VietNamNet Bridge – Intel products Vietnam has revealed that it plans to double locally-sourced material value within this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will help the deep-sea fishing industry build a high-capacity fleet of fishing boats, deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said at talks on a draft decree on aquatic production on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is growing concern about increased tension in the East Sea after China illegally placed its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has voiced its strong support for a Vietnamese born French national’s lawsuit against US chemical firms.

Parental awareness of child sexual abuse and its consequences is very low, especially in rural areas, Ngo Thanh Thuan of the Can Tho Family Planning Association, said at a seminar yesterday in HCM City.

 Binh Duong: All affected businesses re-operate; Coca-Cola bubbles with joy over first profits; HCM City to establish special economic zone; EPZs pledge to help foreign firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance once had money to pay foreign debts but now has very little, as most of its funds have been used to pay the debts of state-owned company’s cement projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop singer Thu Minh attended the official launch of #WhoseSideAreYouOn, a new project of the United for Wildlife campaign, and commit her involvement in protecting wildlife.

The HCM City Securities Company has said that the current value of Mobifone may reach $3.4 billion and possibly more than $4 billion if its revenue and profits continue to rise after its split from VNPT.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai on Saturday urged international friends and lovers of peace to raise their voices in support for Vietnam In the East Sea dispute.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The official website of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) has announced its 2013 Who‘s Who in Photography, with the names of two Vietnamese photographers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The two top Vietnamese chess stars, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, are scheduled to take part in the 2014 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships from June 15-21

 VietNamNet Bridge – U19 Uzbekistan female footballers plan to train in Vietnam in preparation for 2015 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers due to begin this November.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ranked second among the fastest growing markets for smartphones in the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, owing to the popularity of 3G (third – generation network) and budget smartphones.

 Chief of the Government Inspectorate Huynh Phong Tranh was grilled over the origin of huge assets owned by incumbent and former officials of the central inspection agency but he did not give clear explanations to the National Assembly.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 12 assured National Assembly deputies that measures to lessen the domestic economy’s reliance on China are being prepared following the neighboring country’s deployment of a huge oil rig in Vietnam’s waters.

 Thai oil and gas group PTT has asked Viet Nam's south central province of Binh Dinh to reschedule feasibility study reports of a US$27 billion oil refinery plant to July.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will launch a tourism campaign touting Vietnam as an astonishingly safe, hospitable and fascinating international travel destination.

“Những vì sao đen” (Black Stars) by Vietnamese poet Ngo Tu Lap is one of ten poetry collections shortlisted in the category of PEN Award for Poetry Translation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre, a tropical depression in the East Sea has strengthened becoming the first storm of the year.