The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is threatening people’s health, with hospitals in Hanoi seeing a large number of patients with respiratory and high-blood pressure-cardiovascular problems.      

 The People’s Committee of HCM City has asked departments, agencies and districts to closely monitor the trading of chemicals in an effort to prevent fires and explosions.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 3 for the special envoy of Swedish Prime Minister, Pierre Schori.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan recently met with Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti to discuss bilateral efforts to curb illegal fishing and boost fishery cooperation.

A delegation of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China led by its Vice Minister – Deputy head Li Zhao had a working session with officials from the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region in Yen Bai province on June 3.

 Teachers and pupils are facing various difficulties to eliminate illiteracy in the remote area of Nghe An Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hau Giang Pharmacy’s profit amounted to 41 percent of the total profit of all listed pharmacy firms in the first quarter of 2016.

 The capital may lose its green lungs as many lakes in Hanoi are disappearing because of construction or have been heavily polluted by households waste for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With Vietjet Air, Thao did not hesitate to attract attention and stir controversy.

With export revenue for Vietnamese footwear and handbags hitting nearly $4.1 billion in 2015, the US is likely to surpass the EU to become the largest import market of Vietnamese footwear products.

 President Barack Obama has urged the US Congress to approve the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Recent mass fish deaths in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue did not affect the supply or safety of export aquatic material as well the quality of seafood products, VASEP said in a press release.

 Vietnam’s national football team jumped 12 places in the international football rankings, according to FIFA’s latest list.

 Two 220kV-electric poles, which were built with concrete mixed with soil, in Vu Ban District of the northern province of Nam Dinh will be demolished, the Song Da Stock Company 11 said.

A new report released today warns of the possibility of a rise in gender inequality in Vietnam.

 The Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and the Central Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics held ceremony on June 2 in Hanoi to place a statue of late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in the hospital’s new building named after the PM.

 Seven professors who have won Nobel and Field awards will join over 240 foreign and domestic scientists in the 12th “Meet Vietnam”, scheduled to take place from June 26-December 17.

The PM has issued a directive requesting ministries, ministerial-level and centrally-run agencies, as well as localities, economic groups, and State-owned enterprises to build a socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate for 2017.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh attended the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 3-5.

The Vice Chairman of Hau Giang province had to return a blue licence number (granted to government cars) to get a white one (for private cars) for his VND5 billion ($250,000) Lexus after photos of the car appeared on social networks.