The Miss Tourism International beauty pageant will be held in Vietnam's famous destination Ha Long Bay later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors from Can Tho City's Military Hospital 121 have advised local people to protect themselves from poisonous snakebites during the rainy season in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta localities.

The low marks that high school students in HCM City received at a mock exam organized by the city’s education department have raised worries that the national finals would be too difficult for students.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to develop LED (lighting-emitting diode) lighting technology in Vietnam partly funded by the United Nations Development Programme via the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

All passengers from the Korea are required to fill out health declaration forms when entering Vietnam via Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport as from June 3 as a precaution after the RoK has reported several cases of the deadly MERS-CoV.

 Vietnam and the UK signed a government-level memorandum of understanding on the Newton Programme Vietnam in Hanoi, on June 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's men's basketball team are ready for the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore.

Vietnam and Portugal reached agreements on numerous measures to promote their relations on June 3 during a visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the first made by a Vietnamese Government leader since the two countries established diplomatic ties.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore on Tuesday pledged to take tough action against fraud in sports. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Hoa Mi will stage a solo performance in HCM City next week at a special show for fans after 27 years of living away from her native land.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Nhat claimed Viet Nam's first gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore yesterday, June 3.

 Vietnam has developed an early warning system of anti-dumping cases for 12 goods categories, as released during a conference held on June 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A copy of imperial records of the Nguyen Dynasty asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos has been donated to the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission by cultural researcher Ho Tan Phan.

 The Sendai Framework and the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction were introduced at a conference held in Hanoi on June 2.

 Mekong River countries Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar agreed to open the first quick air route at an 11-kilometre height to facilitate aviation transport.

Vietnam, Mozambique boost provincial-level cooperation, HCM City welcomes high-ranking Cuban officials, National Assembly seeks transparency on budget spending, National law database to simplify document searches

 The National Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Combat has set up seven groups to scrutinise anti-corruption work at a number of ministries and localities from early June to late July this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French dance ensemble Derniere Minute will stage their famous hip-hop dance show, Standards, in Ha Noi on Saturday.

 National Assembly deputies spent yesterday morning discussing amendments to the Maritime Code of Viet Nam and to the draft Law on the Elections of Deputies to the NA and elections for People's Councils.

 Vietnam and Portugal should double their efforts to make economic, trade, and investment cooperation key pillars in their bilateral relations while promoting affiliation in marine economy, navigation, energy and tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chair of the National Assembly’s Finance & Budget Committee, Phung Quoc Hien, recently denied that Vietnamese still have to pay the highest taxes in ASEAN.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new record for the most expensive road in the world will be made when a nearly 700-metre road in Hanoi will be built at the cost of VND1,767 billion (over $84 million – nearly $120,000/1m).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Three models from the Vietnam's Next Top Model are completing procedures to be able to work for modeling agencies in Paris, New York and Milan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This month Vietnamese audiences will have a chance to enjoy 16 movies of all genres, from the US, Vietnam and China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists may feel lost in the beauty and majesty of nature when they arrive at Thac Trang (White Waterfall), one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the mountainous province of Quang Ngai.