saturday.

The Government has asked the Ministry of Finance to hand over a list of 60 enterprises, most of them State-owned, that are carrying out real estate projects to the Government Inspectorate in preparation for inspections into land management this year.

The new international passenger terminal (T2) at Da Nang International Airport is undergoing trial operations from May 9.

 After holding their general shareholders’ meetings in 2017, many commercial banks have publicised their senior personnel for the new term.

Quang Nam said that they would not propose the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to license Bong Mieu Gold Mining Company Ltd., a subsidiary of Canadian company Besra Gold Inc., to exploit Bong Mieu gold mine again.