Facing a severe shortage of parking space, Hanoi recently issued a regulation that high-rise building projects and trade centres must have at least three basement floors for parking.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem is close to winning the men’s title of the ongoing  Asian Individual Chess Championship in Uzbekistan.

 Japan’s Yokohama FC wants to renew a loan contract with midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) for another 5-10 years.

 Doan Tran Anh Tuan’s animated film The Adventure of Egg, Lime and Chilly has won the first-place prize for the professions category at a cartoon contest held by the South Korean Cultural Centre.

  International organisations and development partners have contributed significantly to the Ministry of Finance’s positive outcomes on the reform of public finance management, said Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

 How climate change and water management are becoming issues of national security in Vietnam and solutions for the country were the topic at a panel discussion held by the Stimson Center in Washington DC in late May.

The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is threatening people’s health, with hospitals in Hanoi seeing a large number of patients with respiratory and high-blood pressure-cardiovascular problems.      

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 The People’s Committee of HCM City has asked departments, agencies and districts to closely monitor the trading of chemicals in an effort to prevent fires and explosions.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 3 for the special envoy of Swedish Prime Minister, Pierre Schori.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan recently met with Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti to discuss bilateral efforts to curb illegal fishing and boost fishery cooperation.

A delegation of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China led by its Vice Minister – Deputy head Li Zhao had a working session with officials from the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region in Yen Bai province on June 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – The election of the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2016-2020 term concluded successfully. It was organized with democratic with reforms to promote people’s  rights. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – An art collector set out to bring back hundreds of early- to mid-20th century paintings by Vietnamese artists. To do so, he has spent years travelling the world and attended prestigious auctions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has set the target to increase the number of enterprises to one million by 2020 from the current 500 million, 

 Teachers and pupils are facing various difficulties to eliminate illiteracy in the remote area of Nghe An Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Tong Khue, 26, a graduate in business administration from Hoa Sen University in HCM City, decided to start his own garden market instead of working for international companies.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Hau Giang Pharmacy’s profit amounted to 41 percent of the total profit of all listed pharmacy firms in the first quarter of 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Upon the official visit to Vietnam by US President Barack Obama, Le Van Bang, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, and Ambassador and Acting Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations,

VietNamNet Bridge – An opera titled La Do (Red Leaf) debuted last week in Ha Noi and received high acclaim from both professions and spectators.