Many people have expressed surprise at the appointment of US Senator Bob Kerrey to chair the much heralded US-funded Fulbright University due to his notorious role during the war in Vietnam.

Louis Vuitton’s representative in Vietnam has yet to respond to the accusation of selling a fake bag, which emerged earlier in May.

 Bkav Technology Group has recently announced the results of its research on the security status of routers worldwide, finding that around 300,000 in Vietnam are at risk.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on June 1 said that the Noi Bai International Airport 2 project is “new” as it has been already mapped out in the master plan for Vietnam’s airport development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Le Viet Khuyen, a member of the Association of Viet Nam’s Universities and Colleges, spoke to the newspaper Khoa hoc & Doi song (Science and Life) about the fight against corruption in higher education.

 Facing a severe shortage of parking space, Hanoi recently issued a regulation that high-rise building projects and trade centres must have at least three basement floors for parking.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem is close to winning the men’s title of the ongoing  Asian Individual Chess Championship in Uzbekistan.

 Japan’s Yokohama FC wants to renew a loan contract with midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) for another 5-10 years.

 Doan Tran Anh Tuan’s animated film The Adventure of Egg, Lime and Chilly has won the first-place prize for the professions category at a cartoon contest held by the South Korean Cultural Centre.

  International organisations and development partners have contributed significantly to the Ministry of Finance’s positive outcomes on the reform of public finance management, said Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

 How climate change and water management are becoming issues of national security in Vietnam and solutions for the country were the topic at a panel discussion held by the Stimson Center in Washington DC in late May.

The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is threatening people’s health, with hospitals in Hanoi seeing a large number of patients with respiratory and high-blood pressure-cardiovascular problems.      

 The People’s Committee of HCM City has asked departments, agencies and districts to closely monitor the trading of chemicals in an effort to prevent fires and explosions.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 3 for the special envoy of Swedish Prime Minister, Pierre Schori.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan recently met with Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti to discuss bilateral efforts to curb illegal fishing and boost fishery cooperation.

A delegation of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China led by its Vice Minister – Deputy head Li Zhao had a working session with officials from the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region in Yen Bai province on June 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – The election of the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2016-2020 term concluded successfully. It was organized with democratic with reforms to promote people’s  rights. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – An art collector set out to bring back hundreds of early- to mid-20th century paintings by Vietnamese artists. To do so, he has spent years travelling the world and attended prestigious auctions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has set the target to increase the number of enterprises to one million by 2020 from the current 500 million, 

 Teachers and pupils are facing various difficulties to eliminate illiteracy in the remote area of Nghe An Province.