US$5 million for Chan May port upgrading project, VietJet Air adds more flights between Hanoi and Da Nang, Irrational fees, rules render companies uncompetitive, Lack of interest thwarts Vietnam in high-tech farming

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) Ministry of Strategy and Finance on June 25 announced that it has given its stamp of approval for a US$41 million preferential loan for Vietnam to expand its water supply infrastructure.

 Website SmarterTravel has listed nine reasons explaining why Vietnam is becoming the best place to go in Southeast Asia , including food, language, hospitality, history and amazing sites.

 The stimulation of electronic governance must be top of the national development agenda through 2020, declared Information and Communication Minister Nguyen Bac Son.

 The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its Kawasaki counterpart from Japan (KCCI) inked a Memorandum of Understanding on June 25 to boost trade, business and investment between small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Eight persons were killed, four injured and four went missing as typhoon Kujira, the first one this year, lashed the northern and central coastal provinces on June 23.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in China is continuing to demand the country unconditionally return a seized Vietnamese fishing vessel, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh at a regular press conference on June 25.

 The Mozambique’s Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 25 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh was hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo during his working trip to Jakarta.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the seventh Mekong-Japan Summit, slated for July 2-4 in Tokyo, at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

 Man City may build academy in Da Nang, Viet Nam win first match in zonal competition, Da Nang to host Clipper Race, Ha Nam book slot in top three, Hattrick by Tai Em gives Long An win

VietNamNet Bridge - The land price in Da Nang has bounced back after a long period of decline because investors from Hanoi have been flocking there to hunt for prime land areas.

 Saigon Outcast presents black-out jazz night, Singapore band celebrates birthday, Electronic music festival set for July 11, American Club to hold July 4 picnic, Flea Market to support violence victims

 Fitch Ratings this week affirmed the ratings for four major Vietnamese banks.

 The VND336.7 trillion (US$16 billion) construction project of an international airport in the southern Dong Nai Province was approved by a majority of the National Assembly deputies this morning.

 Seven people were killed and four were missing following floods triggered by Typhoon Kujira in Thuan Chau and Yen Chau Districts in the northern mountainous Son La Province.

 The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) called on transport firms to provide smooth transit for candidates and residents during the national high school examination held during the first four days of July.

The Deputy Head of the Vietnam People’s Army’s General Department of Politics received a visiting Chinese military delegation headed by the political commissar of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Xi’an Politics Institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Friends of Viet Nam Heritage (FVH) will host a day-long excursion on Sunday to Khanh Waterfall to learn about Muong ethnic minority culture in Hoa Binh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lotus, which has been nominated as the national flower, will be the topic of a cultural and artistic festival to open in HCM City tomorrow, June 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, untreated livestock waste and wastewater pose a threat to rural areas,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sir Nick Faldo has been appointed brand ambassador of Laguna Lang Co, the Banyan Tree Group said on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam singing sensation Tung Duong will be featured as one of the major attractions on July 10 at the 2015 Chaing Mai International Jazz Festival in Thailand, organizers have announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam recorded as many as 11,179 traffic accidents in six months, from last December 16 to June 15, which killed 4,478 people and injuring 10,149 others,

 A conference took place in Hanoi on June 24 to promote the upcoming International Techmart Vietnam 2015, which is expected to be the largest technology fair held in Vietnam in the last decade.