VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition opened yesterday on Hanoi’s Trang Tien Street to mark the 70th anniversary celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s June 11, 1948 appeal for patriotic emulation.

For the last 25 years, Ho Minh Tam – a resident of Tuong Hiep Binh Ward, Thu Dau Mot City in southern province of Binh Duong – has kept his motorbike in a special garage: an aged tree in his garden.

 Telecom provider Viettel has unveiled plans to officially inaugurate its mobile phone network in Myanmar under the trade name Mytel on June 9, 2018.

 The scale of State-owned enterprises controlled by the State Capital Management Committee is less than the initial plan, according to the latest draft of the decree on the functions, tasks and organisational structure of the committee.

 Ha Long city expects investment wave in Boutique shophouses, ROK-funded project to foster energy efficiency in Vietnam’s industry, Banks cut interest rate for short-term deposits, Binh Dinh province calls for RoK investment     

 Basketball player Danilo Gallinari, who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers team, will travel to HCM City to participate in the Junior NBA Việt Nam from June 22-24, according to the National Basketball Association (NBA).

 A silk painting by Vietnamese master artist Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984), one of the leading painters of Vietnamese contemporary fine arts, was sold at over US$853,000 (HKD$6.7 million) at an auction by Christie’s Hong Kong on Sunday.

 A group of sugar producers has asked for Government intervention as the industry struggles to compete with corn syrup imports.

 Legislators have been discussing bills on education and cyber security at the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on May 29 morning.

 The HCM City police announced Sunday evening that they have arrested a man suspected of snatching a necklace from a Russian diplomat three months ago.

 Quy Chau village in Nghe An province has more than 40 years of experience in making frankincense. The craft produces a stable income for the villagers and has helped them escape poverty.

 Ministry responds to World No Tobacco Day, Fire destroys squid fishing vessel in Quang Nam, Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign held in 93 poor districts, Da Nang exhibition showcases disabled kids’ paintings

VietNamNet Bridge - Some experts have proposed allowing foreigners to buy condotels in Vietnam to attract the foreign cash flow. 

More than 10 years ago, HCMC began applying a series of measures to fight against floods and improve the environment, worth trillions of dong. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Forty people in Da Nang’s high-quality human resources development program (Program 922) have refused jobs offered to them. 

Two eighth-grade schoolboys from Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi have won first prize at the city’s 2018 science and technology creativity competition for secondary school students, and a second national prize.

 The Mang ethnic minority people live in served mountain districts in Lai Chau province. Like other ethnic groups, they have upheld traditional customs and practices for generations while absorbing modern cultural trends.

Gia Thuy commune, Nho Quan district, northern Ninh Binh province, is famous for the over 50-year-old pottery village, which still preserves traditional cultural values.

 With a market of 93 million people, Vietnam has seen rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering great opportunities for the sector to expand, experts have said.

 The ministers of transport, environment, education and social affairs will be the main answerers of questions about issues within their remit raised by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the ongoing fifth meeting of the 14th-tenure parliament.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said Vietnam treasures its cooperation with the European Union (EU) and expressed his hope that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will be signed soon.

 Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 32.15 points to close at 931.75 points on May 28.

 A press conference took place in Hanoi on May 28 to introduce the Vietnam Blockchain Summit, themed “from technology to policy”, which was slated for June 8.

 Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has bid farewell to local officials and friends before returning home and concluding his mission in the US in late June 2018.

 Vietnam values its comprehensive partnership with the US and considers the country an important partner in its foreign diplomacy, President Tran Dai Quang said.