Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a group of high-profile executives are investing $1 billion in a fund to spur clean energy technology and address global climate change a year after the Paris climate agreement. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese and all those living in Viet Nam, including foreigners, are invited to enter a photo competition. The contest theme is "Vietnamese Rivers". The contest is open until June 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 1,400 households living in landslide-prone areas in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang need to be relocated so they can lead more stable lives,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Change, a touching portrayal of the effects of climate change on young people in a Vietnamese coastal community, won the Special Prize of the Action4Climate Documentary Competition.

 Cuts in global carbon dioxide emissions are urgently needed beyond measures to reduce emissions of other global warming pollutants, according to a joint New Zealand-United Kingdom study.