The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drafting a law to specifically support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

 Search and rescue work was enhanced on June 19 in searching for nine missing crewmembers onboard the CASA-212 military aircraft, according to the Ministry of Defence.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has asked universities and institutes for Doctorate degree certification for a strict review of their syllabuses.

 A Vietnamese woman has given birth to her first child at the age of 53 with the help of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) after undergoing fertility treatment for ten years, said director of IVF Center of the Post office Hospital Nguyen Thi Nha.

Agencies and ministries in Vietnam have wasted huge amounts of public money on excessive numbers of new cars.

 The Ministry of Health set up an inspection team to test food safety on products made by Coca Cola Vietnam, said inspectorate chief Dang Van Chinh on June 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Baking hot temperatures have raised the forest fire warning in six provinces to level 5 – the extremely dangerous level, 

Thai investments are expected to continue growing across Vietnam thanks to the country’s improved business climate and new trade bloc windfalls.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs confirmed that it would comply with any government decision to transfer the management of the vocational training system to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Vietnamese marketing experts commented that US President Obama gave Habevo a golden opportunity to advertise its Bia Ha Noi (Hanoi beer) brand. But Habeco still cannot take full advantage of the opportunity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T scored the biggest win at the 12th round match of the V.League, returning to play after nearly one month off for the national teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New 3D books for children, issued by foreign publishing houses, are now available at bookstores around the country.

 The central province of Binh Dinh has approved a plan to organize a major summer tourism festival which is slated to kick off at the central square of Quy Nhon City on June 22.

 Starbucks Corp has opened its fifth store in Hanoi, expanding its presence in Vietnam, one of the world's largest coffee-growing countries.

Literature on Hue Royal Architecture was recently honoured as a documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting in May.

 Nguyen Thi Huyen is Vietnam's second track-and-field athlete to be named as a member of the Vietnam national team to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.

 The Asian Tour will return to Vietnam next summer at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, according to the organisers.

Analysts have noted that equitized SOEs tend to choose  conglomerates with powerful financial capability - real estate developers or financiers - which do not have relations to their core business fields, as their strategic shareholders. 

 The Prime Minister has signed a decision to establish a 39-member National Financial and Monetary Policy Consultation Council led by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

 Russia’s biggest truck producer KAMAZ plans to increase its export to Vietnam from 700 trucks in 2015 to 1,000 ones this year.