Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 20 for former US Secretary of State John Kerry, asking him to convey a message to President Donald Trump that there is no confrontation about trade between Vietnam and the US.

 Ten-member band P366 has released its first music video after a year’s training in Vietnam and Japan.   

Eight short films for children reflecting the diversity and excellence of the French animation studio Folimage will be screened at the Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on June 25.

Wood carving and lacquered painting is a profession with a long tradition in Vietnam. These types of objects have been found in the Dong Son period’s tombs excavated in many sites in Vietnam. Some objects’ images are now on show.

Two comedians from Canada and the UK - Ron Josol  and David Alfie Ward - will perform at Game On Saigon, 115 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCM City on June 28 and Standing Bar, 170 Tran Vu Street, Hanoi on June 29.

A workshop where attendees will learn how to embroider traditional Thai motifs on  textiles and the meaning of patterns will be held on July 1 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Song Ma District, in the northern mountain province of Son La, have arrested two suspects involved in a drug-smuggling racket.

Ly Khanh Quynh, a 9th grader of the Thoai Ngoc Hau Secondary School in An Giang Province, has won a major competition to join the Global Forum of Young Leaders to be held in New York this August. 

An unusual feature of Vietnamese cuisine is the ownership that people – chefs, restaurant owners, gourmets or just the “common man” – display for a dish, and the stories that they are prepared to share.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese plan to set up an underwater observation system under the East Sea, according to experts, with the aim of showing that it is becoming an ocean power.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Education & Training Department has released a decision that all schools in the city, state-owned and non-state owned, enroll students from July 1 to July 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign fast food chains in Vietnam are some of the most famous in the world, but many of them have had to leave or close some of their shops in the country. 

 VSD tagged to become new supervisor for derivatives market, Credit support programme benefits 4,000 firms in HCM City, KIDO Corporation plans big for 2017, Rice prices increase in both domestic, foreign markets

Why does Laos insist on building more hydroelectric dams when Vietnam and many other countries believe that it is not the optimal solution for energy, environmental and societal development?

Viet Nam Railways Corporation Chairman Vu Anh Minh tells Tuoi tre (Youth) that the sector plans to facilitate private investment towards improving its products and services.

 Eximbank’s restructuring process has been anything but straightforward.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told President of the Senate of Haiti Youri Latortue during a reception in Hanoi on June 20 that the Vietnamese Government wishes to push forward practical and effective ties with the Haitian Government. 

 Visa waiver is an effective tool to promote tourism among economies, said Yasuto Kawarabayashi, Deputy Director General of the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO), on June 19.

 PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) is preparing to implement the construction of nine gas-fired power plants with total output of 5,250MW, PV Power general director Nguyen Xuan Hoa said.

 The delivery of 5,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice to Cuba as a gift took place at the headquarters of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX) on June 19.

 The Prime Minister has approved a master plan on restructuring enterprises under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) in the period 2017-2020. 

 With yes votes of 434 deputies, or 88.39 percent, the 14th National Assembly on June 20 adopted the Law on Amendments and Supplements to some articles of the 2015 Penal Code.

 Even as a growing number of U.S. teens and young adults are abusing opioid drugs, only about one in four of them are getting medications to combat addiction, 

The second plenary session of the Vietnam Private Sector Forum 2017 will take place in Hanoi at the end of July, chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputies voted to approve the draft revised Law on State compensation liability and the revised Law on legal aid during the third session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 20.