VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese students walked away with honours at the 13th Russian Olympiad which was wrapped up in Moscow on June 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most banks have had to cancel or delay their plans to increase chartered capital because of current economic conditions.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang was quoted in Dat Viet as saying that rumors that China had prohibited its state-owned businesses to offer bids for projects in Vietnam were not a cause for concern.

The Health Ministry's Food Administration will carry out inspections of the production, trade and use of food additives in a number of localities from now until the end of this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's property market is revising but depending too much on the financial market, which makes investment still risky, so developers should take prudential steps towards the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should develop further in accordance with market mechanisms, said experts at a conference in the city.

Tension has continued to escalate in the East Sea as China has maintained the presence of a large number of ships around the drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) has called upon parties involved in territorial disputes in the East Sea to fully observe the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to settle their disputes peacefully.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers from Anti-Smuggling Department under General Department of Viet Nam Customs and Tan Son Nhat Airport Customs Division on June 11 seized 77 elephant tusks allegedly transported from Nigeria.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet scored a hat-trick in Ha Noi T&T's 3-2 win over hosts Dong Nai, in a late match in the fourth round of the V-League yesterday, June 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite strong demand, few quality films are made for children and teenagers in Viet Nam, with directors mostly pointing the finger at the dearth of good screenplays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1.5 million visitors arrived in central Quang Binh Province for its cavern system and burial site of General Giap in the first five months of the year.

 Lai Xuan Thanh, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said that the Long Thanh Airport project in the south could proceed even without Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Japan.

General foreign-invested schools are often favored by Vietnamese parents and students, but foreign-invested colleges are viewed with skepticism.

The increase in farming shrimp in ponds in coastal areas has contributed to the displacement of forests that once protected people from sand and floods in the central province of Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

The Vietnamese e-commerce market is dominated by ChoDienTu.vn, a Vietnamese e-commerce product, which holds 29 percent of market share. However, the situation may change in the immediate future.

Surprisingly, no commercial bank has asked for refinancing from the State Bank (SBV), although SBV is ready to disburse funds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's cement market has seen positive results after a long, quiet period, with both domestic cement consumption and exports having increased.

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung yesterday confirmed that his ministry will support small – and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome difficulties and recover businesses after the recent economic recession.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bat (doi) meat is often made into gourmet dishes since it is rare. In Soc Trang, down in the Mekong Delta, bats have become a local identity as they can be found in great numbers.