VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has achieved some of the Millennium Development Goals, such as the goal of gender equality and the advancement of women,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gender equality in Vietnamese families has improved but only modestly, according to surveys that found husbands and wives sharing more of the housework as well as the responsibility for their children's education.

Doctors from the Ha Noi-based Bach Mai Hospital conducted a surgery on a man to replace artificial heart valve in new place for the very first time.

Police bust online gambling ring; Vietnam-Philippines Friendship Association makes debut; US supports Thua Thien-Hue’s natural disaster response; Hanoi to host ASEAN great unity days; Ho Chi Minh City intensifies Ebola prevention efforts

 Azerbaijan to reinforce comprehensive ties with Vietnam; Vietnam vows to join global efforts in disarmament; Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee meets; Vietnam, China foster cooperation on drug crime fight

Vietnam, Belarus hold talks on security cooperation; NA Vice Chair discusses gender equality with UN, Swedish Ambassador; Military delegation visits Cambodia; VFF agrees on personnel plans for next tenure

Several family members in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lak were recently hospitalised in critical condition after suspectedly eating a python and drinking wine mixed with its blood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A proposed increase in the number of senior female leaders by the Ministry of Home Affairs aims to correct gender inequality, deputy director Ngo Thanh Can told Khoa hoc & Doi song (Science and Life).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on June 7 met representatives of the Vietnamese community in France at the Vietnamese Embassy headquarters in Paris, after attending the Global Summit of Women 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam offers no paternity leave whereas nearly half of the countries worldwide encourage involvement of fathers around childbirth, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has to improve provision of social protection for women and girls because current policies are not inclusive enough, officials and experts said at a policy dialogue held in the capital city yesterday.

 Gas pipeline incident affects Ca Mau power plants; Dry season sparks more fire prevention efforts; Hue, Da Lat nominated for green city awards; Erosion threatens valuable coastal forest

 UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta has highly valued Vietnam’s achievements in protecting and ensuring human rights over the past years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huu Thanh is part of a social revolution. Like many other parents in Viet Nam, he and his wife have only given birth to daughters. What sets them apart from more traditional couples is that they don't despair . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The Labour Code (revised), the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms, regulations regarding marriage involving foreign elements are among legal documents that took effect as of May 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nong Thi Tuoi, 16, in the northern province of Cao Bang, had to leave school to look after her five younger brothers and sisters.