VietNamNet Bridge - Forty education departments have registered to buy bilingual (Vietnamese & English) textbooks to use at local schools.

 The Finance Ministry has submitted a proposal to the Government to allow Dung Quat Oil Refinery to contribute only 10 per cent in import taxes to the State budget and to calculate its own selling prices.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that Vietnam needs to set up a national committee on Red River exploitation to be in charge of making decisions on issues related to water source security.

  Three children drowned this morning when they fell into a small river, where they were fishing, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

 The Vietnam national men’s football team beat Singapore 3-0 in the final of the 2016 AYA Bank Cup in Myanmar to take the trophy in the first time it attends.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Vietnamese and Indian defence ministries to step up their cooperation in traditional areas while expanding the affiliation in new spheres, especially training young officers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) find it difficult to get capital from the stock market or banks. They have to pay more for capital costs, because they are not priority subjects in capital contribution.

 President Tran Dai Quang on June 6 had separate meetings with French and Indian defence ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Manohar Parrika who are on official visits to Vietnam.

 Vietnam and France will consider establishing a strategic defence dialogue mechanism in an effort to enhance their mutual understanding and trust, and promote their defence ties.

 The “anti-water leak detection app” designed by the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology triumphed at the national Smart Water Innovation Contest 2016.

 Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical firms have announced high dividend payout rate for 2015, making the lucrative industry more attractive to foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many US financial institutions, from banks, auditing firms to investment funds and real estate firms, are present in Vietnam. However, insurance companies are the best-known names.

VietNamNet Bridge - An IT engineer with three years of experience can receive monthly pay of VND8-10 million, according to Lam Nguyen Hai Long, director of the Quang Trung Software Park (QTSC) in HCM City.

 Salt farmers in HCM City’s Can Gio District are facing low prices, resulting in a stockpile of salt that cannot be sold.  

A British family is offering a reward to anyone who can help them find a 23-year-old man who went missing on June 2 while visiting Fansipan Mountain.

 Vietnam is predicted to continue running a trade deficit in 2016 that will be under 5 percent of total export revenue, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

  Ho Chi Minh City is willing to boost cooperation and long-term investment with New Zealand, stated Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang when receiving New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on June 6.

 The National Action Plan on Air Quality Control by 2020, which aims to strictly monitor sources of exhaust fumes, especially industrial fumes, has been approved Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This year, the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) hss been rated the leading brand in Vietnam by Kantar World Panel.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The most beautiful roads with flamboyant trees in Hanoi are Lang, Thong Nhat Park, the roads along the lake of Thien Quang, Truc Bach and West Lake, and the Botanical Garden.