High-speed boat smashes cargo vessel, injures four, Tuyên Quang kids get free health checks, surgeries, Hà Nội to consider Belt Road No. 1 project, Seminar discusses preservation of heritage urban areas

 There are 18 hospitals qualified for organ transplantation in Vietnam at present, 25 years since the first successful kidney transplant in the country.

Mexican pianist Gustavo Romero and South Korean pianist Eun Young Joo will present The Pianist of Passion concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two exhibitions by six young artists from HCM City will open at the Factory Contemporary Art Centre from June 9 to July 23.

 Despite a decline in the mineral sector, production in Vietnam is gaining momentum, thanks to improved business sentiment in response to the government’s favourable policies.

 7‑Eleven, Inc, the globe’s largest convenience retailer with some 56,400 stores worldwide, has announced its first store in Vietnam will open this June in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Vietnam-Japan business co-operation in the agricultural sector is flourishing.

 The fifth plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee in May issued an important resolution that acknowledges the greater contribution of the private economy to the country’s socio-economic growth.

 MobiFone’s newfound cooperation with international technology companies is enhancing its influence in the Vietnamese market and may also benefit the company’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO).

 The real estate markets of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw a recent breakthrough when work on several large-scale projects was resumed after long years of delay.

Franchising has become a popular business model around the world. Due to global integration, it has now reached Vietnam. But franchising is still a novel idea to most Vietnamese businessmen.

Wood and timber products, rice, coffee, cashew nuts and vegetables and fruits, each with a value of more than US$1 billion, are top export products in the first five months of this year.

 Swedish Fashion Giant Hennes & Mauritz announced June 7 that it will make its retail debut in Vietnam with the opening of a store in the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City later this month.

The Central Highlands of Vietnam is not only renowned for its culture of gongs and epics that the inhabitants tell by the fireside, but also for its wooden statues that are rustic and simple.

The Hai Van Pass lies on the border of Thua Thien-Hue province and Da Nang city in central Vietnam. It is 21 kilometres in length and around 496 metres above sea level.

Saigon Water World, an outdoor music festival featuring dozens of famous international and local musicians, will be held at Sala Urban Area in District 2 on June 24 and 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will defend their No 1 position in the upcoming World Shuttle-cock Championship, which will be held in Hong Kong from July 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police have apprehended several people across the country for illegal possession and transportation of drugs over the past few days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No 4 seed Ly Hoang Nam booked a berth in the second round of the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures after beating India’s Taha Kapadia 6-1, 6-2 yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have emerged at the top in the Asian Cadet Taekwondo Poomsae Championship, held in HCM City on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed that the government invite investment from the private sector to complete the Yen Vien-Ha Long-Cai Lan railway project.

 Five workers at a nuclear research facility in east Japan were exposed to radioactive material on Tuesday after a bag that contained it burst, 

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed District 8 authorities to speed up land acquisition and compensation payment to enable the construction of an aromatic substances and chemical trading centre 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Lang, 79, and Nguyen Cong Uan, 80, are war veterans who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country.

 Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by a navy ship searching for a military plane which went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board.