VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Anh Cuong, director of the Department for Bio-Diversity Conservation, under the General Department of Environment,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of ceramic objects were unearthed at an excavation site in the central province of Binh Dinh, scientists confirmed at a workshop held in the province on Wednesday.

Households in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have complained that explosions at a nearby hydropower plant construction site may be causing damage to their homes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A court in northern Ninh Binh Province on Wednesday sentenced an HIV-infected paedophile to two-and-half years in prison for sexually assaulting a neighbour.

Despite limited funds and many challenges, Vietnam has included conservation and climate change mitigation efforts in the country’s socio-economic development plan as it faces pollution, rising sea levels

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in the central city of Da Nang are being treated to a series of concerts by a quartet from the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has seen a big jump in the number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) on Saturday, June 30, will organise a one-day excursion to Lai Xa photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A co-worked lacquer painting by noted artists Hoang Tich Chu (1912-2003) and Nguyen Tien Chung (1914-1978) was sold for 226,900 euros (US$265,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ministry of Transport (MoT) has invited some police officers to participate in monitoring activities on build-transfer (BT) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – All of Hoa Binh, Son La, Lai Chau and Hoi Quang-Ban Chat hydroelectric plants are operating stably, safely and are ready for the flood season this year, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in northern Bac Ninh Province are planning to compile a dossier on the Vietnamese folk art of Dong Ho painting in a bid to secure UNESCO recognition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) secured their fourth win yesterday after beating Sai Gon FC 3-2 in the 16th round of the V.League 1.

The capital city of Hanoi has created favourable conditions for luring investment in infrastructure under the build-transfer (BT) mode, but municipal authorities require that BT investments be transparent and comply with the law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mass fish deaths along rivers in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have recurred in Dam Doi District, the local People’s Committee reported yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City have carried out kidney removal from living donors using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has not recorded any mutations of the swine flu (A/H1N1) virus, according to Dr Nguyen Thanh Truong from HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four people died after being electrocuted while installing telecommunications pylons in the central province of Nghe An.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All ports along the Sai Gon River will be relocated by the end of the year to reduce pressure on transport in HCM City, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Service Company (Transerco) plans to issue tickets for the double-decker tour bus service at cheaper price to attract more visitors this summer.