VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese plastics firms have upped their game in the face of foreign competition.

 Wax figures of King Bao Dai and Queen Nam Phuong, the last royal family of Vietnam, will go on display on September 19 at the Summer Palace Museum where they lived from 1949-1955 in the resort city of Da Lat.

 The National Election Council’s Subcommittee for Personnel and Settlement of Complaints and Denunciation reviewed its performance and outlined new tasks in a meeting in Hanoi on June 7.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked for the World Bank’s support in policy consultation and called for further funding, which will help stabilise Vietnam’s macro-economy while addressing the country’s challenges.

 India will continue providing support in terms of funding, technology and experience for Vietnam in training in information and communication technology (ICT), Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has pledged.

VietNamNet Bridge - Intense heat in recent days have made the life and work of farmers difficult. The following photos were taken on a field of My Duc district, Hanoi on June 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The call to clean up the beach by a Russian tourist was responded to by tens of foreign tourists, local people, and the staff of a nearby resort.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the $22 billion ODA committed to Vietnam, $2.15 billion must be disbursed before 2016. Currently, relevant agencies are trying to remove obstacles to accelerate the disbursement.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai have proposed termination of the Guang Lian Dung Quat steel project by June 30.

In an interview with Myanmar Times several days ago, striker Le Cong Vinh – captain of the Vietnam national football team - announced that he would retire next year and the AFF Cup 2016 would be his last AFF.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international marathon event will be held shortly in the southern island district of Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Xuan Sang, director of the Ministry of Transport’s Marine Department spoke with Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the inland container depot system in Viet Nam.

Here are photos of soldiers, officers and residents of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago taken by a reporter of Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HSBC Global Research team has expressed concern over Vietnam’s recent move to loosen credit to stimulate private sector and government spending.

  Measures for the privatisation of PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) have been hastened with the process expected to be completed within this year.

 A documentary featuring a young victim of Agent Orange, by director Courtney Marsh, will be screened shortly at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

 Police in HCM City have confiscated 1.2 tonnes of khat leaves imported from Africa and one case re-exported to the US. The leaves, which contain the stimulant cathinone, are banned in Vietnam.

Nearly 70 percent of German companies in Vietnam are pleased with their business results, while more than half of German investors consider increasing their investment in Vietnam next year, the AHK World Business Outlook Survey 2016 has found.  

 State-owned enterprises sold shares worth more than 2.08 trillion VND (93.2 million USD) in book value for 4.17 trillion VND (186.3 million USD) in the first five months of 2016, said the Ministry of Finance on June 6.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed a high-level delegation from the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Hanoi on June 6.

 Japan topped the medal table of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships, which concluded on June 6 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A year-on-year surge of 20.1 percent was reported in the number of tourists from West European countries visiting Vietnam in the first five months of this year as a result of the 11-month-old visa exemption policy.

 Experts are urging the building of a master plan on preserving marine biodiversity in its true sense to improve the efficiency of the work in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - By 2020, 80% of Vietnam's population will use mobile phones and thr number of online business will increase 40%. 

 Viet Nam finished top at the second Asian Pencak Silat Championship which closed at the Bedok Sports Hall in Singapore on Sunday.