Two farmers in the northern province of Bac Ninh were struck by lightning and died on June 28.

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone), the second biggest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, is set to start piloting its 4G and MobiTV services on July 1.

 Vietnam has continuously been listed among the world’s top 30 attractive emerging retail markets since 2008, according to the ranking in the Global Retail Development Index of the US’s AT Kearney Company.

 Vietnam posted a year-on-year GDP growth of 5.52 percent in the first half of 2016, down from 6.32 percent in the same period last year, said Head of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam on June 28.

 The 9th International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology and the 4th Solid State Systems Symposium opened in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28.

VietNamNet Bridge - With her appearance, 19-year-old girl Tran Thi Dieu Lien seems quiet and shy unlike many other students who study overseas. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – From 2017, the international fireworks contest in Da Nang will be held annually instead of biennially and will last up to 3 weeks instead of only two days as before, reported the organizing board.

 More and more local small and medium-sized enterprises are aiming to join the global supply chains of multinational corporations.

Hanoi has long been an attractive destination for its scenic spots, historical and cultural sites, and unique cuisine. In 2012 the Asia Record Organization recognized 12 Vietnamese dishes in the food category of Asian values.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will have to face with an astonishing redundancy of 2.3 to 4.3 million men unable to find wives because of gender imbalance at birth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Software, chip sensors and cloud computing have been used in ‘smart agriculture’ projects in HCMC which have brought encouraging results.

VietNamNet Bridge - It is foreign manufacturers who are dominating the domestic lucrative soft drink market.

 Vietnam’s garment-textile industry has already taking possible Brexit influence into accounts while conjuring up measures to weather its possible negative impacts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past 25 years, the Ho Chi Minh Museum has preserved and displayed thousands of items related to President Ho Chi Minh’s life and revolutionary career. Among 170,000 exhibits,

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 6am on June 16, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Hao of Brigade 918, received a call from his wife, Ngo Thi Dung.

 Taiwanese firm Wei Yu Engineering’s US$2.5-billion investment proposal in Ha Tinh Province must be approved by the Prime Minister, not the provincial government, said an official.

 The Vietnam government on June 28 ceremoniously established diplomatic ties with the west African nation of Liberia.

 The Russian Federation Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) have signed an MoU on expanding cooperation in outer space, Roscommos’ press service announced on June 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Dao Xuan Hoang, 34, won the first prize for an education app at the Global Innovation through Science and Technology Competition 2016 in the US.

Last week a clean-up day in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and a local cruise firm, attracted over 100 Vietnamese and foreign volunteers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The head of obstetrics ward of Ha Trung Hospital in Thanh Hoa Province has been suspended following a serious mistake after a baby girl was nearly buried alive two months ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Le Hang will be Vietnam’s representative at this year's Miss Universe pageant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of big trees along HCM City street fell yesterday afternoon after unexpected rainstorms which injured at least three people. Traffic congestion occurred on some roads.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are some truly captivating beaches in Vietnam and one among them is Dong Chau in Thai Binh province.

  Hue City in the central province of Thue Thien - Hue was honoured as the National Green City 2016 under a vote campaign initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) at a ceremony in the central city on June 28.