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.

 Many shop owners in Hanoi are hiring topless male waiters or hairdressers as a PR stunt to attract customers.

 Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will investigate a 13,000 square-metre villa owned by the family of the provincial Director of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Sy Quy.

 Experts have warned about a slowdown in the luxury apartment sector in Ho Chi Minh City as rental prices are dropping because of excessive supply.

 Nguyen Ngoc Giao, deputy head of the HCM City Department of Transport’s road traffic board has spuriously claimed that taxi phone apps have led to an increase in the number of vehicles in the city.

 Vietnam has been named among the Top 6 most-attractive retail markets in the world this year by A.T. Kearney in its Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), following India, China, Malaysia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 Airline passengers in HCM City can use helicopter service to get to Tan Son Nhat International Airport which is provided by the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNH South).

 Vietnam property company, FLC Group, which aims to start a new airline that could take to the skies for the first time early next year, is working with Airbus to lease about seven aircraft by 2018, the company's chairman said on Saturday.