National Assembly deputies asked many tough questions regarding perennial problems in the agricultural sector for Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat at the legislature’s ask-and-answer session in Hanoi on Thursday.  

 Credit ratings agency Moody’s has announced its long-term and short-term Counterparty Risk Assessments (CR Assessments) of nine Vietnamese banks remain unchanged.

 The government has approved plans for a military parade to be held on September 2 to mark the 70th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day.

 Ha Thi Nguyen won the women’s under-62kg gold medal on Sunday night against Brunei’s Nurulain, helping Vietnam’s taekwondo team conclude their SEA Games campaign in first place overall with a total of five gold and three silver medals.

 The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation has told the BBC.

 There was a shortage of imported vaccines in Viet Nam's immunisation services when there was an outbreak of disease, a conference was told in Ha Noi last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese and Vietnamese agencies have released conflicting figures on import turnover from China that differ by US$20 million, according to the Vietnam Economics Institute which quoted a report from a Chinese statistical agency.

 Another patient has died in South Korea amid an outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), bringing total fatalities to 16.

 Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed that the fight against corruption remained a priority in the Government's agenda during the National Assembly's question and answer session on Saturday.

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 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decree for ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and the chairman of cities' and provinces' People's Committees to hold dialogues with the public.

 Vietnam has listed among top ten countries for solo travelers, according to Travel + Leisure.

 Korean actress Yoo In-Na is set to arrive in Vietnam on June 20 for judging debut films by local youth from Toto Film Making Class 2015, said a statement on the program’s website at totofilmmakingclass.vn.

 The Notre Dame Cathedral in downtown Ho Chi Minh City will undergo its first renovation since it was built in 1887.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won eight gold medals yesterday (June 14) and ensured their target of being in the top three at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore.

ROSATOM has announced that the country’s universities are to enroll 80 Vietnamese students this year as part of the Vietnam-Russia cooperation plan on human resource training for the nuclear industry.

 The 1st Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS) bringing together undergraduate students of diverse disciplines and providing them with the opportunity to engage in meaningful academic, cultural, and social exchange is held on June 14-19 in HCM City.

 Nearly 700 new polluters have been identified in HCM City, according to figures released by the city Department of Mineral Resources and Environment at a meeting with the city People's Council last week.

 The Management of Son Tra Peninsula and Tourism Beaches in Da Nang and the Son Tra Forest Protection Division are carrying out a survey to start tours of the peninsula to shoot pictures of gray-shanked douc langurs starting early next month.

 A Vietnameses tourist has won a free trip to Thailand on June 13 as a luckiest visitor award organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).