The 14th National Assembly (NA) on June 8 passed a resolution on the programme of building laws and ordinances in 2019 and adjustments to the programme for 2018 during the ongoing fifth session in Hanoi.

 A lucky Vietnamese boy by the name of Nguyen Le Thanh Son has won the opportunity of a lifetime, as he will get to escort a football star onto the pitch at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Final in Moscow on July 15.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) will implement a tourism promotion program in Toronto in Canada and Washington DC and New York, USA in September.

 Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2018 is now accepting applications from Vietnamese women worldwide, according to the organising board of the beauty pageant.

 Hanoians will have a chance to sample different kinds of Korean food at K-FOOD Fair which will take place at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on June 9-10.

 The Performing Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has officially granted license to model Nguyen Thi Chi to compete in the Miss Asia World scheduled for June 9-29 in Beirut, Lebanon.

The police said they would fine the owners of 30 cars which illegally parked on the Hanoi-Hai Phong Highway to take wedding photos on June 7.

 Deputy defence minister receives CEO of DAMEN Group, Meeting discusses preparations for WEF ASEAN 2018, Congratulations extended to Italian, Spanish leaders, Ambassador: Vietnam – trustworthy partner of Netherlands

 Vietnam and Turkey will cooperate further for mutual development, thanks to their existing potential and the resolve of their leaders and people.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) has been the biggest investor among 86 countries and territories investing Vietnam so far this year, with total investment of 2.63 billion USD.

  The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi on June 8 decided to uphold the charge of “asset embezzlement” given to defendants in the asset embezzlement case at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land).

 A photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people is on-going in Ukraine to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. The event is part of the Vietnamese Culture Year in the East European nation.

 A Canadian company, backed by Bill Gates, says it has reached an important threshold in developing technology that can remove CO2 from the air.

 Up to 330 Vietnamese students have completed a short term training course on agriculture carried out by the Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT) of Israel.

The Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship will kick off in northern Bac Ninh province on June 10. 

 A software bug meant millions of Facebook users may have unknowingly posted private information to the public, the company has warned.

 President Tran Dai Quang on June 8 handed over an appointment decision to new deputy chief judge of the Supreme People’s Court.

 Blockchain could play an important role in building the digital economy and improving the efficiency of some fields that Vietnam is still weak such as logistics services and product origin trace.

 The capital has given the cold shoulder to Hanoi City Tour Hop on-Hop off’s double-decker buses. The reason behind this languid interest is the too-high ticket price.

The new framework of the Viet Nam-Canada relationship encompasses seven areas ranging from politics and diplomacy to peope-to-people exchanges.

 A Korean woman who survived for six days in the Australian wilderness after falling from a steep cliff has been found by emergency crews.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For anyone looking for an escape from the bustle and heat of city life, Nghe An Province is the place to go.

 The fate of the long-delayed Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Plant remains uncertain due to the unfinished negotiations of the new EPC package between Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel JSC (Tisco) and the Chinese constractor MCC.

 VTV has once again denied owning the 2018 World Cup’s TV rights, despite the announcement made by Infront Sport & Media AG at 11 PM yesterday to agree to sell the rights.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam can meet its future energy demand while still complying with the Paris Agreement if 30GW of coal power, equivalent to 25 coal-fired power plants, is replaced by renewable energy sources.