The original lead guitarist for the chart-topping British rock band 'The Police', Henry Padovani, will perform in Hanoi for five nights this week.

 Meeting marks World Day to Combat Desertification, Fourth International Day of Yoga observed in Hanoi, Vietnam-France cooperation in health proved fruitful, Khmer-Vietnamese Association becomes part of Cambodia’s ministry

VietNamNet Bridge - The predicted growth rate of 30-50 percent per annum for e-commerce is expected to strongly facilitate the development of the logistics industry.

 Fifty million of the 132 million bank cards issued in the country are not in use, causing an enormous waste of resources, the Vietnam Bank Card Association has said.

 Anyone who has tried banh te or banh rang bua (rice cake filled with brown onion) will never forget its delicious taste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals in HCM City have urged parents to pay closer attention to their children this summer following an increase in the number of patient admissions because of accidents.

  Police in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on June 16 arrested two men for illegally trafficking 23 bricks of heroin (about 8.5kg). 

The first multi-media exhibition featuring Shan Tuyet tea is giving visitors a chance to try a rare kind of Vietnamese tea with senses.

 The Japanese tea ceremony is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea. The art has become popular in Vietnam recently, particularly among young people.  

 Fresh litchi, which is in season now in northern Vietnam, is being served to business-class and premium-class passengers on Vietnam Airlines’ international and domestic flights departing from Hanoi. 

 Fertiliser stocks are surprising the market with many large names hitting the ceiling prices, mainly due to the Ministry of Finance’s decision to make fertiliser subject to VAT at the preferential rate of 5 percent.

 The Mrs Ao Dai Vietnam Europe 2018 pageant took place in Prague capital of the Czech Republic from June 15-16 (local time) with the purpose to honour the graceful and delicate beauty of Vietnam’s traditional long dress.

 Pop star Dong Nhi will represent Vietnam at the second Japan-ASEAN Music Festival 2018 in Tokyo in October.

The manufacturing-processing industry absorbs more than half (57.9 percent) of the FDIinflow into Vietnam over the past years to May 2018, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

 Given the insatiable demand on swimming classes for kids in the central coastal city of Da Nang, numerous hotels within the locality have held swimming training courses at their facilities. 

 The actors are no professional but actually farmers from Sai Son commune in Hanoi’s suburbs. The stories they are telling by body language revolve around farmers’ daily life in the past.

 Japanese violists Masakazu Saito, Shunichiro Sato, Kumiko Nakagawa and Tetsuya Osawa are set to perform in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on June 26-27 to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

HCM City works to boost retail market, Rubber businesses need sustainable development strategies: workshop, Local wind power tempting despite low incentives, Vietnam sees trade surplus of US$2.67bn in five months

 The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is an important landmark of the capital city and stands integrated to the political and social history of Vietnam. 

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities is working with all 24 districts on a wide range of plans to prevent flooding in the rainy season.