VietNamNet Bridge – To establish and enhance regional trust and co-operation as well as ensuring a peaceful and stable East Sea, Viet Nam is keen to encourage closer links during the search and rescue of stricken vessels in the sea.

Phone and phone part exports prove to be the biggest dollar earner in Vietnam, with the export turnover of $8.1 billion in the first five months of the year. However, a very small percentage of the sum of money went to the state budget.

 The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will continue its 85-billion-dollar monthly bond purchase program to spur economic growth.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Imposing wooden charnel houses are one of the unique architectural traditions of the Central Highlands. However, as the forests in the region grow increasingly depleted, these structures may soon be relegated to the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam - Nguyen Van Binh, has attributed the dollar price increases recently to the banks’ “unfair play.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of catfish exports to the US increased for a very short time before dropping dramatically now. This has been attributed to the unreasonable export strategy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State will continue to recall land for economic development projects despite many opinions urging elimination of this regulation in the draft revised Land Law being discussed by National Assembly deputies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is on track to fulfil its target of attracting US$32-34 billion in Official Development Assistance and preferential loans during the 2011-15 period, along with capital disbursement of $14-16 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) is calling for members and sponsors to jointly carry out a project to open a representative office for the local tourism industry in Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade forecasts cell phone and component exports may exceed US$20 billion this year, setting a new record for export turnover of an industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Why is the call for help of farmers not as loud as others in this difficult time? Is it because "the Agriculture Minister is too gentle!" as commented by Congressman Tran Hoang Ngan.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should participate in the 1997 UN Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Use of International Watercourses, said experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union has committed EUR743 million (US$965 million) in official development assistance for Vietnam in 2013, making it the country’s largest aid donor.

When an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines landed, the captain of a flight serving team picked up a wallet with about VND250 million inside. He returned the money to the passenger who lost the wallet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of violation of the Competition Law have emerged in the pharmaceutical market of Vietnam, said Nguyen Phuong Nam, deputy director general of the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and two others fainted because of poison gas in a well in Dien Khanh district of Khanh Hoa province on June 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the anchor wires of two barges were broken, the barges drifted uncontrollably and crashed into 44 houses along the Cai San River in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VietNamNet Bridge – After 701 Vietnamese travelers were left stranded in Thailand, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 18 conducted an enquiry on Travel Life Company, who had been responsible for the tour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Viet Linh won the fifth National Motor Racing Tournament, which ended in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - One of England’s most renowned football clubs, Arsenal FC, have produced a video promoting their forthcoming summer tour to Vietnam, Japan and Indonesia.

 Eating red meat over time is associated with a higher chance of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The rare event of Vietnam’s body painting turned 100 young people into human statues for the parade of the 2013 Nha Trang Sea Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam scored a huge win over Malaysia in their opening game at the Asian Football Confederation's Southeast Asian region's U14 girls football competition, seeing off their rivals 7-1