The predominantly young swimming squad has set a target to win at least 10 gold medals at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, a first in the history of Vietnam's sport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Suoi Tien Tourist Park in District 9 received more than 10,000 guests on Monday, the first day of the 2015 Southern Fruit Festival.

 On June 1, Vietnam requested Indonesia engage in the World Trade Organisation’s consultations to resettle their dispute over an Indonesian safeguard measure imposed on Vietnamese flat-rolled products of iron, or non-alloy steel.

 Team Vietnam grabbed its first medal in the 28th SEA Games tournament, taking bronze from table tennis in the men’s doubles event on June 2.

 Hai Phong Police on June 1 announced the arrest of BBG Company director Le Minh Quang on suspicion of fraud and for allegedly participating in illegal online gold transactions.

All regions in Vietnam are likely to experience higher temperatures and less rain falls between June and August this year compared to the yearly average level, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Animal feed importers complain that they have to pay tens of billions of dong every year for container storage fees.

 The new headquarters of the Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated on June 2 in the presence of Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh thanked the Swiss Government for its ODA provision to Vietnam while holding talks with Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter in Hanoi on June 2.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Algiers on June 2 afternoon (local time), concluding his official visit to Algeria at the invitation of his counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal.

 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

 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.

 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.

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.

 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.

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.

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.

 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.

 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.

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

 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.

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

 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.

 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.

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