The 2018 National Women's Football Championship officially commenced in the northern province of Ha Nam on May 21, with seven teams battling it out in a double round robin tournament for the top honour.

 Nearly 100 paintings on the theme of ‘hau dong’ (spirit mediumship) are on display at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on May 21.

 The People's Committee of Quang Ninh province provided their feedback on information that an Australian tourist complained about the inferior quality of a cruise ship at Ha Long Bay, on May 21.

The basic salary applied to civil servants, public employees and the armed forces will rise from VND1.3 million to VND1.39 million per month as of July 1, 2018, according to Decree No.72/2018/NĐ-CP recently issued by the Government.

 The investors have disappeared at a string of foreign investment projects, prompting authorities to officially terminate the projects in the forthcoming period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pressure for more debt/equity swaps has increased as 50 percent  of Vietnam's domestic debt matures in the next three years.

In 2017, the Vietnam Competition Authority received a large number of complaint letters related to the quality of goods and services of Lazada, while DeAura has made its name by swindling thousands of customers into debt.

Most expats have it pretty easy in Vietnam when it comes to earnings and expenses.

 Snacks taking off globally and in Vietnam, according to latest Nielsen report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fly ash from Formosa steel company (FHS) has passed quality assessments and can be used to produce cement, the environment ministry has said.

Many local startups have been successful in attracting foreign capital but the process needs to be smoother.

Half of the farming area on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, has been salinised in the early dry season this year, reducing coverage of the key crop purple onion from 170ha to 50ha.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whoever has tried banh te or banh rang bua (rice cake filled with brown onion) will never forget its delicious taste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The body of Thi An Kien, 24, a backpacker, who was previously reported missing on May 12, was found on Sunday in the coastal central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Dung Commune.

Nearly 28,000 high school teachers around the country are set to benefit from a programme meant for continuous professional development of teachers and principals to improve their capacity to teach the new curriculum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land erosions have caused major damage to property in Ca Mau Province’s Nam Can District, the Vietnam News Agency reported on May 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is among the countries with the highest selling price of cars in the world. 

 Many people are flocking to West Lake for a swim as a heat wave hits Hanoi over the last few days.  

 The British Council in partnership with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies launched a three-year-project Cultural and Creative Hubs (CCHs) in Vietnam between 2018 and 2021.

The Danang Inspectorate has discovered various violations in land management at many resettlement and flood control channel projects in Hoa Lien Commune.