Viet Nam beat Japan 3-1 today to secure the fifth place of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in China.

 The southern Dong Nai province's Sonadezi Transport Corporation will spend more than VND630 billion (US$30 million) on a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus project that will end in 2020.

 Head of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen yesterday said officials responsible for the tree-cutting fiasco in Ha Noi would be formally reprimanded in June.

 More than 1,600 people were dispatched to control a fire that broke out yesterday and destroyed some 20 hectares of pine forest in the Hau Loc and Hoang Hoa districts.

 Urban areas across the nation will need 700,000 apartments for low-income people by 2015, a calculation by the construction ministry said.

A total of 63 million Vietnamese people, or 69.7% of the total population, have been covered by health insurance so far in 2015, up 2.3 million from the same period last year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seoul Court has issued a decision permitting the sale of the 72-storey tower of Keangnam Group in Hanoi to solve debt problems. Keangnam Group is facing a serious crisis and at risk of bankruptcy.

 The Vietnam Economic Report (VER) 2015 gives two scenarios for growth and inflation. Accordingly, growth may reach 6.1% and inflation will cap-off at 1.9% (scenario 1) or an overall growth of 6.3% with an inflation rate of 3.2% (scenario 2).

 National Assembly deputies are scheduled to debate the Law on Sea and Island Natural Resources and Environment in the next few days. Once approved, this new law will create a legal framework for state management of Vietnam’s sea and islands.

 Vietnam Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh and his Korean counterpart Han Min-koo held talks in Hanoi on May 28, discussing measures to boost defence cooperation between the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Tourism Association has proposed the Government exempt all international visitors to Vietnam from the visa fee from July and December this year to rein in the continued fall in foreign arrivals.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese, the citizens of a low-average income country as listed by the World Bank, are known in the world as spendthrifts, a National Assembly deputy has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - It is common to see very old motorbikes on the roads of Hanoi, some with only the frame, carrying bulky cargo.

Concert combines rap, funk and other genres, Exhibition at Manzi features surrealism, French movies to be shown in TPD, L'Espace, Music nights at The Observatory to start, Veteran author's children's books reissued

VietNamNet Bridge - The mismanagement of the watchdog agency is the main reason behind low-quality construction works and bad contractors in Vietnam.

 Animals Asia Viet Nam confirmed on Tuesday that four more bears have died in one of the bear farms in Quang Ninh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 15,000 illegal lobster traps have been removed from the beach area of Phan Thiet after nearly two months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform the symphonic poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks on Sunday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three outstanding short documentaries made by young Vietnamese filmmakers were screened yesterday evening in Ha Noi, as part of the closing ceremony of the 10 Months 10 Docs project.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam jumped two spots to 12th in the world junior rankings, after his entry into the 56o Trofeo Bonfiglio clay-court tournament's quarter-finals in Italy last week.