Vietnam won two gold medals at the Asian Junior Athletics Tournaments which has wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City.

Catfish breeders, processors and exporters in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are under pressure to meet the stricter standards on food hygiene and safety under new US regulations.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will, in June, inspect the Vietnam Chemical Group (Vinachem) and Ninh Binh Fertiliser Plant, a member company of Vinachem.

Vietnam’s total retail sales and services revenue reached VND1,430 trillion (US$63.4 billion) in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%, officials said.

Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a bronze medal at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis in the US on June 6.

Vietnam Women’s Grandmaster Nguyen Thi Mai Hung won a gold medal at the Asian Individual Blitz Women Chess Championship, which closed in Uzbekistan on June 4.

Bui Huy Thong of Vietnam and his teammate, Azhar Mohd Noor from Singapore, triumphed in the first round of the Asia Road Racing Championship’s Asia Dream Cup, on June 5 in Japan.

Vietnam on June 5 came from behind to beat Singapore to win the bronze medal at the Nations Cup in the U21 competition in Malaysia.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the women’s 400m freestyle event, with a time of 4min 7.96sec.

 Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang brought their gold medals home after winning in the finals of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge on May 5 in Hanoi.