Top 30 candidates from the Southern regional qualifying round of Miss Vietnam beauty contest 2016 will take part in pageant final exam on June 6- 12 at Hoa Binh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Mr. Mauro Petriccione, Deputy Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade and the European Union (EU)’s chief negotiator of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is visiting Vietnam this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will face challenges in implementing policies and laws on environmental protection, especially in industries seeing strong growth, said Nick Thorpe from the People and Nature Reconciliation centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In addition to Son Doong Cave tour, domestic and foreign adventurers will have more chance to discover stalactites and stalagmites at Hang Va and Nuoc Nut caves through a new route launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – High-rise construction increasingly threatens architecture and urban planning in the Old Quarter.

General Mills Inc (GIS.N) on Tuesday issued a voluntary recall of about 10 million pounds of flour, saying it was working with health officials to investigate an outbreak of E. coli that had sickened 38 people in 20 U.S. states. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Van Ngoc Tu won the 19th Olympic berth for Viet Nam after the International Judo Federation announced its latest rankings yesterday, May 31. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yesterday coach Hoang Anh Tuan finalised 24 players for the U21 Viet Nam national men’s football squad to take part in the four-team Nations Cup in Malaysia on June 3-5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The charming beauty of Vietnamese women in ao dai traditional dress provides endless inspiration for artists, including overseas Vietnamese painter Dang Thong Tuyen.

General Director of Siemens in Southeast Asia, Mr. Armin Bruck, expressed the company’s interest in building the North-South high-speed railway at a meeting with the Ministry of Transport.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told lawmakers on Wednesday that he has decided to delay a scheduled sales tax hike by two-and-a-half years, putting his plans for fiscal reforms on the back burner amid more weakness in the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge - The representative of FPT Shop said that if FPT Shop joins hands with Alibaba, it could  strengthen its online business.

 SBV announces new circulars for credit institutions, Treasury sells G-bonds worth VND8.2 trillion, Vietnamese retailers fight to maintain their share of the domestic market, FPT to work with Japanese printing and education firms

 Quang Ngai authorities resolutely proposed the government to end the long-delayed Guang Lian Steel-Dung Quat project, despite the investor proposed to restart the construction.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked for tighter management of fishery products amid warnings by major import markets on food hygiene and safety standards of aquatic products.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem dropped to second place at the ongoing Asian Individual Chess Championship in Uzbekistan.

 Le Cong Vinh kept his promise and did a good job to help Vietnam beat Syria 2-0 in an international friendly match yesterday in Hanoi.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved updated plans for Hoa Lac High-tech Park, to be completed by 2030 in Hanoi’s outlying districts of Thach That and Quoc Oai.

VietNamNet Bridge - The new airport will be built opposite the current Noi Bai International Airport at a cost of about US$5.5 billion, said the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) Lai Xuan Thanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cigarette smoke affects some 30 million non-smokers, especially women and children in Viet Nam, according to the Ministry of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Funds from the State budget and international sponsors for malaria elimination initiatives have declined in recent years, creating difficulties for meeting the 2030 target,

VietNamNet Bridge - As Russia has decided to choose Thailand instead of Vietnam for its aircraft maintenance center, experts say Vietnam should call for investors from the US, UK, France and other countries. 

 Australia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman pledged to continue contributing to stepping up his country’s cooperation with Vietnam when saying farewell to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on May 31.

 Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Laos’ Champasak province have agreed to further bolster their win-win partnership in various fields, especially economy.

 Vietnam has always attached importance to cooperation with the German state of Hessen and regards this as an example for relations between the country and foreign localities, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.