VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned enterprises are finding it difficult to sell their stake in their finance, banking and real estate companies.

 US engineers investigating a balcony collapse in California that killed six people and injured seven others say water damage may have caused the structure to give way.

 Human breast milk being bought online by fetishists, bodybuilders and cancer patients is a danger to health, UK researchers say.

 Four clerks from the Binh Chanh branch of the State-owned Agribank in HCM City (Agribank Binh Chanh) were yesterday handed down jail sentences totalling 30 years in a loan scam which caused a loss of VND19.25 billion (US$870,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book collection on Vietnamese fairytales collected and rewritten by Nguyen Dong Chi, one of the country's most popular cultural researchers, has been released in HCM City.

 Veteran striker Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet scored a hat-trick in Ha Noi 1's 4-0 victory over TNG Thai Nguyen yesterday in the second leg of the National Women's Football Championship at the Ha Nam Province's stadium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Black-as-coal and smelling of something rank, the Nhue River snakes its way through the middle of Van Hoang Commune, Phu Xuyen District in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - People in the central region are experiencing tough days because of the severe drought of several months. Meanwhile, many water supply plants have been left idle.

 Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has urged the National Assembly not to criminalise economic and civil relations as the legislature discussed changes to the Penal Code on June 16.

 The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) said it is working on a plan to open a unit in Myanmar this year.

 The government of Can Tho City has thrown support behind Vietravel’s plan to partner with Thai VietJet to open an air link between the Mekong Delta city and Bangkok of Thailand.

 M.I.K Corporation has got an investment certificate to develop a five-star hotel on nearly four hectares at Bai Dai Eco-tourism Park on the resort island of Phu Quoc off mainland Kien Giang Province.

  The third season of MasterChef Vietnam will feature local celebrities to infuse a new spirit into the program.

 A mobile game contest called Bluebird Award 2015 has been launched for Vietnamese developers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Hue, a unique form of singing born in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, has been listed as an item of national intangible heritage.

 Viet Nam's Aroma and Intensity coffees produced by Sobica Joint Stock Company won recognition at the first international roasted coffee competition in France.

Vietnam sets up hot lines for MERS, Hospitals to open examination rooms for MERS suspects, Suspected MERS-CoV cases in Hai Phong test negative, Medial workers trained in handling MERS-CoV

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police arrested five persons for being involved in an online fraud operation on Tuesday.

 The Cuc Phuong Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC) has released five rare langurs into the wild in Ke Go Natural Park in the central Ha Tinh Province.

 Ha Noi authorities are looking into why the roots of new trees in the city never had their nylon wraps removed before being planted.

 The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine recently named Vietnamese Dr Tran Duc Chinh, currently a lecturer at the HCM City University of Transport, the title of research academic.

 The 2015 Hanoi traditional village tourism and cultural festival, the third of its kind, will take place on October 1-4, featuring 300 booths by domestic and foreign exhibitors.

 An exhibition of lacquer paintings by 14 Vietnamese artists will be held in Ganaisa Art Centre, Seoul, Republic of Korea (RoK) from July 15 to 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said last week that electricity prices from early 2016 would be determined by the market. 

 Four Vietnamese U23 footballers have been picked for the Team of the Tournament following the 28th SEA Games by the Football Channel Asia (FCA), a dedicated Asian football website.