Recent mass fish deaths in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue did not affect the supply or safety of export aquatic material as well the quality of seafood products, VASEP said in a press release.

 Vietnam’s national football team jumped 12 places in the international football rankings, according to FIFA’s latest list.

 Two 220kV-electric poles, which were built with concrete mixed with soil, in Vu Ban District of the northern province of Nam Dinh will be demolished, the Song Da Stock Company 11 said.

A new report released today warns of the possibility of a rise in gender inequality in Vietnam.

 The Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and the Central Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics held ceremony on June 2 in Hanoi to place a statue of late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in the hospital’s new building named after the PM.

 Seven professors who have won Nobel and Field awards will join over 240 foreign and domestic scientists in the 12th “Meet Vietnam”, scheduled to take place from June 26-December 17.

The PM has issued a directive requesting ministries, ministerial-level and centrally-run agencies, as well as localities, economic groups, and State-owned enterprises to build a socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate for 2017.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh attended the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 3-5.

On May 29, a Russian tourist named Oksana Pavlova posted on her personal Facebook page photos of a beach covered by rubbish. The beach is said to be in Mui Ne of Binh Thuan province.

The Vice Chairman of Hau Giang province had to return a blue licence number (granted to government cars) to get a white one (for private cars) for his VND5 billion ($250,000) Lexus after photos of the car appeared on social networks.

 Dangerous virus found in encephalitis outbreak in Cao Bang, Hanoi completes rapid bus stations, Nghi Son Refinery urged to install waste monitoring system, PM demands minimising losses caused by UXO

The north and central region of Vietnam are undergoing intensely hot days. People are seeking ways to cope with the heat of up to 39oC on the road.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The blockbusters "Warcraft: The Beginning", “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows, "Finding Dory," and "Now You See Me 2" will be screened at local cinemas this month.

 Music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller,

VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Dong district and the western part of Hanoi have become hot areas for real estate developers because of big advantages in infrastructure and other facilities.

A Japanese boy abandoned in a dense forest by his parents for being naughty was found alive and unharmed on Friday, nearly a week after his disappearance set off a massive search that kept the nation riveted. 

 Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting "We want food!" near Caracas' presidential palace on Thursday, the latest street violence in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.

 Foreign telecommunications giants are showing interest in acquiring stakes of Mobifone when the mobile phone service provider goes public this year.

 A heat wave, with a peak temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, has hit the northern and central regions, disrupting the daily life of the locals.

Vietnam, EU optimise opportunities from free trade deal, Integration poses risks to wood exporters, HCMC attractive to Japanese investors, Central bank biased toward growth, Sembcorp brings “innovation park” to Ho Chi Minh City