Tran Thi Diem Suong was about to enter her third year of university when her mother told her she could no longer afford to pay her tuition and living expenses in HCM City.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha My of Viet Nam won a gold medal at the Singapore Rhythmic Gymnastics Open yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The latest show by theatre director Viet Tu, performed on a 1.5 hectare lake, has broken new ground in more ways than one.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with leaders of press agencies in Hanoi on June 18, asking press outlets to report more on business climate improvement efforts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As least seven waterway tourism products will be developed in HCM City by 2020, according to its tourism development plan. 

The 2017 Korea – Viet Nam Film Industry Network, held in co-operation between the Viet Nam and South Korea film industries, concluded last Friday in HCM City.

If it opens direct air routes to the US by 2018 as planned, Vietnam Airlines may bear a loss of up to $50 million per annum.

 Vietnam hopes to strengthen trust with China, improving the two countries’ cooperation across the fields while sustaining peace and stability in the East Sea based on respect for each other’s interests and international law.

 Indonesia beat Chinese Taipei 11-0 in the last-round match to win the International U15 Football Tournament, which concluded in Da Nang on June 18.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated to Chinese Politburo member and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Fan Changlong that Vietnam attaches importance to developing its good neighbourliness with China.

 Nearly 300 tonnes of oil carried by the foreign vessel Chemroad Journey stranded near Phu Quy Island off Binh Thuan province, were pumped into its aft tanks to lighten it and raise the bow section of its grounded tanks on June 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public transport management in HCM City has greatly improved compared to five or seven years ago, thanks to modern technologies, 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of renewable energy plants capitalized at VND1.2-1.4 trillion has been increasing rapidly.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rapid-fire news about state divestment from 10 profitable state-owned enterprises emerged in 2016, but no further news has been reported this year.

In 2013, MOIT decided to remove 400 small-scale hydropower projects out of the hydropower development program. But many projects were then carried out in the mountainous provinces of Ha Giang and Cao Bang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Under a plan drawn up by MOET, teachers will no longer be civil servants and will work under labor contracts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Talented violinist Do Phuong Nhi will perform at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on July 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition “The Picture Will Still Exist”, featuring photographs, paintings and video works selected from Post Vidai Collection, will take place in HCM City from June 22 through August 22.

 Two Loving Stars, a musical that combines K-Pop and Opera, will be staged for the first time in the central city on June 22-24.

 Viet Nam grabbed one win and one loss after the first two matches at the ongoing FIDE Women’s Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.