VietNamNet Bridge – Four members of a family, including an 18-month-old baby, were struck by lightning on Monday afternoon inside their house in central Nghe An Province’s Quy Hop Commune.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Finance minister Dinh Tien Dung on Tuesday said that the controversial asset tax will not be on the agenda at least until the next National Assembly (NA) semester, or 2021.

The serial Tinh Khuc Bach Duong is being broadcast on Viet Nam Television’s Channel 1. The production truthfully portrays the life of Vietnamese people who were sent to study in Russia in the 1980s. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is faced with increasing outdoor light pollution, which can be harmful to physical and mental health, according to local experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A research team of Ha Tinh Museum has discovered a royal decree dating to 1784.

More than 100 athletes from 14 table tennis teams nationwide have been competing at the 36th Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Tournament 2018 to win the Petro Vietnam-Ca Mau Fertiliser Cup, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh of the Viet Nam national woman’s team has quit after 14 years of association.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Like pho for the Vietnamese, frog porridge is a point of pride among Singaporeans. Tourists are advised that a trip to Singapore without a bowl of frog porridge is a failure. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has gone up three places in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which was released on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than VND116 trillion (US$5 billion) is needed to build Long Thanh Airport and upgrade Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports for the 2018-21 period, with a vision to 2025,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient rules of Xoan singing state that only a man can hold the position of trum phuong xoan (head of xoan singing guild).

Among the individuals praised for their contribution in encouraging people to read during the Book Month (April) this year, nun Thich Nu Quang Phat is a familiar name. 

 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.

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 – HCM City topped the medal tally at the National Age Groups Swimming Championship, which concluded in Da Nang yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A film on teen love, adapted from a novel by best-selling children’s author Nguyen Nhat Anh, will begin shooting this summer in HCM City.