Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are paired with Milan (Italy) and Kosice (Slovakia), respectively, under the World Cities project launched by the European Union (EU) in Hanoi on June 12.

About 130 Vietnamese and foreign medical experts gathered in Hanoi on June 12 at an international symposium on the management, prevention and control of some diseases caused by Arthropod-borne virus.

Vietnam will host the World Blood Donor Day for the first time with the participation of international and domestic delegates, said Le Gia Tien, chief of the secretariat of the National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation Campaign.

 Vietnam has requested the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) not to take any action and make any statement hurting the Vietnamese people’s  sentiment and undermining friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

 A draft law on foreign trade management was approved by the National Assembly (NA) on June 12.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged the Vietnamese and Cuban Parties and States to continuously direct ministries and relevant departments to step up the existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms.

 Vietnam will make use of its home advantage, spectators’ support and tactics to obtain three points in the June 13 game with Jordan, part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, coach Nguyen Huu Thang said.

 The ongoing visit to Vietnam by a delegation of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee of West Bengal state contributes to consolidating the friendship, solidarity and people-to people diplomacy between Vietnam and India.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on Vietnam and Cuba to boost cooperation in such potential fields as agriculture, biotechnology, construction, tourism infrastructure, and telecommunication.

 Vietnam’s inflation this year is forecast to reach 2.6 percent barring fluctuations of prices on world markets and adjustment in the cost of public services, the National Financial Supervisory Commission reported on June 12.

 The HCM City Centre for Enterprises Support and Development is offering start-ups free space to run their companies.

Traffic police and authorities in HCM City are concerned about low road safety awareness of road users, which results in a large number of traffic accidents in the city.

 The 14th National Assembly began question and answer (Q&A) sessions as part of its ongoing third meeting in Hanoi on June 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - A sudden downpour hit Hanoi during morning peak hour today, June 13, flooding many streets. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Sorting waste at the source and recycling are two of the solutions being implemented in HCMC to control issues posed by garbage dumping.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of students from the HCMC Information Technology has invented Umind, a virtual assistant which can listen, understand and respond in Vietnamese. It can give strong support to elderly drivers and to the disabled.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s training in mathematics at universities remains poor, according to many mathematicians. 

Many transactions worth millions of dollars have been made recently, stirring up the stock market. The common characteristic of the deals was that they were made by female investors.

 The Hanoi Department of Transport has considered collecting tolls for private vehicles travelling into the inner-city areas which often face traffic jams.

 Alliance Anti-Traffic (AAT) founded by French man Georges Blanchard has rescued around 2,500 trafficked Vietnamese women.