Fourteen people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead more than 24 hours after a passenger ship carrying 456 people capsized in China's Yangtze River,

 Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam booked a berth in the third round of the French Open's boys' singles in Paris yesterday, June 2.

 Two organisations have registered to unload all of their stakes in Military Bank (MB) within a month beginning June 3, according to the HCM City Stock Exchange.

 Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, better known as PetroVietnam, announced it had won a major tax incentive dispute over a production-sharing contract for a Vietnamese offshore oil concession.

 Ace striker Nguyen Cong Phuong scored twice as Vietnam crushed Malaysia 5-1 in a SEA Games Group B match at the Bishan Stadium in Singapore on June 2.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage arrived in Lisbon in the morning of June 3 for an official visit to Portugal at the invitation of his counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho.

 Two ancient banyans in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre were recognised as Heritage Tree on June 2 by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

 The predominantly young swimming squad has set a target to win at least 10 gold medals at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, a first in the history of Vietnam's sport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Suoi Tien Tourist Park in District 9 received more than 10,000 guests on Monday, the first day of the 2015 Southern Fruit Festival.

 On June 1, Vietnam requested Indonesia engage in the World Trade Organisation’s consultations to resettle their dispute over an Indonesian safeguard measure imposed on Vietnamese flat-rolled products of iron, or non-alloy steel.

 Team Vietnam grabbed its first medal in the 28th SEA Games tournament, taking bronze from table tennis in the men’s doubles event on June 2.

 Hai Phong Police on June 1 announced the arrest of BBG Company director Le Minh Quang on suspicion of fraud and for allegedly participating in illegal online gold transactions.

All regions in Vietnam are likely to experience higher temperatures and less rain falls between June and August this year compared to the yearly average level, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Animal feed importers complain that they have to pay tens of billions of dong every year for container storage fees.

 The new headquarters of the Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated on June 2 in the presence of Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh thanked the Swiss Government for its ODA provision to Vietnam while holding talks with Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter in Hanoi on June 2.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Algiers on June 2 afternoon (local time), concluding his official visit to Algeria at the invitation of his counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal.

 WB Vice President welcomed in Hanoi, NA debates draft revised State Budget Law, HCM City, Japan’s Saitama Prefecture seek partnership opportunities, Vietnam attends 104th International Labour Conference

 International experts have warned that China’s deployment of weapons to an artificial island it is developing in the East Sea is posing a risk of a military crisis.