The Ministry of Transport has given the nod to the central province of Ninh Thuan to build an expressway linking Phan Rang-Thap Cham city and the Cam Ranh International Airport in neighbouring Khanh Hoa province.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfare Pham Minh Huan attended the International Labour Conference in the capital city of Geneva, Switzerland on June 14.

Vietnam's national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines will re-start direct flights from HCM city to Nagoya in Japan twice weekly from August 13.

On June 15, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs launched a website for people with disabilities at http://nccd.molisa.gov.vn.

The extreme heat in northern and central Vietnam will last for several more days, warns the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held a conference in the central province of Phu Yen on June 14 to inform local religious dignitaries and followers about the law.

A training course was held in HCM City on June 15 by the Ministry of Public Security's police department on criminal verdicts executions and legal assistances so they can provide information on how to carry out the State President’s decision on amnesty in 2010.

Twelfth-grader Phan Minh Duc from the Hanoi-Amsterdam high-school for gifted children won the laurel wreath of "The Road to Olympia Peak " knowledge contest with a prize cash of US$35,000 in the final competition on June 13.

A delegation of teachers and students from the Trinity High School in New York is on a visit from June 13-26 to study the land and people of Vietnam through their voluntary activities at the Vietnam Friendship Village in Hanoi and visits to landscapes.

More than 260 delegates from 45 nations around the globe and international organizations and diplomatic missions in Hanoi have attended the United Nations High-level Tripartite Conference on Delivering as One (DaO), which opened in Hanoi on June 14.

The Association of Hanoians in Germany has been established at Viethaus in central Berlin in the presence of representatives from the Vietnamese embassy in Germany and the Vietnamese community in Germany as well as a large number of Hanoians who are living, working or studying in Germany.

An annual dialogue will be held at the end of this year between the Government and international donors regarding corruption in the field of land management in Vietnam.

A ceremony to launch the “Youth for a drug free world” campaign and a day of sports and culture were launched in Hai Phong City on June 14, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the National Committee for HIV/AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention, Truong Vinh Trong, attended the event.   

Preferred Freezer Services Antara Vietnam on June 12 opened a large cold store in HCM City.

A “Red Card to Child Labour” campaign was held in Hanoi on June 12 to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, which coincides with the football World Cup in South Africa.

The Petrovietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Joint Stock Corporation (PVFCCo) under the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group handed VND3 billion to the Fund for Elderly People on June 12.

HCM City needs VND 256 trillion to carry out transport infrastructure projects in the 2010-2020 period, according to the municipal Transport Department.

First launched in March 2010, the website Internet Cap-Vietnam (http://www.cap-vietnam.com) has become an important way to promote the country’s image to the world.

Local travel firms are offering promotional fares to attract Vietnamese tourists on outbound tours as the political situation has stabilised in Thailand. 

The Institute of Water Resources and Environment (IWRE) has put forth a series of measures to help Mekong Delta provinces deal with climate change, rising sea levels and floods. 

Vietnam is willing to expand cooperation with Laos in the field of auditing and help the country in staff training. 

Vietnam is to honour 100 blood donors on June 12 in response to the World Blood Donor Day. This year’s message is “New Blood for the World”. 

Around 3,500 pupils in Vietnam’s 17 poorest districts will receive four-year scholarships.

A workshop on the German House in Ho Chi Minh City will take place in Hanoi on June 11-26, under the supervision of Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan, President of the Academy for Architectural Culture (AAC).

The Ministry of Health has forecast that Vietnam is still at risk of latent cholera infection if strong prevention measures are not taken.

A workshop took place in Hanoi on June 10 to discuss how to conserve the tiger habitat which is dwindling at an increasing rate.

Female deputies have made a great contribution to the National Assembly’s legislative work, supervision and decision on making many of the country’s current important issues.

Vietnam’s current population structure has created huge opportunities for national development. However, taking advantage of this opportunity to deal with the country’s aging population remains a great challenge.

An amateur golf tournament (the Hainault Open) took place in London on June 9-10 for the Vietnamese community in Europe.

Vietnam sent 29,000 workers overseas to take up a variety of occupations in the first five months of this year, an increase of 5 percent over the same period last year.