Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on Vietnam and Thailand to redouble their efforts in order to bring bilateral trade to 20 billion USD in 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are more than 700 supermarkets in the country, but most Vietnamese are indifferent to the modern retail channel.

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh met with Chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) of the Czech Republic Vojtech Filip on June 16 as part of her working visit to the European country.

The special meeting of ASEAN and Chinese Foreign Ministers has achieved positive results in a friendly, straightforward and constructive spirit, contributing to strengthening mutual understanding and trust.

 Vietnam won four gold medals at the seventh World Age Group Competition in Incheon, South Korea, on June 15.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has shown its strong determination to teach swimming to all general school students. However, experts doubt that the program can be implemented due to poor facilities.

Not surprised by the US’s first case of superbug resistant to antibiotics, Dr Nguyen Tien Quyet affirmed that the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Vietnam was able to treat some patients resistant to all antibiotics.

A string of upscale real estate projects is set for launch throughout this month in Hanoi off the back of a rosy growth forecast for the rest of the year.

 Tamas Bay explores the wildlife at Cuc Phuong national park in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

 Solutions sought for Mekong Delta climate change adaptation, Ministry pledges to back safe food initiative, Vietnam keen to develop intellectual property, Hospitals facing overload of patients due to hot weather

VietNamNet Bridge - The mass fish deaths on Hoang Cau Lake in Hanoi have ring the alarm over the serious pollution in lakes and rivers in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Restaurant chains continue to expand as financial investors keep looking for chains to pour money into. The chains are a very profitable business field.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government of Hanoi City is finding investors for 43 projects planned for implementation this year at a total cost of VND372.25 trillion (US$16.6 billion).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will join hands with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) to host “A night of Haydn and Brahms” on June 19 at the HCMC Opera House in District 1.

The household registration system no longer conforms to the current social management in Vietnam, which is undergoing big changes towards international integration, Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic and management experts and National Assembly (NA) deputies have called for relevant agencies to quickly improve a draft law on support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for higher responsibility of all authorised agencies and people in search and rescue activities during accidents and natural disasters.

  Kaspersky Lab researchers have identified a global forum where cybercriminals can buy and sell access to compromised servers for as little as US$6.

 More than 20 of the globe’s top amateur golfers will feature at this year’s World Amateur Golfers Championship in Vietnam hosted by TPBank, said officials on June 15 at a press conference in Hanoi.

 “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, the documentary about a young Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange, was screened at the 9th session for the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD) in New York on June 15.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to Cambodia on June 15-16.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his encourage concluded their two-day State visit to Cambodia in the afternoon of June 16.

 Hanoi should take strong measures to remove barriers which inhibit the city from developing and integrating, stressed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representative Kim Nguyen was crowned Mrs Asia International on June 11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is about to publish a map showing all the high-risk sites with unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the war in an effort to slash the number of victims.