VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City police said yesterday that they have seized 7.1kg of drugs including 20,000 ecstasy pills and nearly 2kg of methamphetamines in busting a drug trafficking ring.

 Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty percent of the HCM City’s area could be covered with water by the end of the 21st century, when sea levels are expected to rise by one meter. And by 2050, nearly 10 percent of the city could be underwater.

 Stocks cheered a full week of gains on both exchanges last week as large-cap shares advanced.

 Vietnam, US discuss non-traditional gas development; Four die in Ha Giang motorbike accident; Vietnam hosts first ASEAN Meeting on UXO; Nearly US$1.6 million for anti-corruption

 Gazprom has reaffirmed its Monday deadline for Ukraine to pay its debts after talks between Moscow and Kiev ended without agreement.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Tobacco Association has warned about the circulation of incorrectly labeled cigarette packs which contain only warning slogans, instead of picture-based warnings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, began an official visit to Vietnam on June 16 to further strengthen diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The competition for admission to top schools in Hanoi has become even fiercer than university acceptance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Repeated earthquakes have occurred since the day Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant began storing water.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Philippines Minister of Agriculture Proceso Alcala has been accused of taking bribes from the Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) in exchange for the grant of a rice contract with the Vietnamese rice exporter.

 International public opinion share the view that the escalating tension in the East Sea can not be ignored.

China’s Foreign Ministry recently held a press conference to slander Vietnam and justify its illegal actions in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 Vietnam fisheries surveillance vessels June 15 continued activities to oppose China and request it to withdraw the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local tourists, especially youth, prefer to visit beautiful islands like Binh Ba, Binh Lap and Binh Hung in Cam Ranh Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa as their ideal destinations to explore nature and sceneries

 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 Goethe Institute in Hanoi will host an intensive lighting workshop for filmmakers and cinematographers by cinematographer Jamie Maxtone-Graham from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 21 and 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Legendary investment advisor Dr. Marc Faber will be the keynote speaker at the Vietnam Investment Forum (VIF) 2014 that is scheduled to take place on June 19 in HCMC’s White Palace Convention.

 Vietnamese market attracts multinational groups;  Foreign firms boost trade promotion in Vietnam; Foreign exchange market to be stabilised; Billion dollar projects awaken central region; Vietnam to sell 30,000 tonnes of rice to Iraq

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch maestro and educator Jan Stulen will be the guest conductor for the HCM City symphony orchestra next Thursday at its "Beethoven and Prokofiev" concert.