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).

Big cities like Hanoi and HCM City have few parks and playgrounds because many plots earmarked for this purpose were being used for parking, business or other projects, reported Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper.

 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.

 Hanoi hailed for environmental protection efforts, Bac Ha tourism week underway in Lao Cai, Dak Nong defuses three 227kg-bombs, Da Nang emerges as popular destinations for RoK tourists

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.

 In the heart of the bustling city of Barcelona is a square that at first sight seems like an oasis of calm. The Plaza del Sol, as the name suggests, is a suntrap and the perfect place to while away a few hours.

 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.

 A large number of people trekked to the remote rice terraces of the northern province of Yen Bai to see an installation in the form of a "crystal cloud" created from 58,000 shimmering beads.

 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.

 A low-pressure system near the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago is likely to become a storm in the East Sea, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has urged some State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to hasten their equitisation and divestment plans, as progress remains slow and might fail to meet their deadlines this year.

 The National Assembly is holding question and answer (Q&A) sessions from June 4-6 as part of its ongoing fifth session, which are broadcast live on national television and radio.

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