The General Statistics Office said, according to international standards, workers who are unemployed for seven days but work for only one hour are considered to have a job so Vietnam’s unemployment rate is low.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The colorful paintings are shown on the big screen with spectacular lighting effects, outlining the view of cultural diversity in Indochina.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On June 26, the Vietnam Education Publishing House launched the electronic textbook named Classbook. This is the first e-textbook in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Recently, the coffee business called "take away" or "to go" has mushroomed in Saigon, after the lemon ice tea movement.

To preserve the underwater cultural heritage in Binh Chau, Quang Ngai, authorities have assigned Doan Anh Duong Co., Ltd. to expand the survey area to look for other ancient ships in the surrounding area of the 700-year-old wreck.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese martial artists continued their success in pencak silat at the ASEAN School Games in Ha Noi yesterday, June 27, winning six gold medals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese movie directed by Nguyen Quang Dung made its debut in the Vietnamese community in the US in late June.

The Khanh Hoa Province People's Court has said that it received the complaint of the Rong Viet Company against the Performing Arts Agency for revoking its license of the Queen of the Sea beauty contest 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After 15,000 kilometers traveling by motorbike, Lothar A. Baltrusch, a German journalist with his two friends will arrive in Trieu Phong district in the central province of Quang Tri on July 9.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has adjusted the dong-dollar reference rate for the first time since December last year to 21,036 from 20,828, according to a statement on the central bank's website.

European leaders on Friday agreed to deploy 8.0 billion euros ($10.4 billion) to help create jobs for young people at a summit that also backed a tentative deal on the EU's next trillion-euro budget, despite simmering doubts.

 A new chapter opens Friday for Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp with the split of the media-entertainment conglomerate as the 82-year-old coincidentally goes through a marriage breakup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banks reported a continued rise in bad debt in the first five months of this year with potentially irrecoverable debt soaring by 36.5% compared to the end of 2012.

 Congratulatory messages sent to Australia, Quatar; Ties with RoK sea police bolstered; Seminar on Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts; Government offices to share with Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially announced the upgrade of Viet Nam-Indonesia relations to a strategic partnership during their talks in Jakarta yesterday, June 27.

Young collector Le Cong Anh Duc in HCM City died before realizing his dream of establishing a private museum. His family presented a collection of nearly 500 ancient lamps to Dien Ban District Museum, Quang Nam province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Kan Ho Commune, Lai Chau Province, have denounced a local firm for continuing their illegal gold mining activities despite causing a recent fatal accident.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has issued a directive urging ministries, sectors, local authorities and State-owned corporations to build socio-economic development plans and State budget estimates for 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked for dams involved in hydro-electricity projects across the country to undergo thorough safety inspections.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam had balanced the needs of the community and world recognised heritages to boost tourism in a sustainable manner,

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 30 brick kilns in Ha Noi's Chuong My District keep operating, polluting the environment and impacting human health and production, even though the city's people's committee asked them to stop operations

VietNamNet Bridge – The macro economy has started showing signs of recovery with growth seen in most industries in the year’s first half, but such achievements are still fragile,

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 60 valuable and important contemporary paintings by Vietnamese artists are being displayed for the first time in Bangkok.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of adults suffering from high blood pressure is increasing rapidly because people are eating too much salt, said Dr Phan Bich Nga from the National Institute of Nutrition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Justice has submitted a draft amended Law on Marriage and Family to the government in which it proposes removing regulations to ban same-sex marriages.