The environment ministry has objected to a hydropower project that would go up in Yok Don National Park in Daklak Province due to environmental concerns.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered an investigation into a local titanium exploiter in Binh Thuan Province after a waste reservoir broke allowing huge amounts of toxic red mud to flood residential areas.

 The Yale Alumi Chorus (YAC) will give performances at Hanoi Opera House on June 21 to promote cultural exchange between Vietnam and the US.

 Around 130 delegates from the UK, Vietnam and ASEAN countries discussed innovative ways to make university / industry partnership more fruitful in creating more employable graduates and driving innovation.

 The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 1,044 suspected cases of yellow fever since March, including 71 deaths, up from three probable cases and 57 laboratory-confirmed a week ago,

 Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions,

President Tran Dai Quang has proposed that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) continue to provide soft loans to Vietnam to realise its socio-development goals. 

The visits to Laos and Cambodia of President Tran Dai Quang delivered the new leadership’s determination and wishes to continually cement and develop the time-honoured friendship and comprehensive cooperation with the two neighbouring countries.

 Better links between industries and educational institutions are needed to enhance the employability of graduates in a more competitive globalised environment, said Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga.

 Firms listed on Vietnam's two stock exchanges in HCM City and Hanoi will be the first to be required to adopt international financial reporting standards in 2020, a finance ministry official has said.

 American rocker Meat Loaf collapsed on stage on Thursday during a performance in Edmonton, Canada, days after he postponed a show due to illness,

 Despite sluggish global growth, Vietnam’s economy is expected to continue to grow at a moderate pace and leave behind other large ASEAN nations in 2016, a recent report from the OECD states.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s agriculture and rice tilling in particular has been under so much pressure that it will have to undergo restructuring.  

 A British member of parliament was shot dead in the street on Thursday, causing deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week's referendum on the country's EU membership.

VietNamNet Bridge - Those who visit the coastal city of Nha Trang are advised to watch sunrise and sunset on the beach.

 Vietnam attends tyre exposition in India, More Vietnamese catfish exporters qualify for US market, ADB to provide more trade finance support in Vietnam, Footwear exports reach nearly $5 billion

 A Vietnamese coastguard plane crashed on Thursday near Bach Long Vi Island in the northern province of Hai Phong while searching for the co-pilot of the missing Su-30MK2 fighter jet.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Thai traditional puppet show will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House tomorrow as one of the activities celebrating 45 years of ties between VN and Thailand. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai has signed a contract with striker Junior Paraiba, who will play here for the rest of the V. League season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese pool players Doan Thi Ngoc Le and Bui Xuan Vang joined the eSpring International Women’s 9-Ball Championship, which kicked off yesterday in Chinese Taipei.