The air defence forces of Vietnam and Japan should forge closer links, the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army suggested during his reception for the Chief of Staff of Japan’s Air Self-Defence Force yesterday.

 The seventh deputy-ministerial level political consultation meeting and the fourth meeting of the Vietnam - India strategic dialogue took place in Hanoi on May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Thang Long Project Management Unit has submitted a plan for the upgrade of the Noi Bai-Bac Ninh Road to the transport ministry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran wushu martial artists are expected to win gold for Viet Nam at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's crackdown on a crime ring organised by a group of Chinese citizens has been successful, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security's Police Department.

 A VietNamNet reporter recorded these pictures during his trip to Truong Sa (Spratly Islands), organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications in early May.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly 25 years of collecting, Dinh Cong Tuong, 48, has been dubbed the "ceramic king" as he owns nearly 100,000 antique ceramic items.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines is negotiating with Go Go (USA) and OnAir (Europe) to supply Internet services on its flights.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Nhat Vuong, the head of Vingroup, is Vietnam's richest man, included on Forbes’ billionaire list for the third consecutive year. However, his position fell by 26 spots from 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – British University Vietnam (BUV) has conducted the groundbreaking ceremony on its new campus in Ecopark Township in Hung Yen Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A code of conduct to prevent sexual harassment at work was issued yesterday by the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has grown less attractive to foreign investors in the food and beverage (F&B) sector than other regional countries including Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines,

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in a report to the government, has described 15 solutions to settle the high unemployment rate of university graduates. However, the solutions have been described as “vague” and “unclear”.

VietNamNet Bridge - As only six percent of wastewater in HCM City is now collected and treated, HCM City will need to build more than 10 wastewater treatment plants to help clean several canals.

VietNamNet Bridge - No one can explain why K+, a major player in the pay-TV market, has incurred such a huge loss and is now on the verge of bankruptcy. Some analysts say there are dubious aspects to the case, and suspect transfer pricing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The only nuclear reactor in Vietnam, located in Da Lat City, in the Central Highlands, manufactures radioactive products in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Co To Island in Quang Ninh Province has the most beautiful and romantic beach in Vietnam with transparent blue sea, white smooth sand, golden sunshine, and green mountains and forest.

Vietnam gives big incentives for FDI enterprises with the expectation that they will perform technology transfer in the country, but the fact is that only 20% of foreign firms were engaged in technology transfer in the past 5 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City-based information technology companies complained about arbitrary changes in regulations that caused them huge losses to officials from the Ministry of Information and Communications

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of international and local singers and musicians will perform later this week at the annual Bourbon Street Jazz Festival featuring music, dance and food in HCM City.