VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of silt and sediment flowing down the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been decreasing, while the erosion of riverbanks and coastlines around the area is becoming more serious.

VietNamNet Bridge - The success of automobile manufacturers is determined not only by product quality and design, but also by distribution networks and post-sale services.

 To nurture her hobby and spread the love for books to every voracious reader, a retired lecturer has created a free bookstore in Hanoi’s Dong Da district. Amidst the busy city, her bookstore shines like a precious gem.

 Vietnam is now the seventh biggest tea producer and the fifth biggest exporter of the product in the world.

 Fruits and vegetables may earn the country 4.7 billion USD this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Hello, a UK weekly magazine, has announced its annual list of Asia’s best destinations for backpackers. And Hanoi has been named the number one city on its seven best destinations in Asia for backpackers.

 More than 200 hikers are trapped on a mountain on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes.

 Vietnamese businesses have invested more than 279.6 million USD in projects abroad during the first seven months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Vietnam welcomed more than 9 million foreign vacationers in the first seven months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 25.4 percent, according to the General Statistic Office.

Ten years after expansion: Development hallmarks of Hanoi

 American cellist Grace Ho and Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy will perform together for the first time at concerts in Hanoi and HCM City next month. 

 HCM City imposes fines on illegal pharmacies, health clinics, HN leads the nation in rural development, Campaign seeks to make roads safer for young people, Bodies of two pilots recovered after military aircraft crash

 Around 1,800 Vietnamese and foreign martial artists took part in the fifth International Martial Arts Festival in HCM City on July 23-25 at the Sports Centre in District 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More effective plans for natural disaster prevention are needed in the Mekong Delta, which plays an important role in the economy, but is threatened by natural disasters, climate change and landslides, 

 Hue is to install surveillance cameras at 200 sites around the city to supervise traffic circulation and security as well as to help emergency response.

The Government has mapped out plans to ensure the safety of reservoirs at the Hoa Binh and Son La hydroelectric plants, two of the country’s largest, said an official of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced its plan to adjust the schedule of flights to and from airports in Japan on July 29 due to storm Jongdari.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem took black and shared the score with host player, chess grandmaster Yu Yangyi, at the first round of the ninth Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament

 Vietnam have bagged four medals at the 50th edition of the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2018), announced the Ministry of Education and Training on July 29.

 The number of gaurs living in Ya Book valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.

 A delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is attending the International Army Games 2018 (Armygames - 2018), which is being held in Russia from July 27 to August 1.

 A large street festival was held on the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on July 29 morning to mark 10 years of administrative boundary adjustment of the capital city.

 The People’s Court of Hanoi on July 30 opened a first instance trial on three men on the charge of “deliberately disclosing state secrets” under Article 337 of the 2015 Penal Code.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese striker Nguyen Van Quyet from Ha Noi Club has been selected as captain of the Olympic Vietnam team by head coach Park Hang Seo to compete at Asiad 2018, 

 Up to 13 people were killed and four others were severely injured in a traffic accident in the central province of Quang Nam on the early morning of July 30.