Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a reception for visiting Trade Minister of New Zealand Todd McClay in Hanoi on May 8.

Vietnam is willing to cooperate with Madagascar in the fields it is strong in and Madagascar has demand for, such as agriculture, trade and investment, President Tran Dai Quang said.

 As asserted many times before, Vietnam has sufficient legal ground and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, stated Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. 

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, only a few parents have chosen home schooling for their children.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sand resources are expected to be exhausted after 15 years. However, people are still wasting sand, and enterprises continue exporting sand.

MOIT, MPI, MOF and the Ba Ria – Vung Tau provincial authorities will send staff to examine the vast aluminum stockpile which is believed to belong to a Chinese billionaire.

VietNamNet Bridge - A representative from Samsung Vietnam said its factories in Vietnam provide 50 percent of all the Galaxy S8/S8 Plus smartphones sold internationally.

It is easy to miss out on Tran Thi Kim Oanh’s bun bo Hue (Hue-style beef noodle soup) stall, sandwiched as it is between very similar looking buildings on a newly-opened street in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many projects invested by PetroVietnam, the national oil & gas group, have been found taking huge losses. 

 Government's borrowing and debt payment in 2017

On May 7, 1954, the Dien Bien Phu Victory ended French colonial rule in Vietnam. 63 years later, Dien Bien Phu city, where the historic event took place, has underwent drastical changes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Importing large amounts of scrap steel is turning Viet Nam into an industrial landfill, with environmental risks coming with the waste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Hoang Anh Tuan announced yesterday which players are to compete in the FIFA U20 World Cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crash between a truck and a coach in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai early yesterday claimed 12 lives and injured 33 others. 

 Working as an MC at the Thang Long Ca tru Club, Thuy Duong is known for her typical Vietnamese beauty, excellent English as well as her knowledge and love for the Vietnamese folk music "Ca tru".

 The France-Vietnam Week of Architecture will take place from May 8 to 13 to honor the beauty of architecture and highlight urban issues.

 A set of stone lingam and yoni, believed to be the biggest-ever in ancient Champa culture, has been found in Thien But mountain area, Quang Ngai province.

A reporter from the Thoi Nay (Today) publication shared his journey with his friend to hand over two wild macaques to the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre in Ninh Binh.

 The paternal themed film “Father and Son” (Cha cõng con), directed by Luong Dinh Dung, has been honoured with a number of awards at prestigious international film festivals around the world.

The lifestyle of young Vietnamese born in the 1990s has been affected by smartphones and social networking site Facebook, according to the findings of a study by Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living ASEAN.