WB Vice President welcomed in Hanoi

 WB Vice President welcomed in Hanoi, NA debates draft revised State Budget Law, HCM City, Japan’s Saitama Prefecture seek partnership opportunities, Vietnam attends 104th International Labour Conference

China criticised for weapon deployment to artificial islands

 International experts have warned that China’s deployment of weapons to an artificial island it is developing in the East Sea is posing a risk of a military crisis.

Japanese encephalitis kills five children in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed the lives of five children so far this year in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, the provincial General Hospital said.

MOT vows to eliminate motorbikes that violate emission standards

VietNamNet Bridge - A motorbike emission control plan that was drawn up many years ago has received the green light from the Ministry of Transport, which said the plan must not be delayed further.

Is BPhone a product of Vietnam?

 Like Apple’s products, which bear the words “Designed by Apple and assembled in China” on their backs, BPhone shows the words “Designed by BKAV - Made in Vietnam”, which has raised curiosity.

CAAV head apologises for requesting inquiry into aviation expert’s degree

VietNamNet Bridge - The head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), Lai Xuan Thanh, has apologized to Tran Dinh Ba, an aviation expert, for asking the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to examine Ba’s doctorate.

Thousands of students expected to fail exams to attend state schools

VietNamNet Bridge - The high school entrance exam is expected to be very tough this year due to the sharp increase in the number of examinees. There will also be fewer available seats at state-owned schools, making admissions even more competitive.

China’s “historical evidence” worthless to international law

 VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce articles written by Hoang Huong during her trip to the US, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.

Domestic firms strive to find foothold in cattle-feed market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Masan Group, one of Vietnam’s largest private companies, has announced that it had successfully purchased 99.99 percent of the stock in Sam Kim Co Ltd and renamed the company Masan Nutri-Science.

Market in the torchlight

VietNamNet Bridge – Day in, day out, a section of Quang Trung Street that leads to the bank of the Thach Han River in Quang Tri Town in the central province of the same name turns bustling in the early hours of every morning with many vendors

Vietnamese models pose for pictures in Busan

 Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) from the collection “My Love, My City” are introduced within the framework of the cultural exchange between Ho Chi Minh City and Busan, the Republic of Korea.

HCMC to remove low-tech firms from industrial zones

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has instructed HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority to work with relevant agencies to review, classify, and estimate businesses to build a restructuring plan

Startups grow 15.5% in Jan-May

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 36,000 businesses have been established in the first five months of this year, increasing 15.5% in number and 26.3% in capital compared to the same period last year.

Public urged to register for organ donor effort

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Thuy Xuan of Long An Province is acutely aware of the importance of organ donation: her son would not be alive if he had not received a kidney from his father eight years ago.

Japanese raise hopes for new investment flow

 VietNamNet Bridge – More Japanese enterprises are eager to pour money into agricultural, foodstuffs, construction, sea transport, tourism, and restaurant projects in Vietnam.

Beautiful kids and innocent smiles

 Innocent children are always the center of many photographers’ attention. Nice photos are taken to preserve childhood memories.

Vietnam athletes depart for SEA Games

 On June 2, a contingent of the national team that will represent Vietnam in Singapore at the 28th SEA Games, May 29-June 16, departed from Noi Bai International Airport.

Italy’s Switch Magazine features Vietnamese model Kha My Van

 Supermodel Kha My Van is currently featured in an Italian fashion Switch Magazine photo shoot entitled ‘Urban Zen Life’.

Vietnam needs concrete plans for disaster reduction

 Viet Nam needs to do more for reducing natural disasters, according to experts at a conference held in Ha Noi today.

Police search for culprits behind attacks on buses

 The People's Committee of Kon Tum Province's Dak Glei District has urged local police and authorised agencies to quickly search for the culprits involved in attacks on passenger buses.

Indian captain rescued after suffering heart attack

 An Indian captain was rescued off Da Nang after he suffered a heart attack yesterday.

US President calls for end to China aggression in East Sea

 US President Barack Obama has stated that China’s illegal construction projects in the East Sea are counter-productive and called for an end to aggressive action in the region.

Vietnam performs well in world programming competition

 The Vietnamese team has performed well in the world final of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM/ICPC) 2015, which took place on May 25 in Morocco, according to the Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi).

Vietnam cautious in nuclear power development

 Hoang Anh Tuan, Director General of the Vietnam Atomic Agency, tells Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper that Vietnam will only develop its nuclear energy when conditions are mature.

Men’s fencing expected to win gold medals at SEA Games

 Vietnam’s male fencing team is expected to win first gold medal for the national sports delegation at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore on June 3 when hopefuls Nguyen Tien Nhat and Nguyen Phuoc Den compete.