VietNamNet Bridge – A body-painting competition was held on June 7, the inauguration day of the Vietnam Architecture Exhibition 2012 in HCM City. Below are some works:

VietNamNet Bridge – A motorbike fire happened in the central province of Phu Yen on June 9, injuring one woman. The victim is Ms. Truong Thi Thu Hue, from Tuy An district.

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The Center for Preservation of Hue Relics has opened an exhibition, introducing 20 beauty spots of the former capital city of Hue, through lacquer paintings by calligrapher Hai Trung, who is also director of the Museum of Hue Royal Antiques.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a report to the Prime Minister on 38 incidents happened in May 2012, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam stressed three serious cases related to local and foreign airlines that are under investigation.

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VietNamNet Bridge – A serious fire occurred at 1.30am on June 11, in the coastal city of Nha Trang, burning three people and the entire furniture of the house.

The continuing big gap between the domestic and international gold prices and the chaos on the domestic market have both made the tasks of stabilizing the market and mobilizing gold capital from the public unfeasible.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wastewater from millions of households in HCM City is the major cause of pollution of the Sai Gon River, and not effluents discharged by industries, a study carried out by Spanish experts has found.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's People Committee has set a target to reduce pollution by key industries by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Preventive Healthcare Centre in southern Dong Nai Province warned that hand-foot-mouth disease (HFM) and dengue fever has developed quickly and unexpectedly across the region.

The U.S. agricultural economy had recovered more quickly from its worst recession since the 1930s than many other sectors, according to a report released Monday by the federal government.

VietNamNet Bridge – If you are on a journey from the South to the North, when passing Tuy Phuoc District in Binh Dinh Province at Ba Di Bridge, you are fortunate enough to witness the stunning Cham Towers in the distance highlighted

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese gold medal winners at the 2012 London Olympics are to get a VND750 million (US$36,000) cash prize from national sponsors.

More than 1,160 Vietnamese students had to sacrifice university and college study due to financial difficulties, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Police of Tra Vinh Province arrested the director of a company that only employed pregnant women so they could take advantage of benefits from maternity insurance.

Waterway accidents occur much less frequently than road accidents but can be extremely costly in terms of both lives and property, an official said.

Meritorious Artist Nguyen Van Khanh or Khanh Kao passed away after a prolonged illness on June 9.

Vietnamese chess player Vo Thi Kim Phung won a silver medal in the women’s category of the Asian Junior U20 Chess Tournament 2012, which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from May 29 to June 9.

Thanh Toan Bridge, with its tiled roof, in the central province of Thua Thien Hue will be turn into a destination for community based tourism.

While UEFA EURO 2012 football matches are taking place, police in Hanoi have prosecuted Do Huy Nam, vice head of the international affairs department of Bong Da (Football) Newspaper, for leading an illegal 13-member football betting ring.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese singer Nam Cuong has been invited by the Republic of Korea (RoK) Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to attend the K-pop Festival Music Bank in Hong Kong, China on June 22-23. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Recently, the Chinese partners have continuously broken contracts, making Vietnamese rice exporters suffer, thus indirectly forcing the domestic prices down.

VietNamNet Bridge – Faced with financial challenges and uninspiring scripts, private drama troupes in HCM City have been too passive in developing their business, according to industry insiders.

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