VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Binh Province is working with relevant agencies over a number of programs to bring tourists back to the north-central province after mass fish deaths along the central coast more than one month ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both Viet Nam and Syria considered their friendly match today at My Dinh Stadium to be a test for their upcoming tournaments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A charity musical night titled Chay Di Song Oi (River Please Flow) raised over VND1.7 billion (US$80,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students won six gold medals in the second round of the Asia-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS) 2016, held in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government must tighten environmental management in order to avoid environmental disasters, experts have urged.

VietNamNet Bridge - Microsoft on May 18 unexpectedly announced the sale of a mobile phone manufacturing division to Taiwanese and Finnish partners. The factory in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam was included in the deal.

 Foreign business leaders these days often used the word “awesome” when talking about the outlook for Vietnam’s economy.

“We now can hope the production of iPhone products will occur in Vietnam in the future, now that Vietnam makes Samsung phones,” said Vu Duc Quyet, director of the Bac Ninh provincial Industry and Trade Department.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese parents are receiving conflicting advice about when they should enroll their children in English classes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, winged yam is a very familiar food, and the soup cooked from winged yam is definitely a favorable dish with most Vietnamese people.

The reports about the real estate market in the first quarter of the year released by consultancy firms all show a sharp increase in the supply of high-end apartments in HCMC. This has raised concerns about oversupply in the near future.

Vietnam registered 44,740 new enterprises with total capital of VND349 trillion ($15.6 billion) in the first five months of this year, an increase of 24.1 per cent in number and 59.3 per cent in capital against the same period of 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Nhi have developed a diverse folk culture of songs, musical instruments, and dances.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Kien, deputy chairman of the National Assembly Economics Committee, speaks to the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper about the need to tighten control of Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) projects.

 Vietnam air carriers are seeing strong passenger growth, but its airlines are struggling to scrape out profits, squeezed by overexpansion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The special gift of Vietnamese Prime Minister to US President Barack Obama named "Message of thousand years" is a symbol of the country's culture.

Taikoo Spirit Aero Systems Composite (China) - one of the world's leading aircraft maintenance and repair services - is planning to build factories in ASEAN member countries, including Vietnam, according to the Vientiane Times.

 Rising demand in Viet Nam's residential segment is expected to sustain solid growth in the construction industry, though delays to accompanying infrastructure projects and tighter credit conditions could slow the pace of development.

 The monthly base salary for civil servants, public employees and those working in the armed forces has been officially stipulated to go up by 5 per cent to VNĐ1.21 million (nearly US$54), following a newly-signed Government decree.

 More than two third of the total 63 localities nationwide have announced the results of elections to the people’s councils at provincial levels for the 2016-21 term just a week after the five-yearly general election last Sunday.