Vietnamese kids on June 30 joined other children from around the world in a special three-half football tournament – the main activities of the “Football for Hope” festival  which is an official event of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

 U19 Vietnamese footballers are in Indonesia for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championship which is scheduled to take place in Indonesia from July 1-14.

VietNamNet Bridge - Always polite, typing correctly and never losing their temper, ‘virtual officers’ or chatbots, a product of artificial intelligence, have become more common on online sale chains in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been criticized for including difficult questions on this year’s high school final exams, in contrast to last year when it faced criticism for easy questions. 

The ill effects of light pollution on human’s health and the environment has been acknowledged in many other countries, but the topic is rarely mentioned in Vietnam. 

 Despite difficulties in living conditions, children in mountainous provinces are bright with innocent smiles.

 Support from foreign investors is expected to help domestic e-payment firms create new things and make a difference in the competition with foreign players in the domestic e-payments market.

 Thanh Hoa’s provincial authorities have been criticised over proposals to spend $4.58 million on cultural activities to celebrate the province's 990th anniversary next year given the poverty of the province. 

 A rare gibbon illegally kept by a man in Ho Chi Minh City has been transferred to Cat Tien National Forest.

 Dozens of people in Nghe An Province have fallen sick and need medical treatment because of smoke and fumes from a local landfill fire.

 The real estate market, particularly in central Da Nang City and the central region, has seen a slowdown after a “bubble” period.

 Visa waivers for property developers investing in HCM City have been recommended by the HCM City Real Estate Association to the Government to develop the city’s property market.

 For farmers in the Central Highlands, growing macadamia nuts has not turned out to be the money-spinner they had expected.

 Viet Nam has attracted companies renting industrial property due to low cost as well as strategic location, strong economic growth and development of the middle-class, according to JLL Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The stock market is still seeing foreign investors pour money into bank shares, analysts say.

Vietnam’s GDP expanded 7.08 per cent in the first half of the year, marking the highest rate since 2010, fueled by robust expansion of the industrial and construction sector and service sector.

 Becoming a wildlife conservationist to save species such as bears, rhinos and elephants from illegal trade was Nguyen Thi Thu Trang’s childhood dream. And today, she is living it.

 Hue needs more investment in infrastructure and improvement in local management to brighten its tourism prospects.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator and Vice Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group at the GEF spoke about the 6th Global Environment Facility Assembly held in Da Nang recently.

 As Hanoi farmers have finished harvesting rice, people living in suburban areas have complained about the smoke in the air caused by the burning of straw fields.

 The Vinh Long International Table Tennis Tournament opened on June 29 at the southern province of Vinh Long’s Gymnasium.

 The National U21 Football Championship’s qualifying round is scheduled to run from July 1 to August 11.

Local authorities in Hue have the ambitious plan of developing the city into the gastronomy capital of Vietnam to boost tourism.

Italy might not be playing in the World Cup but at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival on Saturday they were champions.

 Nearly one million pupils across Vietnam have finished the most important test of their lives so far, the national exam, which will decide whether they are admitted to their dream university.