Tokyo stocks lost ground on Monday, with the key Nikkei stock index falling 0.94 percent as worse-than- expected U.S. jobs data dragged down Wall Street at the end of last week reinforcing concerns about the health of the U.S. economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lieutenant-general Nguyen Chi Vinh said that Vietnam develops its naval forces according to a specific plan. The recent incident is not too serious so that Vietnam has to hastily strengthen the navy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly a half of the value of the installation and construction packages in Vietnam in 2010, fell into the hands of the enterprises from China, while Vietnamese enterprises only got 39 percent due to the financial difficulties.

After finalizing the maintenance and logistic services, Binh Minh 02 oil exploration ship and eight guard ships left the Nha Trang Port in the central province of Khan Hoa on June 5, to continue its seismic surveillance in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The efforts made by the Hanoi authorities to rehabilitate the To Lich River with biological products have brought the desired effects.

In the morning of June 5, a Vietnam map with Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos was made at the 2/4 Square in the costal city of Nha Trang, by 1,500 youths. The largest Vietnam map so far has been recorded as a national record.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on June 6, signed a two-year contract with German Falko Goetz as head coach of the Vietnamese national football team.

The World Wide Fund for Nature began a forum in Ben Tre Province on June 4 to draft strategies to minimize the impacts of climate change on the Mekong Delta and seek models of adaptive management for the delta’s sustainable development.

VietNamNet Bridge - A grand ceremony was held Sunday at the Nha Rong Wharf in Ho Chi Minh City to mark 100 years since President Ho Chi Minh left Vietnam to seek ways to liberate his country from colonialism.

Foreign-direct invested and domestic enterprises in industrial parks and export processing zones will need a total of 100,000 workers to meet demand for existing and newly established enterprises from now until 2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Sunday that the IMF and Egypt have inked an agreement on a loan of 3 billion U.S. dollars to support the nation's economic growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new theatre dedicated to cai luong (reformed theatre) performances has opened in HCM City's District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – China is willing to discuss the East Sea conflict at multilateral forums and protests unilateral activities, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said.

German authority said on Sunday that bean sprouts might be the "most convincing" source for the E. coli outbreak which has killed 22 people and infected more than 2,000 in the Europe.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s agricultural sector expects to surpass 2011’s export target of $23 billion since agricultural, forest items and seafood exports exceeded $10 billion in the year’s first five months.

VietNamNet Bridge - General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, on June 5, mentioned the Binh Minh 02 incident in his speech, which was delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is in desperate need of an adaptable environmental policy in order to cope with current decreasing biological diversity and declining natural resources.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has entered its bid to host the Asian Games in 2019, according to the Vietnamese Olympic Committee's (VOC) Vice Chairman and General Secretary Hoang Vinh Giang.

VietNamNet Bridge - The World Wildlife Fund will host a third forum on June 5 - the World Environment Day - in Ben Tre province to discuss environment protection and social issues for the Mekong Delta region.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three-day high school graduation exams took place on schedule and without major problems, according to the Ministry of Education and Training exams steering committee.