MOET  has sent a statement to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, asking for the government’s permission to take on the management of vocational schools  under the control of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

State corporations and groups are facing mounting hardships in their efforts to pull out from banks amid an increasingly challenging business climate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With picturesque scenes, Lai Son Island in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kien Giang’s Kien Hai District remains an untouched destination. Forests cover about 80 per cent of the 11.5-sq km island.

 Boletus edulis, king bolete or more the commonly known penny bun mushroom is becoming popular in Hanoi due to its supposed cooling properties that can reduce body heat.

VietNamNet Bridge - Universities complain that it is difficult to find students with good English skills, while employers complain about graduates poor English-language ability.

The program ‘Rencontres du Vietnam’ or Meet Vietnam along with the open of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education has turned Binh Dinh into an attractive "revenue" for local and international scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the bad weather, the flower garden of Truong Van Nhung in Cu Chi district in HCMC this year still can bring high yield. Nhung said this is because he used tissue culture seedlings.

Aeon Vietnam looks set to inaugurate its Aeon Mall Binh Tan in HCMC on July 1, the second shopping complex of the firm in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Quynh Anh, a freelance photographer from Hanoi, has won “Hoi An, an untold story” photo contest in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province.

 The Vietnamese Family Festival 2016 will be held from June 25-28 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts at No.2 Hoa Lu Street in Hanoi to celebrate the 15th anniversary of National Family Day (June 28).

 Vietnam's General Department of Customs (GDC) has responded to a request from Japan’s Meiji Dairy Corporation relating to its powdered milk products sold in Vietnam.

 Vietnam always values and gives priority to fostering friendship and special solidarity with Laos, Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich told his Lao counterpart Chansamon Channhalat during their talks in Hanoi on June 20 following the welcome ceremony.

 Vietnam and Laos reviewed the border and border gate management at the 25th meeting of their border delegations in the central city of Da Nang on June 20.

Up to 2.25 million hectares of natural forests in the Central Highlands are not allowed to be open to commercial projects, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The VFF on June 18 announced the appointment of Jurgen Gede as the new technical director at a press conference in Hanoi.

Vietnam Mobile Day 2016, the largest of a series of IT events in 2016, will be held in Ha Noi on June 25 and Da Nang on July 2. 

 Nine military personnel on a CASA 212 turboprop plane are still missing since the aircraft went down last Thursday in the Gulf of Tonkin.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Basketball player Gorgui Dieng from the Minnesota Timberwolves team and Rena Bitter, U.S. consul general in HCMC, are seen with disadvantaged kids at Anh Sang School in HCMC’s District 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners in the northern province of Bac Giang are now in the mid-harvest season of litchi, the province’s specialty.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to Bloomberg, Vietnam accounted for approximately 19.1% of $227 billion of the total value of trade between the EU and the member countries of ASEAN in 2015, compared with 15.8% in 2014.