HCM City (VNA) — The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will grace the stage on June 19 with a music and ballet performance by young and veteran performers.

Paris (VNA) – Vietnam has been elected as a member of the inter-governmental committee of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of the UNESCO.

Hanoi (VNA) - The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) will begin airing a commercial promoting Viet Nam tourism in July.

HCM City (VNA) — The carelessness of parents has been blamed to an increasing number of injuries of children, the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, has said.

Hanoi (VNA) - FIFA had approved the fourth phase of a project to nurture football in Vietnam , a source from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said.

Hanoi (VNA) — The VN-Index advanced 0.84 percent to close on June 16's trading at 445.17 points – the first rising session of the week – while liquidity continued to decline.

Hanoi (VNA) — The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has signed deals to sell stakes in real estate and securities companies to partners from the Republic of Korea (RoK) .<

HCM City (VNA) — Urban rail builders will ensure that metro and monorail systems built in HCM City are disabled-friendly, the Department of Transport has promised.

HCM City (VNA) — Vietnamese enterprises will have the opportunity to access the latest manufacturing and tool technologies at the 8th Vietnam International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and

Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia on June 16 sent 47 soldiers to Thailand to take part in the Ayara Guardian 2011, a multi-national peace-keeping exercise, which runs from June 13 to July 1.