A man armed with an assault rifle and pledging loyalty to Islamic State militants killed 50 people during a gay pride celebration at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early on Sunday in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history,

 Hanoi launches “red book” crackdown, More rice distributed to drought victims in Ninh Thuan province, Technology road map urgent for Vietnam’s rice, Korea helps to address drought and saltwater intrusion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s AIDS epidemic is under control, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told the United Nations June 8-10 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS.

The central city has asked the ministry of transport to allocate funds for key transport infrastructure projects – Lien Chieu port and the East-West Economic Corridor No 2 (EWEC2) connecting Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines has warned its passengers who plan to travel between Viet Nam and France or transit through Paris to keep updated on flight schedules which might be affected by French pilots’ four-day strike since Saturday.

V.League 1’s Quang Nam have decided to part ways with their two foreign strikers because of their bad performance at recent matches.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has called on China to create more favourable conditions for the transportation and import of Vietnamese goods, especially agro-forestry-fisheries products, in order to improve bilateral trade balance.

President Tran Dai Quang’s visits to Laos and Cambodia from June 12-16 aim to elevate the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos and the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia.

 The visit to Laos made by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang will help consolidate and develop the time-honoured friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh asserted women’s role in building stable and sustainable societies in her speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the 26 th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw, Poland, on June 11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Secondary schools in Hanoi have publicized their enrolment plans for the 2016-2017 academic year with many requirements that have puzzled parents.

 Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam is paying a working visit to Indonesia from June 9 to 11 to discuss bilateral cooperation in relevant fields.

No plan for the Noi Bai International Airport expansion has yet been selected, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat said in a recent interview.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State invests in many enterprises as a big shareholder, but it sometimes does not receive dividends from enterprises, even though they make big profits. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Red River, called ‘Song Cai’, meaning ‘major river,’ or ‘Song Me’, meaning 'mother river’ is considered a national ‘treasure’. But pollution and sand exploitation are destroying the river. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of attacks by hackers on banks occurred recently, showing that banks’ investments in security solutions are insufficient.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drought and consequential saltwater intrusion in the first three months of 2016 have had a devastating impact, destroying thousands of hectarage of prime fish farming area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eco Box is a distinctive flea market in HCMC because old containers are used as stalls to sell goods instead of canvas tents as seen at normal markets of this type.

The moves taken by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently, since the day the new Governor took office, show that obtaining high GDP growth rate is the top priority for the bank when regulating monetary policy.

Up-skilling the workforce is seen as key to improving Vietnam's workplace competitiveness during integration into the ASEAN Economic Community.