The Vietnamese government have re-affirmed the great contributions that FDI has made to the Vietnamese economy in the past three decades, stressing that this type of capital will continue being vital to the country.

 Many banks have decided to increase banking service fees in early May. Economists suppose that the widespread use of ATM cards is the main cause behind the increases.

Passengers were very angry because Vietnam Airlines flight from Danang to Hanoi in the evening of May 14 was delayed several times, after which they were allowed to board, waited for two hours, and then were asked to deplane.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has been invited to open the Ao Dai Festival in the US with the ao dai inspired by the legendary Mother Au Co.

 Many waitresses at a bar in Ho Chi Minh City were found to dress in a provocative way while dancing to serve a group of South Korean men.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has rejected the northern province of Ha Giang’s proposal to build a new administrative centre.

 A driver was startled when a small child suddenly ran out onto the highway in Nghe An Province. 

 A paragliding festival is to take place from May 18 to 20 on Khau Pha Mountain Pass in Mu Cang Chai district in northwestern Yen Bai province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese and foreign convenience stores are rushing to open more shops, use more technologies and provide more services in the retail market.

BIP and Jiangshu are the next teams advancing to the semi-finals of the VTV9 Binh Dien International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, currently underway in Quang Nam Province.

 Some 20 tonnes of old books will be available at the Hanoi May Old Book Fair at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts.

As a way of respect, many people in HCM City call the men who volunteer to protect them from neighbourhood thieves "knights of the street", an expression that was first used in Binh Duong Province.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed to introduce a draft law on amending 13 planning-related laws to the agenda of next week’s National Assembly plenary meeting.

 FPT Software has asked the Ministry of Transport and relevant sectors for permission to operate self-driving autos in hi-tech zones and software parks nationwide on an experimental basis.

 Profit-taking intensified during Wednesday afternoon trading, dragging shares down on both national stock exchanges and making market liquidity plunge.

MSCI, a global leading provider of research-based indexes and analytics, has eyes for Vietnamese shares when it added five local shares to its MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index.

Grab’s acquisition of Uber could have violated the Competition Law, said officials of the Viet Nam Competition Authority (VCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, adding that they might begin an official investigation.

Vietnam will send more officers, especially females, to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh. 

 India’s Institute of Social Sciences inaugurated its Centre for Vietnam Studies on May 15 in New Delhi.

About 600 out of 2,500 old apartment buildings in Vietnam are in dangerous or seriously dilapidated conditions, making up some 25 percent of the total number of old buildings, according to the Construction Ministry.