Several international performing art troupes will present their performances in Hanoi capital city in early May, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Vietnam’s Under-19 football team has been drawn in Group B at the Asian U19 Football Championship 2016, which will take place in Bahrain from October 13-30.

 The Australia 1 team won the first prize at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2016, which wrapped up in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1.

 Contestant Vu Thi Van Anh beat 20 others to be crowned Miss Ha Long during the finale night in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 2.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin put his signature to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam on May 1.

 The Republic of Korea’s consumer goods firms are shifting their overseas focus to Vietnam, increasing investment and aggressively opening new branches, Yonhap news agency quoted industry watchers in an article on May 2.

 The long-awaited multi-billion US dollar refinery project in the central province of Binh Dinh is facing an uncertain future after nearly three years of registration for investment.

 Da Nang is seeking a 51.74 million USD loan to fund the Traffic Infrastructure Improvement Project for 2016-19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned respective tasks to ministries and localities in the wake of the serious and unusual mass fish deaths that happened in the central coastal region in early April.

 Experts have proposed the construction of five to seven dams along the Red River to raise the water level, thus serving agricultural production and water transport without affecting flood drainage.

 Two naval ships set sail for the southern continental shelf on May 2 to help the forces and fishermen working there cast their votes on the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council deputies earlier than scheduled.

 The French Navy’s amphibious assault ship Tonnerre, with about 200 cadets on board, arrived at Cam Ranh International Port in coastal central Khanh Hoa province on May 2 for a five-day visit.

 Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 5-7.

Many Vietnamese businessmen decide to register their businesses in other countries because they hope they can get more transparent information, have better opportunities to access investors, and have good brands they can market. 

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 Creative centers such as Hanoi Creative City, Heritage Space, Hanoi Rock City, and Nha San Collective and Station 3A in HCM city are places where artists can exchange ideas and introduce their new works to the public.

 Salaries in Vietnam are lower than in other regional countries, except in Indonesia, where they are the same, according to a salary report from JobStreet.com.

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