The risk of food poisoning at company canteens nationwide remains high, even though authorities claim it is under control.

The national futsal team has left for Italy to train ahead of the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which takes place in Inchoen, the Republic of Korea, from June 29 to July 6.

Vietnam’s under-23 team shared the spoils with Japan’s Kashima Antlers in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on June 4, with their friendly match ending 2-2.

A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to flow into Vietnam’s power sector to meet the country’s high electricity demand which local power plants have been struggling to meet.

The price-stabilized-product system should be developed nationwide and co-ordination among enterprises in creating a “goods reserve” should be improved, a conference was told on May 29.

The Heineken Live Access music festival which takes place in Hanoi on June 1 and HCM City on July 27 promises to entertain audiences with a diverse line-up of world musicians and DJs.

The country's maximum economic growth would be 5.35 percent this year, according to the Vietnam Annual Economic Report 2013 that was unveiled in Hanoi on May 27.

Reigning champions Thai Son Nam successfully defended their title at the National Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That brought home a gold medal from the Pre-SEA Games Road Race which ended in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on May 24.

Theatres around Hanoi and HCM City are staging new plays aimed at entertaining young audiences during the summer holiday and on International Children's Day on June 1.