More than 67 million eligible Vietnamese voters across the country elected 496 deputies to the 14th National Assembly on May 22. Hereafter is the major structure of the new National Assembly in the 2016-2021 tenure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people think that ballet students must begin training at an early age, or else, their dream of performing ballet on stage will never come true.

World Bank report shows that at least 5.6 million people in five surveyed provinces lack permanent residency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has proposed revising up airport fees on passengers of domestic flights to and from a number of airports, particularly new and just upgraded ones.

 Hologic Inc won emergency U.S. authorization to sell its Zika test, expanding the number of public and private labs that can test for the virus as health officials brace for a rise this summer in the number of infections.

On June 15, the National Assembly Standing Committee listened to Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung’s report on the implementation of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat in 2015, which pointed out waste in using the state budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba Ria – Vung Tau province must press on with sustainable development and focus on sea-based economic activities and marine sovereignty protection, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued a resolution on promoting human resources development in ethnic minority inhabited areas in 2016-2020, with orientation towards 2030.

 Intense flooding has prompted two northern communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia to declare states of emergency, just a month after forest fires prompted evacuations in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam could improve migrants’ access to public services and employment by reducing the time and number of requirements needed for residents to get a household registration certificate,

Hundreds of troops and fellow countrymen stood silently grieving as the body of the brave pilot who lost his life in the SU-30 fighter jet crash earlier this week in the waters off Nghe An Province in central Vietnam was brought to shore.  

Vietnam and the US are increasing co-operation in all aspects, especially in trade and investment, and will foster this co-operation with or without the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

VietNamNet Bridge – People throughout the country are familiar with various charity and educational activities organised by the Hoi Quan Cac Ba Me (Club of Mothers). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities will step up checks on the use of software at enterprises in a bid to crack down on software piracy.

The Action Month against Domestic Violence will be launched at a ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House on June 26 to raise the awareness and responsibilities among authorities at all levels, sectors and society on combating domestic violence.  

 A Belgian hospital has just welcomed its newest staff member: Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 languages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rach Gia City in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kien Giang has opened a tourism information centre on Nguyen Cong Tru Street in Vinh Thanh Ward to serve local and foreign tourists.

These are the rooms where US President George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, and movie star Angelina Jolie stayed when they visited Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three more commercial banks, namely OCB, Vietcombank and Bac A Bank, have announced they will set up subsidiaries specializing in providing kieu hoi (overseas remittance) services. 

Besides a number of eye-catching dishes, Vietnam is also well-known for its scary culinary specialties that will make foreigners ‘creepy’.

VietNamNet Bridge – All students of universities and colleges nationwide must satisfy foreign language requirements to be eligible for graduation by 2025. 

 VinaCapital and DEG enter into wood industry, Agricultural sector focuses on recovering growth, ADB trade finance programme increases Việt Nam presence, Credit growth surges 5.48% in first five months

 Indian actress Avika Gor, well known in Vietnam for her role in the Indian film named Balika Vadhu (Child Bride) will return Vietnam on June 23.

Netherlands hands over World Blood Donor Flag to Vietnam, Danang to construct USD196.65 million river tunnel, Smuggling via air routes on the rise, HCM City police arrest swindlers, Nineteen enterprises awarded for solutions to climate change

Can Tho has been chosen as one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC), a program of the Rockefeller Foundation, said Ho Thi Thanh Bach, deputy director of the Mekong Delta city’s Department of Foreign Affairs.