Dinh Van Nha, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Finance and Budgetary Affairs, talks about his concern over the ineffectiveness of using the State budget in many localities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first festival on world’s intangible cultural heritage will be held in the northern province of Tuyen Quang in September. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve-year-old Nguyen Thi Hoa Ly from Hanoi’s Ha Dong District is upset as she feels lonely even at home.

 Falling profit figures and stock prices, mounting debt pressures, and the latest halting of a project in the c entral province of Nghe An are the newest obstacles of Hoa Sen Group, Vietnam’s one of leading steel manufacturers.

 The Vietnam Television (VTV) has earned the right to broadcast live all 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in the country, it announced on June 8. 

  The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has successfully divested capital from its finance subsidiary, the Post and Telecommunication Finance Company Ltd (PTF).

 CMX Re Sunseap Viet Nam Solar Power Joint Stock Company on Friday began construction of Viet Nam’s largest solar farm, a 168-MW project in southern Ninh Thuan Province’s Ninh Son District.

 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.