A new master plan in Vietnam has mapped out medium-term objectives for investment and development in the power sector to meet the goal of advancing industrial capacity.

 Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Hai Binh has voiced protest against Taiwan (China)’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports from market survey firms all show that the sales of feature phones have been higher than those for medium- and high-end products.

 VietNamNet Bridge - British Virgin Islands (BVI) is an archipelago of about 153 km2, with GDP of more than $1 billion but businesses registered here have invested $19.3 billion into Vietnam.

 Thailand's plan to accelerate sales of 11.4 million tonnes of rice in stockpiles within two months sparked concerns that it would hurt prices as well as Viet Nam's rice exports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Bourbon Street Jazz & Blues Festival featuring music and Cajun food will be held at Cargo Event Space on May 28.

 The nationwide prostitution prevention programme for 2016-2020 was launched at a conference held by the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 Vietnam is short of recreational tourism products and is losing billions of dollars in revenue as a result, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

 Cat Bi International Airport in the northern port city of Hai Phong was put into service on May 12 after more than two years of upgrading under a plan approved by the Prime Minister in 2012.

 Vietnam top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam fell to Vishnu Vardhan of India on May 12 in the quarter-finals round of the India F3 Futures tennis tourney.

Ahead of the upcoming visit of President Obama later this month, Mr Phat held talks with Thomas J Vilsack, secretary of USDA, to discuss measures to bolster trade of traditional and non-traditional products in the sector.

 A captured Owston’s civet, one of the rarest civets in Vietnam, is being cared at the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Centre at the Cuc Phuong National Park of northern Ninh Binh province.

 The military-run telecommunication group Viettel officially provided SIM cards using 4G technology for new subscribers on May 12, a move to realise its plan to offer 4G services to a large extent.

 President Tran Dai Quang and other candidates hoping to be elected to the 14th National Assembly have engaged in a series of meetings with voters of Ho Chi Minh City, during which they promised utmost efforts to represent voters’ interests.

 Vietnam, as an ASEAN member, always supports the bloc’s efforts to intensify close cooperation with the European Union (EU) in all spheres, said head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Tran Van Hang.

 Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has suggested public security forces of Vietnam and his country strengthen collaboration in combating crimes in the coming time.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang received Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai city Han Zheng, who is leading a delegation to Vietnam, on May 12.

 Hundreds of circus performers from eight countries will participate in the International Circus Festival 2016 in Hue City from May 28 to June 4.

 The People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Binh has instructed relevant agencies to correct the inaccurate information released recently regarding dead marine animals found at Tien Hai District’s Con Vanh Beach.

 The Hoa Binh Sugarcane and Sugar JSC will pay more than VNĐ1.4 billion (US$62,790 ) as compensation to the households that suffered from the mass fish deaths along the Bưởi River.