The Vietnam National Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) targets revenue of VND19.5 trillion ($877.5 million) in the 2016-2020 period.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are 40 state financial funds established to support Vietnamese enterprises to develop its production. However, most private businesses say they cannot receive any support from the state. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on June 17 held separate meetings with newly-accredited ambassadors of the EU, the UK and Germany.

ADB President Takehiko Nakao has vowed that his bank will continue to give strong support to Vietnam through loans of about $1 billion each year, as soon as it builds a new Country Partnership Strategy for Vietnam in the 2016-2020 period.

 Vietnam and Laos need to promote the efficiency of the Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation while enhancing collaboration to facilitate Vietnamese enterprises’ operations in Laos.

 A Vietnamese photographer who is practicing contemporary photography is putting on an exhibition featuring images of those suffering during the Japanese occupation of Vietnam.

 Vietnam’s new National Assembly (NA) is expected to hold its first session on July 20, with the major focus being on electing a new leadership for the legislative body, the State, and the government.

 Working on regulations to oversee the competitive power wholesale market are to be completed by June 2017.

  Bao Ha is a remote commune in Bao Yen District, Lao Cai Province in the northwestern upland near the Vietnamese-Chinese border.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chemical markets that are endangering food and public safety must be moved out of residential areas and criminal charges filed against violation of trading rules in toxic substances.

VietNamNet Bridge - About 2 years ago, after watching a TV program on a foreign channel armored vehicles, Nguyen Dinh Chinh, 57, who runs a mechanics workshop, began to study and then make an armored vehicle.

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic firms’ ability to develop and apply new technologies is far behind that of companies in regional countries,

Parents of primary school children have already bought bilingual textbooks to for the next school year but an Education and Training Ministry official announced that the quality of the books has not been assessed and approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – An art exhibition titled Cam hung Viet Nam (Inspiring Viet Nam) by young Russian painter Sasha Fishler is on display at LIVINCollective in the southern province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City. 

Economist Phạm Chi Lan talks to online newspaper Vietnamnet about measures needed to trim down people dependent on State payroll.

Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) yesterday confirmed that the scheduled launch date for operations at a subsidiary's steel mill in Viet Nam has been postponed with no new schedule decided.

 A working delegation from the Royal Cambodian Army’s High Command of Guards led by Deputy Commander General Dieng Sarun visited the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region on June 17 in Can Tho city.

The tour of Poland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic by Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has been a success in both bilateral and multilateral aspects.

In the heat of up to 38-40oC in northern Vietnam, people have no way to flock to the beach, causing a huge overload at popular beaches. Below are photos taken at the beach of Sam Son, in Thanh Hoa province on June 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Nghiem, the last of the famous artist quartet of ‘Nghiem-Lien-Sang-Phai’ who had a great influence on the country’s art scene in the 20th century, passed away on June 15 at 94.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities have found information related to 19 individuals and organizations in Vietnam named in the Panama Papers, which were unveiled in early May.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung requested all-out efforts to search for and rescue those missing in the Su30 MK2 and Casa 212 military aircraft accidents during a working session with the Defence Ministry’s Front Line Command.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bình Thuan Province’s Phan Thiet City has opened a night market in Phu Thuy Ward, the first night market in the south central province.  

 The environment ministry has objected to a hydropower project that would go up in Yok Don National Park in Daklak Province due to environmental concerns.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered an investigation into a local titanium exploiter in Binh Thuan Province after a waste reservoir broke allowing huge amounts of toxic red mud to flood residential areas.