The Chiba District Court on June 4 commenced the trial for a man accused of murdering a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl last year.

 The bicycle has and will continue to play an important role in the life of Vietnamese both in the past, at present and in the future, said a Vietnamese diplomat at the first celebration of World Bicycle Day.

 Vietnamese gymnasts Le Thanh Tung and Dinh Duong Thanh claimed two gold medals at the World Challenge Cup 2018 in Slovenia on June 3.

 Vietnamese enterprises invested nearly 184.7 million USD in overseas projects in the first five months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. 

 Pianist Anna Grot and violinist Polina Borisova from Russia will present a classical music performance as part of the framework of the annual programme Arts Ambassador in big cities on June 6-8.

 Vietnam is working to accelerate agricultural exports as growing global protectionism has impacted international trade and export of Vietnamese staples.

 Former Associated Press war photographer Nick Ut (real name Huynh Cong Ut) handed over his two cameras and 52 photos to the Vietnam Press Museum at a ceremony on June 1.

 Two daredevil brothers from Vietnam, known as the Giang brothers, shone in this year’s Britain’s Got Talent finals.

 The national index of industrial production (IIP) in the first five months rose 9.7 percent year-on-year, higher than the growth rate of 6.6 per cent of the corresponding period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Vietnamese customs officials at Noi Bai International Airport on June 1 reported that they found rhino horns and wild animals’ fangs in the luggage of a Vietnamese woman who had been on a flight from Bangkok to Hanoi on May 30.

 An expected rise in demand for organic fertilisers has sparked many companies to invest more in production.

 A Russian Pacific Fleet detachment comprising destroyers Admiral Tributs and Admiral Vingradov and tanker Pechenga arrived in Cam Ranh International Port on June 3, starting a four-day visit to Vietnam.

 The Vietnam-France Fine Arts Association “La Seine et Le Mekong” opened the second international fine arts exchange exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Museum of Fine Arts on June 3.

Artists and art lovers are thought hardly to meet up but a village, only 8km away from the city centre, is making itself a rendezvous for them.

 The Association of Vietnamese Photography Artists (AVPA) in collaboration with the Photographic Society of America (PSA) opened the PSA international photo exhibition in Hanoi on June 2.

 The Health Ministry on June 2 recommended the public some measures to prevent A/H1N1 influenza after 16 people catch the virus from a patient at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du Hospital.

 Workers over 30 years old at foreign direct investment firms are facing risk of layoff after years of working with insurance payments increasing year by year. Instead, their bosses tend to recruit young new workers with lower wages and insurance. 

 Vietnam needs to focus on increasing businesses’ awareness of registering for and protecting geographical indication (GI) for their products and the advantages GI brings, according to experts.

The Vietnam Embassy in the US has carried out citizen protection measures for two Vietnamese allegedly stabbed to death at the Circus Circus Casino hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Police said on June 2 they had uncovered a massive production and distribution network of amphetamine pills, seizing 4,000 pills and various tools and chemicals for production.