Every Wednesday, classroom B in Hanoi Industrial College rumbles with conversations in English and the laughter of teacher Paul George Harding and his students.

 Milk tea shops have slowly been establishing a presence around Vietnam.

 Japanese police on May 5 served a new arrest warrant on Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, detained in relation to the death of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, charging the suspect with murder and abandoning of her body.

 Vietnam will develop basic science in four fields, namely chemistry, life science, Earth science, and maritime science in an effort to bring the national science up to regional standard by 2025.

 A measles-rubella combined vaccine manufactured by the Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals (POLYVAC) has been licensed for widespread use by the Ministry of Health.

Life about young Vietnamese living in urban areas is the topic of new shows produced this year by television stations and film studios in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Poor planning and management of sand mining has led to a stunning but unsurprising warning: Viet Nam is very likely to run out of sand in less than 15 years.

Coach Nguyen Huu Thang has called 23 players to be part of his U22 team training camp for a friendly against Argentina on May 14 at the My Dinh National Stadium in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Q4 2016 audited finance report of the Thai Nguyen Iron & Steel Corporation (Tisco) shows that the company had debts of VND6.078 trillion, half of which were short-term debts. 

 Dong Thap Province People's Committee has declared a state of emergency in Binh Hoa Hamlet as erosion is threatening hundreds of households.

 The General Secretary of the Vietnam Banks' Association Nguyen Toan Thang unsurprisingly defended Vietnamese banks charging ATM collecting fees after public complaints about 25 kinds of under-the-counter fees.

 The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States has recently voted to extend antidumping duties on frozen shrimp imports from Vietnam, China, India and Thailand for another five years.

 An exhibition on the  history of Vietnam's currency has opened at the HCM City Museum of History in District 1.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee allowed advertising on the outside of public buses, said the Department of Transport on May 4.

 Vietnamese renowned architect Vo Trong Nghia has won five Green Good Design Awards for his works.

 Vietnam’s telecommunications giants Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone recorded positive revenue and profit results in the first four months of the year.

 Officials have got away without taking responsibility or punishment for poorly thought-out policies.

 People in Ky An Commune, Ha Tinh Province, continue driving trucks and cars with banners through Cau Rac Toll Booth to protest against the fees.

 HCM City authorities have highly-optimistic hopes of shaping public awareness over littering and urinating in public spaces after a new regulation took effect four months ago. 

 Vietnam is forecast to enjoy a stable economic growth rate of 6.4 percent in 2017 and 2018.