VietNamNet Bridge - About 2 years ago, after watching a TV program on a foreign channel armored vehicles, Nguyen Dinh Chinh, 57, who runs a mechanics workshop, began to study and then make an armored vehicle.

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic firms’ ability to develop and apply new technologies is far behind that of companies in regional countries,

Parents of primary school children have already bought bilingual textbooks to for the next school year but an Education and Training Ministry official announced that the quality of the books has not been assessed and approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – An art exhibition titled Cam hung Viet Nam (Inspiring Viet Nam) by young Russian painter Sasha Fishler is on display at LIVINCollective in the southern province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City. 

Economist Phạm Chi Lan talks to online newspaper Vietnamnet about measures needed to trim down people dependent on State payroll.

Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) yesterday confirmed that the scheduled launch date for operations at a subsidiary's steel mill in Viet Nam has been postponed with no new schedule decided.

 A working delegation from the Royal Cambodian Army’s High Command of Guards led by Deputy Commander General Dieng Sarun visited the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region on June 17 in Can Tho city.

The tour of Poland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic by Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has been a success in both bilateral and multilateral aspects.

In the heat of up to 38-40oC in northern Vietnam, people have no way to flock to the beach, causing a huge overload at popular beaches. Below are photos taken at the beach of Sam Son, in Thanh Hoa province on June 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Nghiem, the last of the famous artist quartet of ‘Nghiem-Lien-Sang-Phai’ who had a great influence on the country’s art scene in the 20th century, passed away on June 15 at 94.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities have found information related to 19 individuals and organizations in Vietnam named in the Panama Papers, which were unveiled in early May.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung requested all-out efforts to search for and rescue those missing in the Su30 MK2 and Casa 212 military aircraft accidents during a working session with the Defence Ministry’s Front Line Command.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bình Thuan Province’s Phan Thiet City has opened a night market in Phu Thuy Ward, the first night market in the south central province.  

 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.