Travel firms said bookings of their domestic and international tours this summer, especially those to seaside destinations and islands, have expanded by 25-30%.

 VietNamNet Bridge – VietGangz Brotherhood Coffee in District 3, HCMC is known as a venue for motorcycle lovers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new theatre offering traditional shows aimed at visitors will be built in downtown HCM City next month. 

Ha Tinh authorities have agreed in principal to license Taiwanese Wei Yu Engineering Company to develop an agricultural and a wharf construction project in Vung Ang Economic Zone with the total investment capital of $2.5 billion.

While Vietcombank and VietinBank have proposed to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling to 35-40 percent to satisfy requirements of the Basel II Accord, ABBank and SCB want higher foreign ownership ratios to speed up the restructuring process.

 A 23-year-old man from HCM City’s Go Vap District on Tuesday (June 21) was sentenced to five years in prison and fined VNĐ50 million (US$2,242) for illegal trading wildlife.

 Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested improving the effective use of official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans to ensure the safety of public debts.

 At least 180 members of the US Congress have recently signed a letter calling on the House of Representatives to approve a resolution to repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme.

 Police have busted a big drug trafficking ring and seized 15 heroin bricks (one brick being equivalent to about 350 grams), police in Nam Dinh province said on June 23.

 Rescue forces found several bodies identified as crewmembers of the crashed rescue aircraft CASA 212 as of 4pm of June 23.

 Ministries must determinedly not let group interests manipulate policies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at the Government’s meeting on policy making on June 23.

 Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, has called on the world community to actively build a feasible international mechanism to ensure the rights of fishermen.

Laos’ Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane said that he will do all he can to preserve, protect and foster the Laos-Vietnam traditional friendship, special unity and comprehensive cooperation relationship.

HCM City always considers the nurture of Vietnam-Cuba fraternal ties an important task, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang told visiting Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba Salvador Valdes Mesa.

In early December 2010, Vietnamese tra fish (basa fish) made headlines when the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) placed it on its red list, which names produce that is farmed under unhygienic conditions or traded illegally. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoc Linh Mountain is the peak of Truong Son Nam Mountain Range, the southern part of Truong Son Mountain Range. At 2,605 meters above sea level, the mountain is located in the north of the Central Highlands

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Musica Amore string quartet will play a night of chamber music titled ‘Romance in Classic’ on June 26 at 8pm at Heritage Space, Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh Street, Hanoi.

The long- lasting drought and saltwater influx hitting provinces of the Mekong Delta has seriously affected local residents' production and life, reported the Steering Committee of the West-southern Region on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranked 59th out of 163 countries and territories with a score of 1,906 in the Global Peace Index 2016 and 12th in Asia Pacific rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Facing the spread of terrorism, leaders of many countries around the world continue to confirm that the death penalty cannot help reduce crime.