Post-Import Plant Quarantine Center II under the Plant Protection Department and U.S. quarantine officers will check a fruit factory in the northern province of Hai Duong next week.

The boom in trade expected from upcoming free trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the ASEAN Economic Community as well the country’s rapidly growing e-commerce are going to drive a transformation in Vietnam’s logistics industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The classical music and ballet show “Summer Melody” will take place at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi at 8pm on June 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nicknamed ‘Dom the Rescuer’ by the Wildlife At Risk Organisation, Dominic Scriven, OBE, is a prime example of a socially responsible businessman in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nghe An Province is one of a few provinces across the country where bears are kept in cages most because of high profits. However, as the demand for bear bile has dropped recently, along with tightened regulations

 The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment has presented a certificate to recognise a population of 220 Shan Tuyet Tea trees at Cao Bo commune, Vi Xuyen disitrict, Ha Giang as heritage trees of Vietnam.

 The 18th quarterly EuroCham Business Climate Index survey, done in April 2015, found business confidence, outlook and expectations for the future among European businesses in Viet Nam down slightly from the previous quarter.

 Monsanto announced it would commercialise four new genetically modified corn breeds in Vietnam in October this year.

A painting by Bui Le Trang will be sold at an auction to raise funds to support families of 64 navy soldiers killed by Chinese soldiers who invaded Viet Nam's Gac Ma Island, part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, on March 14, 1988.

 Participants at a workshop on film and TV copyright protection said on Thursday that they were surprised at the extent of infringements happening in the domestic market.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) approved Viet Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank's (Techcombank) proposal to acquire Viet Nam Chemical Finance Joint Stock Company (VCFC).

 Police in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum's Dak Glei District have arrested five suspects who allegedly threw stones at passenger buses on a national highway in Dak Glei District.

Prostitution and drug abuse, particularly the use of amphetamines, have increased in the last five months in HCM City, Tran Ngoc Du, head of the city's Social Evils Prevention Division, warned at a workshop held in HCM City on Thursday.

 Travellers will now have the opportunity to experience the serenity and tranquillity of the Truong Sa archipelago with its spectacular views – truly a unique island paradise – courtesy of tours to begin later this month.

Vietnam enjoyed a flurry of gold medal on June 6 – the first official competition day of the 28th SEA Games – with nine won in swimming, gymnastics, racewalking, fencing, judo and petanque, as well as three new records established.

 Vietnamese cyclists will leave for Singapore next Monday with the aim of winning two gold medals at the 28th Southeast Asian Games.

Over 200 teachers from around the world, including one from southern Vietnam, are gearing up to take the trip of a lifetime to Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy.

The police recommended charges against six officials working for the state-owned railway operator for allegedly taking a US$562,000 bribe from a Japanese company.

 UK border agents found 68 people, including 15 children, locked in containers aboard four trucks that had arrived from the Netherlands at a port in Essex, CNN quoted UK authorities as saying on June 5.

 The Philippines agreed to buy 150,000 tons of rice from Vietnam in a tender on June 5 and could import additional volumes to avert a potential spike in prices of the staple if adverse weather threatens the local crop.

 National Assembly deputies discussed a Standing Committee report on wrongful convictions and compensation for those involved on June 5.

 Group of Seven leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East China Sea and East Vietnam Sea amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper said on June 6.

 As part of precautions against MERS-CoV, the Health Ministry established four rapid-response teams in the northern, southern, central and Central Highlands regions on June 5.

VietNamNet Bridge - BPhone, the only high-end smartphone developed by a Vietnamese company, uses Chinese global positioning technology Beidou, Global Positioning System (GPS) from the US and Glonass from Russia.

 The 28th Sea Games flame was officially lit on June 5.