Despite sharp declines in crude oil prices, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) achieved satisfactory production and business results during the first five months of this year.

 NA adopts resolution on law, ordinance making plans, Deputies discuss nation’s economic performance, Party delegation attends Cypriot party congress, Party delegation welcomed by Lao leader

 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste Hernani Coelho voiced his concern over the recent tension in the East Sea following China’s recent mass land reclamation in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

 Vietnam and Slovakia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defence cooperation following talks between Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh and his counterpart Martin Glvac in Hanoi on June 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi National University (HNU) has said it has successfully organized the key test to select best students. Educators have suggested applying the new exam model for national high school finals.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the MasterCard Index of Global Destination Cities, HCM City ranks 10th of 132 cities worldwide.

Vietnam always treasures the traditional solidarity, friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, and will do her utmost together with the neighbouring country to promote the ties on the basis of agreed principles and orientations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha Rong wharf is a popular tourist destination in Ho Chi Minh City. This was the place where President Ho Chi Minh embarked in 1911 to seek a path to national salvation.

 Scientists in Austria have created an artificial leg which allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their foot.

This is the second article in a series written Hoang Huong during her trip to Hawaii, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.

 SBV: Deposit rates stable, Techcombank acquires VCFC, India probes wood panel imports from Vietnam, Da Nang airport draws domestic investors, 1.9 million shares of Thuong Dinh footwear bought, Japan grows kaoliang in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – For artist Ly Truc Son, paint-ings are the medium through which he can portray all the innermost passions in his life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports released recently by Vietnamese and international institutions all show that Chinese have conducted large-scale cyberattacks targeting Vietnam and countries in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city's dyke system has been seriously compromised by encroachment by householders and damaged by the continued use of overloaded sand and soil trucks, Tin Tuc (News) newspaper reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 85 per cent of Vietnamese children between the age of 6 and 8 have primary tooth decay, while 68.6 per cent in the 15-17 age group have permanent tooth decay.

 The competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural and aquatic products is weakening compared to that of foreign counterparts in the global market, leading to a dramatic fall in these commodities’ exports so far.

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should disinvest from real estate projects if their products are located in central areas and have high value, the HCM City People’s Committee has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Amid rapid urbanization, the capital city of Vietnam still has green areas such as Kim Ma and Thanh Nien.

 There is no scientific evidence that eating the placenta after childbirth can protect women against depression and boost energy, US research suggests.

For years, a group of scientists from the Vietnam Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hungary and Canada has collected data about bat species in Laos and Vietnam. They have identified a new vesper bat species, the hypsugo dolichodon.