VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s striker Nguyen Cong Phuong’s goal into FLC Thanh Hoa’s net has been voted the best goal of the V.League 1 in May.

Open any daily newspaper these days and you’ll find stories about school exams. Vietnamese society in general and Vietnamese parents in particular are obsessed with children’s performance at school. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s draft decree on the development and management of traditional markets and supermarkets is facing criticism as it imposes restrictions on retail businesses.

VN is committed to maintaining a stable environment to ensure the rights and interests of foreign businesses investing in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the 24th International Conference on the Future of Asia.

 Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (DHG) is gradually losing its share on the traditional OTC distribution channel, according to Viet Dragon Securities Company (VDSC).

 Nguyen Trong Tuan and Pham Nguyen Quoc Trung, the selected 12 year old ambassadors from Viet Nam have arrived in Moscow to participate in the Football for Friendship (F4F) Programme.

VietNamNet Bridge - The prosperity of the stock market in 2017 and the first months of 2018 has helped banks increase accumulated capital.   

 A total of 23,065 automobiles were sold in the domestic market in May, up 9 percent against the previous month, reported the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA).

 The National Assembly passed a resolution approving the State budget balance in 2016 and another on the NA’s supervision programme for 2019 during its sitting in the morning of June 12. 

In May and June, when the first summer rain pour over mountains in the north of Vietnam, rain water is led to local terraced fields. Water overwhelms the field and softens the soil so that farmers can plant rice seedlings. 

 The Cybersecurity Law was passed this morning of June 12 by the National Assembly, with 86.86% of NA deputies voting for the legislation.

Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh expressed his delight at the strong development of the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima.

 Three Lao nationals were caught red-handed trafficking 10 bricks of heroin, 31,000 meth pills, 2 kg of opium and four guns near the shared border with Vietnam on June 11.

 A recent graduation ceremony of Duy Tan University in Da Nang city saw a special postgraduate, an 85-year-old man, who got a master's degree in business administration.

According to the Foreign Investment Agency, in the first five months of the year foreign direct investment in new projects was worth US$4.66 billion, 17 per cent down from last year’s figure for the same period. 

 Seventy-five jockeys from ethnic groups gathered at the annual horse race festival in Bac Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai during last weekends. 

 The 2018 national traditional rowing contest took place in Phan Thiet city of the central province of Binh Thuan. 

 The first-ever Thanh Ha litchi festival took place in the northern province of Hai Duong to promote the local specialty fruit.

 The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada has published on its website an interview with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the conclusion of the 44th G7 summit held on June 8–9, 2018, in Quebec. 

 The National Assembly is slated to adopt two resolutions and three laws during its morning sitting on June 12, part of the on-going fifth session.