Viet Nam needs to do more for reducing natural disasters, according to experts at a conference held in Ha Noi today.

 The People's Committee of Kon Tum Province's Dak Glei District has urged local police and authorised agencies to quickly search for the culprits involved in attacks on passenger buses.

 An Indian captain was rescued off Da Nang after he suffered a heart attack yesterday.

 US President Barack Obama has stated that China’s illegal construction projects in the East Sea are counter-productive and called for an end to aggressive action in the region.

 The Vietnamese team has performed well in the world final of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM/ICPC) 2015, which took place on May 25 in Morocco, according to the Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi).

 Hoang Anh Tuan, Director General of the Vietnam Atomic Agency, tells Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper that Vietnam will only develop its nuclear energy when conditions are mature.

 Vietnam’s male fencing team is expected to win first gold medal for the national sports delegation at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore on June 3 when hopefuls Nguyen Tien Nhat and Nguyen Phuoc Den compete.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming working visit to Portugal, the first of its kind, will enhance relations between the two countries and open up new cooperation opportunities, Vietnamese Ambassador to France and Portugal stated.

The move by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to change key personnel at GPBank and the appointment of a VietinBank executive as GPBank’s new legal representative will be followed by a “zero dong” plan, according to analysts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen The Duong, an amateur photographer in HCM City, used a DSLR camera with a tilt-shift lens to produce interesting pictures with miniature effects.

 A group of scientists and economists is calling for the equivalent of the Apollo Space programme to produce cheap, clean energy.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After 60 years of liberation, Hai Phong has become a green, civilized, modern city, and a major industrial and service centre in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to nine children drown every day because they can't swim, but still play in water, an expert said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Becoming the world’s factory thanks to a cheap labor force is not a good outcome for Vietnam, according to Vietnamese economists. They say a “cheap labor force” implies a “low-quality labor force”.

 Malaysia Airlines is "technically bankrupt", its chief executive has said, as he announced a restructuring programme and plans to cut about 6,000 jobs.

 The 2015 Southeast Asian Games will officially kick off in Singapore on June 5. All necessary preparations have been completed thus far, promising to bring participating athletes and officials an exciting and successful SEA Games.

HCMC finds tough to handle polluting businesses, Vietnam takes precaution against MERS-CoV, Juvenile lobsters rescued, released into the ocean, VN to decrease adult smokers from 47.4 percent to 39 percent by 2020

 Two people have died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, becoming the country's first fatalities from the disease.

VietNamNet Bridge - This is a special photographic exhibition to sell artworks to support the Lang House Heritage Restoration Fund, to rebuild the only aristocratic architectural heritage Quan Lang that was ruined in Hoa Binh in late 2013.

 Hundreds of people are missing after a cruise ship carrying more than 450 people capsized in a storm on the Yangtze River in China's southern Hubei province, says state media.