VOV.VN - On this day (May 9) the City of Hue celebrates the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Shakyamuni Buddha.

Vietnam Expressway Services Engineering JSC (VECE) this month began providing authorities video footage and photos of vehicles violating traffic regulations on the HCM City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway.

Italian photographer Daniele Rossi, 41, is displaying his work at an on-going exhibition themed “Vietnam today” in Rome, Italy. 

Hanoi police on May 8 arrested three Chinese nationals for using fake ATM cards to steal from banks.

The 2017 Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Programme was launched in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 8 with the two main partners of Can Tho Eye and Odonto- Stomatology Hospital and Pediatrics Hospital.

Cambodian Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith received Nguyen Van Hieu, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Authority of Press, on May 8.

A seminar was held at El Salvador University, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on May 8 to detail Vietnam’s revolutionary achievements and recent socio-economic development. 

VOV.VN - US Navy fast-transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4) docked at Tien Sa Port in central Danang City on May 8 to kick off the Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17).

The hidden shipment was identified as black rhino horn from the critically endangered species native to eastern and southern Africa.

The capital city of Hanoi’s overloaded drainage system will struggle to cope with the rainy season this year, putting as many as 18 locations at risk of flooding, officials have warned.

The  Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17) officially kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on May 8, with the participation of personnel from the US, UK, Australia and Japan. 

An international workshop was held by Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi on May 8 to review achievements of the two countries’ diplomatic ties during the past 45 years (1972-2017) and cooperation prospects in the future. 

The Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) and Cuc Phuong National Park released into the wild 93 Java pangolins (Manis javanica), the largest number so far, between April 28 and May 6.

Non-infectious diseases claim the lives of about 400,000 Vietnamese people each year, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at a conference seeking to prevent and control these diseases in the southern region in Ho Chi Minh City on May 8.

VOV.VN - Multiple crews of firefighters spent hours battling a blaze today (May 8) at an industrial site in District 8 of Ho Chi Minh City after a fire erupted sending flames ripping through the 1,200-square metre facility.

VOV.VN - Day 7 of the Asian Physics Olympiad in Yakutsk, a Russian port city on the Lena River in east Siberia at which roughly 250 schoolchildren from 20 countries in Asia and Oceania are competing, was Friday May 5.

Over the past decade, Vietnam has made significant progress in ending bear bile farming thanks to efforts from agencies, non-Governmental organisations and the entire community.

The first-ever electric bus service with four routes allows tourists to explore the downtown and nearby areas on environmentally friendly vehicles.

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies has helped 109,462 labourers from families of disadvantaged conditions and beneficiary policies and in disadvantaged localities go to work abroad.

Close co-operation is needed between government agencies, enterprises and vocational training schools to reduce the skill gap in Vietnam’s labour market, the head of the General Directorate of Vocational Training said at a two-day workshop held last week in the city.

A thermal power engineer has been arrested and identified as the suspect who robbed US$100,000 worth of USD and VND from a Vietcombank branch in the southern province of Tra Vinh last week, police said on May 6.

The first bus rapid transit (BRT) line in Hanoi is not running at its full capacity despite having been in operation for four months.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) held a meeting in Hanoi on May 7 to mark International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day and launch a blood donation programme.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in Italy held a student festival and Vietnamese culture day in Italy at Calabria University on May 6.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has directed all possible medical support for victims in a crash between a truck and a coach in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on early May 7. 

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and the Nile TV, a National TV Channel in Egypt on May 6 broadcast live a special program about President Ho Chi Minh, the Dien Bien Phu victory, Vietnam’s development and Vietnam-Egypt relations.

VOV.VN - A Chinese naval fleet on May 6 arrived in Ho Chi Minh City’s International Port, beginning a four-day friendship visit to Vietnam.

Several banks in Vietnam have decided to stop providing their ATM services at night-time in order to prevent criminals from stealing money from their customers’ accounts. 

Recently, the Poison Control Center and the Department of Nephrology of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi have received many patients suffering lead poisoning after taking herbal medicine of unknown origin.

Preserving biodiversity in Vietnam was the main topic of discussion at a workshop on May 5 in Hanoi.