The Associated Press (AP) will organise an exhibition themed “Vietnam: The Real War” at the Exhibition Hall in Hanoi on June 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – US State Department Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken held a roundtable meeting in HCM City on Tuesday where he spoke with Viet Nam News about relations between the two nations.

Worldkings recognises Vietnamese woman as world’s oldest, Man caught transporting ecstasy pills, South Korea to help VN manage highways, Vietnam puts the squeeze on counterfeit goods, Vietnam needs 200,000 social housing units by 2020

 Vietnam to join Philippine rice tender, NFSC: Interest rates seen increasing, Pilmico seeks to buy VN feed companies: report, Vietnam banks hiding bad debt, Internal debt ratio grows

 Two students from Jrai ethnic minority group in Gia Lai province won prizes at the 44th Universal Postal Union (UPU) letter writing contest themed “Tell us about the world you want to grow up in”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has discussed measures to address difficulties for tourism development, including the granting of visas for visitors at the regular meeting in May,

 Cat Bi International Airport resumes its normal operations today after the cracks that had developed on its runway were fixed last night, an official said.

 Senator John McCain, who is leading a US Senate delegation visiting Vietnam this week, met on May 29 with students from the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

 The 28th SEA Games flame will be transported via boat to the National Stadium and its final destination, announced the Singapore Southeast Asian Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) on May 28.

 Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh is leading a delegation to attend the 14th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore from May 29-31. 

 Viet Nam's greatest challenge in workforce training was that labour, though abundant, was of low quality, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Vocational Training, Assoc. Prof. Cao Van Sam said.

 Four children drowned yesterday in the Dac Lien hydroelectric plant's reservoir in Dak Nhau Commune, Bu Dang District, in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

VietNamNet Bridge - South Korea and Vietnam have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that Vietnamese negotiators said involved the toughest negotiations they had ever experienced.

 Thousands have lined the streets of Memphis, Tennessee to pay tribute to blues artist BB King, who died earlier this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As the most vibrant city in Vietnam, Saigon is a sleepless city with the lights lit up across roads and buildings, creating spectacular scenes.

HCMC to kick off 2015 Asia-Pacific Bonsai Festival, My Chau-Trong Thuy love story takes to the stage, Saigon Ranger to host reggae night, German fairytale movies to be screened for Vietnamese children

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said it will sell foreign currency to stabilize the exchange rate between the dong and the U.S. dollar days after local banks revised up the rate almost to the permissible ceiling.

Angelica Kotliar, one of the supermodels of Victoria’s Secret was in a photoshoot to promote a collection of ao dai themed “New York, I love you” by local designer Vo Viet Chung in Times Square, New York. 

 VietNamNet Bridge –Japan’s Hitachi Zosen Corporation has asked the government of HCMC for approval to get involved in three projects to treat garbage for electricity and fertilizer production

The State has been urged to withdraw capital from Vinamilk because dairy production is not a business field the State needs to invest in. However, SCIC, which has the power to make investments in business with the state’s money, does not agree.