Vietnam and China agreed to enhance political trust, maintain high-level visits and strive for new progress in their result-oriented cooperation at the ninth meeting of the steering committee for bilateral cooperation in Hanoi on June 27.

 Laos’ top legislator Pany Yathotou called for closer cooperation between Laos and Vietnam in ethnic and religious affairs in a reception on June 27 for a delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Affairs.

 Hanoi’s authorities plan to encourage the use of public transport and limit individual vehicles, moving towards eliminating private means of transport by 2025.

  The UK’s decision to leave the European Union sent the Vietnamese stock market into turbulence last Friday, but experts noted that the effects are likely to be short-term.

Local police have identified a circus in Vinh Phuc Province as the unwitting producer of dangerous lasers affecting incoming flights.

Artists from South Korea have given a village in central Quang Nam Province a new look with colourful murals.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc this morning stressed the important role that the Mekong Delta plays in national development as well as the enormous challenges that faced the region, especially climate change.  

VietNamNet Bridge - There will be no free lunch, especially in difficult decisions. ASEAN and the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) is also a similar case.

 The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is yet to finalize a date for listing its shares on the stock market.

The workers wade in black water every day, running into all kinds of trash.

Vietnam’s economy as well as its currency is unlikely to be adversely affected by the UK’s decision to opt out of the European Union.

 The Easyjob team with their job-finding phone application came in first at the Start Tel Aviv 2016, a startup contest hosted by the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam, on June 26.

 A photo exhibition in the Republic of Korea (RoK) city of Daejeon is providing local residents an insight into the East Sea situation.

The government last week released a plan on air quality control, under which at least 70 percent of steel mills, chemicals and fertilizer plants must be equipped with automatic emission monitoring systems by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has submitted a draft decree on conditional business lines. According to the draft, a new airline must have capital of at least VND100 billion (US$4.66 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - Without training in mechanical engineering, Nguyen Dinh Chinh took a risky decision to invest VND2 billion to make an armored car.

 Vietnamese shares may continue to fall this week as local markets have not understood fully how Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could affect Vietnam's economy, threatening to pull down investor confidence, securities analysts warned.

The announcement by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to seek capital in foreign currencies from domestic sources has raised concerns. Experts warned this would encourage people and businesses to hoard foreign currencies and worsen dollarization.

 Rapid urbanisation, poor planning and inadequate oversight has seen Hanoi's lakes shrink and disappear, with experts warning that if the situation continues, the capital will face more flooding.

A super financial, trade and urban complex capped off with a 108-storey tower will be built along the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai Highway in Hanoi and is expected to become a driving force for the development of the capital’s north.