A new TV programme on Vietnamese music airing on HCM City Television (HTV) has attracted many young viewers in the city and southern provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Post has issued the first-ever ‘Ngoc Linh’ ginseng stamp during the Ngoc Linh ginseng festival in Nam Tra My District.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam branch of UNESCO has been an effective bridge between the nation and the rest of the world, Pham Binh Minh, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Tuan San, a veteran researcher of Ha Noi and Han-Nom studies, died after prolonged illness last Friday in Ha Noi. He was 102.

The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) yesterday decided to suspend midfielder Tran Chi Cong of Can Tho for three matches as punishment for trampling on midfielder Truong Van Thai Quy of Ha Noi FC 

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of official statements to establish new airlines in Vietnam have been issued recently by domestic and foreign investors.

The Ministry of Finance said the names of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) which had been privatised but failed to list on exchanges as per regulations would be published on the Government’s e-portal.

 Vietnam will send their best 34 athletes to compete in the Thailand Athletics Open 2017 which is scheduled for July 12-15.

 A new rule issued by the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, allowing brokerages to become securities market members, is expected to improve the trading quality of Viet Nam’s securities market.

A number of commercial banks have been increasing promotional rates for long-term deposits by 0.1 to 0.2 per cent per annum, along with issuing additional certificates of deposit, in an attempt to safely restructure their reserves.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment not to set up more large garment-textile industrial parks in the city.

 The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has opened an anti-dumping investigation on wire rod in coil imports from Indonesia, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet Nam.

 Businesses making coconut-based products in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are facing a raw material shortage due to last year’s drought and saltwater intrusion from the sea into rivers.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped 42 spots to reach world No 559 in the latest men’s singles rankings, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on June 12.

 Owners of landfills in the city will have to open them for periodical monitoring by people, said Le Van Khoa, deputy chairman of HCM City’s People’s Committee.

 A Viet Nam Exhibition pavillion combining tradition and modernity has received hundreds of visitors in recent days at Expo 2017 Astana in the capital of Kazakhstan.

 Vietnamese singer Noo Phuoc Thinh has officially been appointed as Japan’s Tourism Ambassador by the Japan Tourism Organisation in Viet Nam (JNTO).

 Hanoi administration will revoke the State-owned houses from civil servants who are found to be misusing the facilities.

 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, which offers up to 92 percent reduction in the risk of contracting HIV if taken consistently, will  be offered on a trial basis to people at high risk in HCM City from March 2017 to September 2018.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities have devised a plan to bolster the city’s waterway tourism in the 2017-2020 period.