The funds managed by Alp Asia Finance have become a shareholder of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) since May 7, holding a 10 percent stake of the bank. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-two documentaries will be screened during the European - Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival from tomorrow to June 17 in Hanoi and HCM City.

Solo exhibition “Perfect Reality” by artist Luu Tuyen was opened to visitors at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on June 6. 

 The Transport Ministry’s scheme approved by the Prime Minister in 2010 to impose checks on motorcycles’ exhaust emission has yet to be implemented by competent agencies to date, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reports.

 A tax sum of VND1 trillion, or some US$43.8 million, from Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. helped buoy the HCMC customs tax revenue in May to VND10.8 trillion and keep the decline under check, according to the HCMC Customs Department.

Vietnam plans to more than triple the amount of electricity it produces from renewable sources and push for a 26% increase in household solar energy usage by 2030, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Reuters in an interview.

 Vietnam’s Government bond market needs to be made more appealing, as recent years have seen a lack of foreign participation.

 Legislators and voters expressed hope that ministers will put their words at the question-and-answer (Q&A) session of the 14th National Assembly’s fifth session into action.

 Vietnam is wasting millions of tonnes of straw every year, which can instead be used to make useful fertilisers and protect the environment.

 The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will organise two English-speaking city walks during the weekend.

 Two flamenco and classical guitar concerts by Michel Grizard and Helena Cueto will be hosted by L’Espace on June 21 and 23.

 Scientists are warning that pollution could be starving Europe's trees of vital nutrients by damaging essential fungi.

Members of the HCM City Chess Team won two gold medals at the 2018 National Chess Tournament on June 5.

 Myanmar has introduced the traditional Vietnamese martial art vovinam into the curricula of six national sport academies in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Madalay, Mon, Rayah, Shon and Sagain.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s People’s Committee has fined Pomina Steel VND4.8 billion (US$210,500) over 17 environmental violations committed by two subsidiaries over the last two years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 150 Japanese and Vietnamese artistes will perform at a concert tonight (June 6) at the Ha Noi Opera House, featuring Beethoven masterpieces and contemporary dance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The VietFootball Company has launched the first edition of the VietFootball Cup 2018 (HL1-S3) in the capital city of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Tuan and Pham Nguyen Quoc Trung, 12, will represent Vietnam at the sixth Gazprom Football for Friendship International Programme in Russia on June 11.

 For all the reports of trouble in their marriage, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's joint On The Run II tour, which opened in Cardiff on Wednesday, was a two-and-half hour display of affection.

VietNamNet Bridge - The FMCG sector in Vietnam is predicted to continue to have a growth rate of 20 percent per annum until 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All secondary and high schools in the country will offer professional career counselling to students that would match employment demands of local businesses by 2025, 

 The big five European leagues generated a record €14.7bn (£12.6bn) in revenue in 2016-17, a 9% annual increase, according to new figures from Deloitte.

 The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vietnam opened its Honorary Consular Office on Cat Ba island in the northern city of Hai Phong on June 6.

 A photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people is being held in Ukraine from June 5-8 to strengthen the friendship between the two countries.

Speaker Pujita Guha from Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Arts and Aesthetics will host the “A Visitor to the Forest” talk at Hanoi DocLab on June 15 starting 6:30 p.m. The talk will be in English, with Vietnamese translation.