About 120,000 cars reached their useful lifespan at the end of 2014. From 2015, it is expected that 15,000 cars will be eliminated each year as they cannot meet the requirements to stay in circulation. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue its counselling and support to Viet Nam in economic reform and high-quality workforce training.

 An art exhibition Mixed Media Paintings, displaying works by Nguyen Da Quyen, winner of an Asian Creative Award last year, will open on June 12 – July 17 at the Workshop Cafe in District 1.

BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, the first Vietnam-made smartphone which made its debut recently, said BPhones were being made at a factory in Cau Giay District in Hanoi. 

The World Wildlife Fund in 2014 discovered 139 new species of animals and plants in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, 70 of which hail from Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Finding markets for farm produce continued to dominate yesterday's National Assembly question-and-answer session for the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Ha Noi yesterday for a delegation from the Associated Press (AP), one of the largest US news agencies, led by President and CEO Gary Pruitt.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has to advance $1 billion to pay debts for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which cannot pay debts because of big losses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have asked transport firms to periodically test drivers of container trucks for drug use in an aim to reduce the number of traffic accidents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Van Long's passion for music and singing has never ebbed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every day, dozens of trucks carrying garbage arrive at Hiep Thinh waste dump in District 12 to dispose of waste collected from across HCM City and leave behind a mountain of rubbish.

 Eating half a handful of nuts every day could substantially lower the risk of early death, a Dutch study suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Lak Museum of Ethnology is a place that should not be missed if you visit the Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has seen the greatest rise in the proportion of electricity generated through renewables in ASEAN,

VietNamNet Bridge - The competition for shares of banks in the top 10 is getting stiffer: new buyers all are big tycoons with powerful financial capability.

 HSBC Bank said China is forecast to become Vietnam’s largest export destination by 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said that the proposed Long Thanh International Airport’s impact on the public debt would not be higher than 0.28 percent of GDP.

VietNamNet Bridge - Secondary schools in Hanoi are finding it hard to select the best students among thousands of primary school graduates with excellent marks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its unique architecture, Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City has become a tourist attraction. Shaped like a lotus, the tower symbolizes Ho Chi Minh City’s prosperity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Railway Authority has proposed buying 13 trains from China at a total cost of over US$63.2 million for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s rubber exports rise in volume, Work begins on a 25-million USD measurement instrument company, Techcom Securities to issue millions of bonds, IFC launches EDGE green building certification system in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rowing and shooting won five gold medal in the morning to cement Vietnam’s second-placed position on the medal table at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore with 53 gold medals.

Nguyen Hoang Minh, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam, shares with VIR’s ThuyVinh the city’s inward remittance picture during January-May and its growth perspective in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Japanese firm is exploring opportunities to develop a commercial centre in the underground portion of HCM City's metro Line No 1 near Ben Thanh Market. 

 Nestle India has challenged a ban imposed by India's food safety regulator on its popular Maggi noodles.