VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra (SEAYCO), including six Vietnamese players, will perform at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on June 16.

 Russian Ambassador: Vietnam’s position in regional policy; Greetings extended to Russian leaders on National Day; Vietnam-Vatican Working Group to meet

Coca Cola and Pepsi are dominating the fizzy soft drink market, while Tan Hiep Phat controls the still drink market, thus creating a balance in the playing field.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An anthology of translated stories by 19 contemporary Vietnamese writers under 40, set to be released this month, will present a new image of Viet Nam to native English speakers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The risk of food poisoning at company canteens nationwide remains high, even though authorities claim it is under control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mountains and forests of the Central Highlands will come into sharp focus at the year-long National Tourism Year 2014 event, organisers said last Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two universities that were set up under a plan to build international standardised education institutions still have to temporarily rent infrastructure, an inspection has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile operators in Viet Nam are in danger of losing millions of dollars each year due to the increasing use of "over the top" phone services through smartphone apps and others, analysts have warned.

 The idealists who founded some of the most successful technology companies now find themselves entangled in controversy over the vast US government surveillance program denounced as Orwellian.

VietNamNet Bridge – When local people benefited from heritage, they would be more willing to protect it, a workshop on Saturday in Ha Noi was told.

VietNamNet Bridge – A quick inspection just launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shows software copyright violations at many companies and computer stores are still prevalent, a ministry official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi needs a total of 1.35 trillion VND (64 million USD) to deal with environmental pollution in its trade villages from now to 2030, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

 State sets new lending rates for VND loans; MoF may increase export tax on woodchips; Investors snap up Government bonds; VN's richest men increase asset value; Fishery firm ups profit by 31 times

 VietNamNet Bridge – American jazz diva Diane Witherspoon will be performing from now until the end of July at LeClub of the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have scrapped nearly 100 projects on around 1,500ha because of delays, which have left owners of those lands in limbo for years in some cases.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A car from Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, carrying more than 20 tourists, turned over on Highway 8A in Khamkot District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos at 8.30am on June 11.

 Reducing the number of unnecessary and high-dose computed tomography in children could lower their overall lifetime risk of future imaging-related cancers by up to 62 percent, a U.S. study said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Discovering two dog thieves in the village, thousands of people blocked the road to catch the thieves. They beat a thief to death and burnt their motorcycle.

Waves of more than 5m high hit the wreck that contains 500-year-old antiques in the waters of Binh Chau in the central province of Quang Ngai this morning, June 11. The excavation was suspended for the safety of dozens of professionals and workers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A joint art exhibition by a veteran Vietnamese painter and Thai diplomat was launched at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts on the weekend to promote Thai-Vietnamese friendship.