VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is planning to pilot the opening of casinos at hotels rated five stars and above in popular tourist destinations for Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and over with the aim of fully exploiting the potential of the night-time economy in the country.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese swimming team smashed the competition record in the men's freestyle 4x200m relay event at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), with a time of 7 minutes 16 seconds 31, winning a gold medal on the evening of May 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with overseas Vietnamese (OV) and US businessmen and scientists in San Francisco on May 17 morning (US time) within the framework of his working trip to the US to attend the ASEAN-US Special Summit.

VOV.VN - Overseas Vietnamese painter Pham Trong Chanh has recently opened his latest exhibition in France which displays over 40 paintings and sculptures on Vietnamese history, people, culture, and nature.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Women’s Museum held a ceremony on May 17 in Hanoi to receive roughly 500 artifacts donated by Mark Rapoport, a doctor from the United States, and his family.

VOV.VN - The ashes of a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who was recent found dead in Japan have finally been brought back to her home in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak for a memorial and burial service.

VOV.VN - The central province of Ha Tinh on May 17 held a memorial and burial ceremony for 11 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos during international missions.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes clinched two gold medals in shooting and canoeing on the May 17 competition day as part of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh on May 17 welcomed Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visit to Laos, considering it a milestone in the special relationship between the two countries.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai and Vice President of the Lao NA Sommad Pholsena on May 16 visited a Vietnamese language class for staff at the Lao NA Office, on the occasion of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visit to Laos.