Europe's leading airline Air France-KLM announced on Thursday its plan to lay off 5,122 employees out of 49,301 staff of Air France by 2013, but not in a compulsory way.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly concluded its month-long third session yesterday, June 21, after lawmakers discussed and passed 13 laws and a number of resolutions.

The bank loan interest rate reductions have made automobile manufacturers, who have been in distress because of slow sales, become as happy as a sandboy.

Though science and technology development is considered the priority national policy, the budget allocating to science research works is even lower than the estimates for sports, culture and other fields.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Law of the Sea was adopted by 495 out of 496 National Assembly (NA) deputies on June 21, accounting for 99.8 percent of the vote.

Carlo Rubbia, who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in physics, says global warming is a much bigger problem than most people realize.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health is studying a hospital transfer regulation to reduce the number of patients seeking primary health care services in major city hospitals, severely overloading them.

More efforts are required to boost Viet Nam's hotel industry following signs of a slowdown in the high-end market, Grant Thornton has warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has delisted from the most 30 attractive retail markets in the world in the latest report released by A.T Kearney. However, it remains the market with great potentials in the eyes of retailers.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater located on the moon's south pole, the U.S. space agency NASA announced Wednesday.

By 2013, the General Environment Directorate plans to announce the criteria for eco-labeling (green labeling) laptops, laser printers friendly to the environment.

The high percentage of students passing the high school final exams announced by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has raised the doubts about the necessity of the exams.

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern port city of Hai Phong will be the center where key activities of the national tourism years 2013 in the Red Rive Delta are held.

VAMA wants car registration fees cut to 10% over poor sales; Phong Phu to issue VND110 billion shares; Vietnam among top 29 fastest growing economies; Southern region seen facing power shortfall in 2013-15

VietNamNet Bridge – A mine exploded at Hoang Tin gold store on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi this morning, June 21, injuring over ten people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Confounding and downright bizarre street names, many of them new and located in resident areas, are adding to the chaos of streets in HCM City, making it difficult for residents and others to find addresses.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new tour route from the city of My Tho to Cho Gao District was inaugurated on Tuesday in the southern province of Tien Giang to help introduce tourists to the culture and customs of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA)'s coach Nguyen Huu Thang has been fined VND5 million (US$238) and received a two-match suspension for shouting abuse at referees during a match against Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) in June 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol and oil prices have dropped three times within a month by a total of VND1,900 and VND1,400 per litre respectively, but transportation fees have not changed and some service providers have even talked of increasing prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National University in Ha Noi has been accused of violating regulations on international training co-operation programmes, placing the BA and MBA degrees of more than 2,000 graduates in doubt.