VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 800 units of blood were collected in one day in the northern province of Phu Tho, according to the provincial steering committee of blood donation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cat Linh - Ha Dong elevated railway in Hanoi has been connected to the national power grid for its trial operation this month, according to the railway project management board. 

 Water companies are still not doing enough to protect streams and rivers, the Environment Agency reports.

The HCM City Federation of Labour on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saigontourist Cable TV Company to carry out a preferential pricing programme for television and internet service packages for manual workers.

 The head of the Thai Navy Seals has said "hope became reality" with the successful rescue of 12 boys and their coach from the Tham Luang cave.

Experts have affirmed that the real estate market in Van Don, Phu Quoc and Bac Van Phong will not be influenced by the National Assembly’s decision on delaying the adoption of the draft law on special economic zones (SEZs). 

A team of experts from UNESCO will be setting off to the Krong No volcanic site in the central province of Dak Nong between July 17 and 22 to examine the possibility of recognising it as a Global Geopark.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung left for Russia to present the “Man of the Match” award at the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final between England and Croatia on July 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Architects, historians and scientists discussed measures to preserve Co Loa—Hanoi’s oldest citadel—and promote its cultural and historical value at a conference in Hanoi last weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That has jumped two places in the International Cycling Union (UCI)’s rankings to 34th, making her the highest ranked Asian in the world.

Howard Limbert, the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) Expedition Leader in Vietnam and Technical Director and safety advisor for Oxalis Adventures, and Nguyen Chau A, general director of Oxalis Adventures, have just returned

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high-level appeals court in Hanoi yesterday upheld the prison sentences of three defendants for conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Dak R’Lap District General Hospital has received five patients with A/H1N1 virus since early this month in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

Over 2.8 trillion VND raised from G-bonds, Country’s most modern poultry processing plant built in Thanh Hoa, Opportunities, challenges for accounting, auditing in Industry 4.0, Da Nang Port handles over 774,000 tonnes of cargo in June

 HCM City police complimented for anti-terrorism efforts, Training course on UXO actions opened for military officials, Vietnam attends World Cities Summit in Singapore, Young scientists voluntarily join agricultural restructuring

VietNamNet Bridge - Many banks have succeeded in scaling up their operation through M&As, but others have taken on new burdens.

VietNamNet Bridge - The strong rise of online sales has brought great opportunities to the transport industry, especially light cargo transport. 

 The derivatives market proved its attractiveness when the value of transactions in the second quarter doubled the amount recorded in the previous quarter to over 417.7 trillion VND (18.4 billion USD), according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to actively and proactively direct monetary policy.

 Twenty-one socio-economic projects in Hanoi are likely to lag behind schedule in 2020, reported Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen in a meeting on July 10 between Hanoi’s leaders and heads of districts.

 The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau is preparing to evacuate local residents in areas prone to landslides as it braces for complicated weather over the next few days.

The average room rate for five-star hotels in Vietnam in 2017 recovered from a 2.2 percent decline from the previous year, picking up 4.2 percent to 107.6 USD, according to a recent survey by Grant Thornton.  

 The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee has decided to issue a warning as a disciplinary measure against the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Chairman of PetroVietnam Tran Sy Thanh and Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian gas group Gazprom Alexey Miller discussed a broad array of future cooperation fields at their recent working session in Moscow.

 Automobile sales in the two first quarters of 2018 went down 6 percent compared to the same period last year to reach 125,659 units, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAVA) reported on July 10.