A credit package worth some VND20 trillion (US$952.38 million) will be released to support homebuyers interested in commercial and urban housing projects, reported Xay Dung, the Ministry of Construction's e-paper.

 Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by a worse-than-expected 9% in 2015, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to the country has concluded.

South Africa did pay $10m (£6.5m) to a football body led by Jack Warner, a figure at the centre of Fifa corruption allegations, local media say.

 It has been unveiled that world renowned global brand Tamsin Cooper has been chosen to serve on the jury of a fashion show sponsored by New Zealand on August 6 in HCM City at the Caravelle Saigon Hotel.

 Increase tobacco taxes to reduce smoking rate: Health Ministry, Ha Nam native caught with 2kg of meth, Man caught with 15,000 illegal chicks, Vietnam seizes record cocaine haul shipped from South America

 Thousands of schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal have begun to re-open.

 An archeological team from Viet Nam Archaeology Institute found five stone axes believed to come from the 3,000-year-old Sa Huynh Culture at a Khue Bac communal house garden in the central city.

A tourist route linking Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Thuan and Phu Quy island is likely under development following a familiarisation trip for tour operators and related media experts to Binh Thuan from May 28-31.

 Vietnam, Germany launch climate change project, Da Nang city bustling with environment activities, Kien Giang province braces for climate change, Bike ride marks World Environment Day

 The application of geographic information systems (GIS) has helped the ancient city of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province to put forth plans and strategies to manage and preserve local heritage sites, starting with the tomb of King Minh Mang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trainers of For the Future of Viet Nam Football Programme yesterday selected 150 young players in Ha Noi who will take part in a three-week training session with Japanese and Vietnamese coaches

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of new works by two French artists Nadege David and Sandrine Llouquet about the "poetic dimension to our human condition" has opened at Galerie Quynh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Malaysia will not have their best players in their second Group B clash at Bishan Stadium in Singapore tomorrow, June 2.

 The northernmost province of Ha Giang will hold the first ever Tam giac mach (buckwheat) flower festival in early October, when the plant fully blooms.

 Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation will build an industrial park in northern Vinh Phuc province, as said in a memorandum of understanding it signed with the provincial People’s Committee on May 29.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will keep the fluctuation of the VND/USD exchange rate at a maximum of 2 percent in 2015, as set in its policy for the year, despite the fact that the rate has already been adjusted by 1 percent twice this year.  

 The military-run telecom Viettel expects to see a return of 80 percent of its 600 million USD in foreign operations this year.

 Vietnam furthers bilateral defence dialogues, Shangri La-14: Numerous initiatives proposed to ensure regional security, Hanoi meeting marks Italy’s national day, New pact expected to raise Vietnam-Laos trade to 2 bln USD

 Vietnam offers visa exemption to Belarus, PM meets Vietnamese businesses in EAEU’s member states, PM meets with leaders of Kazakh national oil group

 The East Sea issue is a regional and global concern, Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh told the Vietnam News Agency on May 30, on the sidelines of the 14th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 31 (local time) chaired a Vietnam-Algeria business dialogue in Algiers, which gathered nearly 300 enterprises from both countries.

US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter currently is on his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese defence minister Phung Quang Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Current railway technology in Vietnam is out of date, and investors would likely fail if they poured money into railway projects, said Tran Dinh Ba, a respected civil engineer.

The Ministry of Transport has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Education and Training, requesting to examine the “doctor” title of Tran Dinh Ba, who became famous recently with his opposition against a plan to build Long Thanh Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge - River dredging projects in the country are suspected of causing riverbank erosion and the disappearance of villages.