The government has been applying policies to support rice growers, but the beneficiaries from the policies are not Vietnamese farmers, but foreign importers. Meanwhile, the instruments to protect domestic production have not been used properly.

 Bulk SMS will soon become a thing of the past as the Department of Information Security has decided to tighten the noose on mass SMS campaigners.

 Ha Long City's Military Command has defused a 250kg bomb that was found by a local citizen in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh.

 The World’s renowned cyclist Mike Hall will return to Vietnam to take part in ‘Cycle a Difference 2015’ journey.

 Vietnamese track and field athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and boxer Le Thi Bang have been chosen as top 10 sexiest female at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2015 by Thailand Siamsport newspaper.

Cuba to enhance experience exchange with Vietnam: official, HCM City chairman meets Malaysian Consul General, Party leader congratulates new President of Brazil’s Communist Party

About 40 aerial photos of HCM City by photojournalist Gian Thanh Son are displayed at an exhibition in downtown HCM City.

 Vietnam brought only 382 athletes to the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore but won 73 gold medals, 53 silvers and 60 bronzes to finish the region’s biggest sports festival in the top three for the seventh time.

 The 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore came to an end with a spectacular and glittering closing ceremony at the Singapore National Stadium on June 16 night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pointless battle over copyright permission to use songs by composer Vu Thanh An seemingly came to a close at a press conference on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Universities managed by major corporations are facing numerous challenges and difficulties, such as limited development opportunities and budget reductions.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Environment and other government agencies to reassess the environmental impact of a suspended urban project that involves filling up a stretch of the Dong Nai River

With the new cases of MERS-CoV in the Republic of Korea and China, Ho Chi Minh City is prepared to check passengers from these two countries before entering Vietnam.

 As a trade deficit pressure on exchange rate has been predicted, the State Bank of Vietnam is actively operating a forex policy consistent with trade deficit and economic growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fried spring roll (Nem Ran) has been listed among the top 10 culinary dishes,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the local media has reported that Thailand's Central Group has purchased 49 per cent of Pico, the representatives of either party have yet to confirm the deal.

Students throughout the country who must take high school graduation exams at various venues are finding free accommodations through the Facebook page of HCM City's Exam Season Assistance's Student Assistance Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese retail market, analysts say, is still being overestimatrd by investors. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese are permitted to work in Taiwan again, 10 years after the island was put off limits to Vietnamese nationals because so many disappeared rather than return home.

 Lawmakers yesterday agreed to abolish the death penalty for several crime categories, but many insisted the death sentence for corruption remain, saying that if the crime was not punished properly, it would cause disorder in society.

 A disruption in air traffic control happened at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in the morning of June 16 due to radio frequency interference, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Vietnamese are divided on the existence of schools for the gifted and classes of selected students. Some believe schools for the gifted are not good for students, while others think the schools should be part of the educational system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, Sapa hides in its many beautiful natural wonders of terraces mingling with green trees.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Learning Center on Environmental and Social Sustainability was recently established in Hanoi to foster knowledge exchange and capacity building relating to environmental and social safeguards and standards in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The following tycoons started their business in Eastern Europe and had great achievements there, but they returned home to contribute to build the country's economy.