ASEAN and Canada need to promote cooperation in priority fields such as maritime and cyber security, fighting human trafficking, coping with climate change and ensuring water security, especially the Mekong River lower reaches.

 The facilitation of the private economic sector’s development and the performance of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Party Central Committee  were the focus of the fifth working day of the 12th Party Central Committee’s fifth session on May 9.

Google has blocked 1,500 clips with bad contents posted in Youtube out of a list of 2,300 such clips provided by Vietnamese authorities, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electric Information.

 Sixteen volleyball players have been called for training to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be organised in Malaysia in August.

 The upcoming World Economic Forum on ASEAN is expected to be a chance for Vietnam to affirm its role in and responsibility towards the ASEAN and the region and to promote the country’s growing cooperation with the WEF.

 The Vietnam U20 football team is eagerly looking forward to its friendly match with their Argentinean counterparts, who have won the world U20 title six times, team captain Nguyen Quang Hai said on May 9.

 Grab Vietnam debuted its carpool service GrabShare in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9, a move hoped to help relieve local traffic pressure.

 The upcoming visit to China by President Tran Dai Quang provides an important opportunity for Vietnamese and Chinese top leaders to continue their strategic discussion on Party and State relations as well as issues of common concern. 

Come summer, and we look for food and drinks that are not heavy, and have a cooling effect – different kinds of salads, lemonade made with kudzu powder (bot san day) and so on.

In May, three films adapted from books by British writers in the 19th century: Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Far From the Madding Crowd will be introduced in Hanoi. 

The idea of ‘one curriculum, many sets of textbooks’, which was praised as encouraging creativity and renovation, is part of a draft curriculum for general education the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has opened for public opinion.

Though the therapeutic effect of Crila capsules made of trinh nu hoang cung plant has been proven, the inventor had to spend another four years on research to reduce the dose from eight to four tablets per day to meet the international standard.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the motorbike market is going flat, manufacturers have to reform technologies and penetrate niche markets to boost sales.

Vu Anh Minh, Chairman of the Viet Nam Railways Corporation, tells the Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam that the shortage of funds makes investment decisions difficult for the sector.

Untreated or improperly treated waste water from treatment plants may lead to eutrophication, which causes algae blooms in rivers and lakes, leading to pollution, but also causing serious environmental incidents.

Four famous French movies “MUNE: Guardian of the Moon”, “Ma maman est en Amérique,” “Human” and “Mon âme par toi guérie” will be introduced at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi this May.

Hoang Van Ta, 53, was the first person to farm salmon in his commune in the mountainous province of Lang Son in 2007. Now he earns as much as VND4-5 billion a year from salmon.

 What do you do when you see a bomb, especially a bomb with its detonator? The answer is you run away as fast and far as you can. However, there are exceptions to this rule.

 Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement in the first four months of 2017 was estimated at USD4.8 billion, up 3.2% on-year, however, this is quite low compared with 12% growth over the same period of 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The European Film Festival 2017 (EFF2017), to be held in Hanoi, Hue and HCM City, will screen 15 contemporary films from 15 European countries.