The Vietnam Association of Financial Investors has sent a list of questions to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, including one about the appointment of former Minister Vu Huy Hoang’s son to key positions at some big State-owned firms.

 Swiss President Johann Schneider Ammann and Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh affirmed the importance of ratchet up bilateral cooperation during their meeting in Bern on June 14.

 An official welcome ceremony was held in Phnom Penh on June 15 for President Tran Dai Quang who is on a two-day State visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, jumped six slotsthis week to 877th place in the world rankings.

 A young man with an infamous reputation about expatriates and tourists has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City after a two-year campaign of robbery while posing as a police officer.

Russia’s Gazprom Neft is to drop its plans to purchase 49 per cent of PetroVietnam's stake in the Dung Quat Oil Refinery being developed by the Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (BSR) in Quang Ngai.

Aeon Mall now owns four shopping malls and nearly 50 shops in Vietnam after two years joining the country’s retail market.

 Ten Vietnamese brands are listed among Asia’s top 1,000 brands, of which Vietjet Air is among top 500, according to global marketing research company Nielsen.

 Police in the northern city of Hai Phong and province of Hai Duong have broken up two online soccer betting and gambling rings responsible for betting of US$340 million.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam entered six out of eight final rounds on Monday at the 14th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships and the 7th World Age Group Competition in Incheon, South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Child labour still exists in Viet Nam, especially in the informal economic sector, despite significant efforts to combat the scourge,

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to work with the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations to develop cultural activities, the secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, Dinh La Thang, said at a meeting held on June 14 in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An essay entitled Denmark-Where Happiness Rests, written by 9th grade student Pham Tam Dan from Nguyen Sieu High School, has won the grand prize in the Denmark in Your Eyes creative writing contest.

 Viet Nam will take part in the Southeast Asian Junior Women’s Volleyball Championship, which kicks off on July 16 in Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since Thu Thiem development scheme was released, investors have flocked to this region. Many billion USD estate projects have been proposed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many key projects in Vietnam with big problems in quality were implemented by Chinese contractors.

  Seven analog television channels were to be switched off as of yesterday in Ha Noi, HCM City and Can Tho.

 Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV), the largest enterprise in the domestic transport sector, will spend about VND26.2 trillion (US$1.2 billion) on aviation infrastructure development over the next three years.

The 2016 Salangane Nest Festival took place on Hon Noi Island, which lies about 20 kilometres from Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province, on June 14 or Lunar May 10.

 Major Nguyen Huu Cuong, a pilot on the military aircraft that went missing during a training session off the coast of the central province of Nghe An, was saved at 5 am of June 15.