VietNamNet Bridge – With an aim to protect the environment and to bring a new experience to tourists, the Centre for Natural Resources and Environment Studies and Hoi An Eco-Tour have been organizing a new tour

 VietNamNet Bridge – People from the south – especially big cities like HCM City and Can Tho – think of plums as a Ha Noi specialty. But in reality they're grown on Bac Ha Plateau, 340km from the capital.

Turkey probes tax evasion of plywood imports from Vietnam, Agribank, FPT Group expands operations into the Philippines, U.S. firms eye stronger investment in Vietnam, Factory pollution kills livestock

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health yesterday organised an emergency meeting in the capital city to work out emergency measures to respond to a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea.

Fourteen people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead more than 24 hours after a passenger ship carrying 456 people capsized in China's Yangtze River,

 Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam booked a berth in the third round of the French Open's boys' singles in Paris yesterday, June 2.

 Two organisations have registered to unload all of their stakes in Military Bank (MB) within a month beginning June 3, according to the HCM City Stock Exchange.

 Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, better known as PetroVietnam, announced it had won a major tax incentive dispute over a production-sharing contract for a Vietnamese offshore oil concession.

 Ace striker Nguyen Cong Phuong scored twice as Vietnam crushed Malaysia 5-1 in a SEA Games Group B match at the Bishan Stadium in Singapore on June 2.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage arrived in Lisbon in the morning of June 3 for an official visit to Portugal at the invitation of his counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho.

 Two ancient banyans in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre were recognised as Heritage Tree on June 2 by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

 The predominantly young swimming squad has set a target to win at least 10 gold medals at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, a first in the history of Vietnam's sport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Suoi Tien Tourist Park in District 9 received more than 10,000 guests on Monday, the first day of the 2015 Southern Fruit Festival.

 On June 1, Vietnam requested Indonesia engage in the World Trade Organisation’s consultations to resettle their dispute over an Indonesian safeguard measure imposed on Vietnamese flat-rolled products of iron, or non-alloy steel.

 Team Vietnam grabbed its first medal in the 28th SEA Games tournament, taking bronze from table tennis in the men’s doubles event on June 2.

 Hai Phong Police on June 1 announced the arrest of BBG Company director Le Minh Quang on suspicion of fraud and for allegedly participating in illegal online gold transactions.

All regions in Vietnam are likely to experience higher temperatures and less rain falls between June and August this year compared to the yearly average level, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Animal feed importers complain that they have to pay tens of billions of dong every year for container storage fees.

 The new headquarters of the Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated on June 2 in the presence of Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter.