Ensuring defence security is the number one principle when designing the draft law on special administrative-economic units, affirmed Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue took the floor during the fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 6 to answer questions regarding issues of public concern. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen expressed their delight at growing bilateral ties in diverse fields during their telephone conversation on June 6. 

 VN-Index saw a fifth consecutive day of rise, reaching to 1,035 points on June 6.

VietNamNet Bridge - New World, Diamond Plaza and other imposing construction works are considered symbols of a dynamic HCM City. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has great advantages to develop blockchain technology because of its many talented math and science personnel, experts say. 

 According to the Ministry of Transport, since 2010, the Mekong Delta has finished 46 traffic projects, 39 of which are for road traffic, with the total investment of VND76,462 billion (approx. $3,353 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - VTEC (Vinh Tan Energy JSC) is seeking permission to sink 1 million cubic meters of sludge in the Binh Thuan sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientific research by two female students at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology Tran Thi Thanh and Phung Ngoc Ha could result in a product which can help the disabled to communicate.

Mr. Hironobu Kitagawa, Chief Representative of JETRO, talks about Japanese investment in Vietnam's agriculture sector.

 The Vietnam Retailers Association has objected to a draft Government decree on development and management of the distribution sector, especially proposed regulations on supermarkets.

 Many local banks have repeatedly warned their customers about sophisticated hi-tech scams that could leave victims with little or no protection from their banks, Tien Phong newspaper reports.

 A convenience store of Bach Hoa Xanh Joint Stock Company in HCMC has deployed a model using robots to keep motorcycles on a trial basis for a month.

 Vietnam is suffering from severe plastic bag pollution, as it is among four Asian countries discarding the largest volume of plastic bags, Tien Phong newspaper reports, citing experts from a seminar on June 4.

The Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2018 is scheduled to take place on June 8 in Hanoi with an aim of sharing information and discussing policies for promoting blockchain research and use in digital economy development.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs will restructure vocational training centers in a way that will give them more autonomy so that they can improve the quality of vocational education, said Minister Dao Ngoc Dung. 

 Mobile phones/phone components, and computers/electronics/accessories have overtaken textiles and garments as the nation’s biggest export earners.

Because of shortage of underground parking lot, vehicles still park in sidewalks causing traffic jam in HCMC meanwhile parking lot projects, especially underground ones, are being run slowly.

 Talented flutist Le Thu Huong and her friends will bring music lovers in Hanoi a concert “Parfums de Paris” (Perfumes of Paris) at L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi, at 8pm, on June 9.

 Vietnamese football fans are planning to go to Laos and Cambodia to watch World Cup as local TV channels have not yet been able to buy World Cup broadcasting rights.