The local property market saw a doubling of successful transactions in May, said the Ministry of Construction's Housing and Property Market Management Department.

 A direct service connecting Guangzhou, China and Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province by China Southern Airlines went into operation on June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many international fast food chains are finding that the Vietnamese fast food market is not so easy to conquer. 

 The central province of Nghe An’s People’s Committee has for the first time announced a state of emergency across the province due to prolonged severe drought occurring in the locality during the summer-autumn crop 2015.

 North to south central coastal localities and ministries have been asked to notify ships at sea about storm Kujira, the first to appear in the East Sea this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised Viet Nam's vaccine management system as an internationally standardised one and is expected to officially present a certificate to Viet Nam today.

 Vietnam joined over 90 other countries around the world to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga with ceremonies nationwide on June 21.

President's Office launches official website on Press Day, Luxembourg continues to support ASEAN Community building efforts, HCM City, Cambodia forge stronger collaboration, Party chief pins high hope on Vietnamese journalists

 Vietnamese Ambassador to India, Nepal and Bhutan Ton Sinh Thanh on June 19 presented his credentials to Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, becoming the first Vietnamese ambassador to the Buddhist country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Old forests continue to “bleed” because of the rich’s hobby of collecting wooden furniture items.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixth graders applying to study at Tran Dai Nghia School in HCM City will have to attend an English test instead of an entrance exam. 

VietNamNet Bridge – American James Reelick, 54, loves Da Lat so much that he settled there, started to help out in the tourism sector and even ended up marrying a local woman.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Tien Bridge looks like a ribbon crossing the Huong River, in the ancient city of Hue. It is a must-see place in Hue.

 Despite being one of the best coastal cities in the region for second homes and tourist resorts, Danang remains littered with several delayed real estate projects.

  French photographer Rehahn, who has taken over 45,000 photos about Vietnam’s landscapes and people, has launched his gallery Ici et Ailleurs in the Old Quarter of Versailles in Paris to feature a collection of pictures about Vietnam.

Mobile network operators say they do not support the Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) proposal to set limits on the numbers of SMS messages because they fear that customers will fall into OTT service providers’ hands.

 Nguyen Ngoc Dong, Deputy Minster of Transport, spoke to online news website Viet Nam plus about the need to begin a study on the feasibility of building a North-South express.

 Wood product export value set to meet annual target, Vietnamese airlines speed up with ASEAN Open Skies, Defense ministry wants 3,000 apartments in Ba Son area, Singaporean consultancy to provide services for Vietinbank

 The government has once again pledged to ensure an attractive investment climate for all foreign enterprises in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign individuals and overseas Vietnamese are not required to have temporary residence registration or permanent registration in the area where the houses for transaction are located.