The good performance of macroeconomic indexes has supported the strong rise of the stock market, which has experienced the best six-month period in the last nine years with growth rate of 14.4 percent. 

Six Vietnamese workers were killed when an oxygen tank exploded at the construction site of a hydropower plant in Laos’ Bolikhamsai Province, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Thị Ngan lost a son, but gained six other children to call her mother.

Setting targets for prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring this progress are imperative as the number of hepatitis patients in Viet Nam who receive treatment is too low, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Direct descendants of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) have decided to take a grave issue to court.

 The private sector is an important driver of economic development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the second Vietnam Private Sector Forum held in Hanoi on July 31.

 About 60 young Vietnamese expatriates are joining their peers in Ho Chi Minh City at an annual summer camp that kicked off in the city on July 31. 

Chinese tourist arrivals in Vietnam reached 2.2 million during January-July, with the figure expected to rise thanks to the launch of a direct air route between Vietnam’s Da Nang city and China’s Zunyi city. 

 Locals being granted permission to gamble at domestic casinos has given Vietnam’s growing hospitality industry an added boost, according to JLL experts.

 Twenty-one students from the Hanoi-based London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF) will display their graduate collections here between August 3-5.

 The historic city of Hoi An will re-enact a 17th century wedding parade held for Princess Ngoc Hoa and Japanese businessman Araki Sotaro in the old quarter as part of the 14th annual Hoi An-Japan Culture Festival from August 18-20.

The Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) will put the first 65km road section of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway into operation on August 2.

 Listening to this steady and powerful clanking sound, one may find it hard to believe that this man is in his 70s.

 Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario’s official visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 3 is expected to boost bilateral cooperation in trade and investment, as well as in fields of mutual concern. 

 Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and the Lao capital city of Vientiane have agreed to foster and expand their cooperation in the time ahead and approve cooperation orientations for the 2017-2020 period.

 Khanh Hoa province authorities have set a 2018 operation deadline for a new runway under construction at Cam Ranh International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam defeated archrivals Thai Lan 3-2 in their classification round yesterday at the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship in Indonesia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Child sexual abuse has been on the rise across the country, with most incidents remaining unreported, police have said.

 Thai Son Nam Club of Vietnam came from behind to clinch the third place in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after a 6-1 victory over Qatar’s Al Rayyan in HCM City on July 30.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam triumphed in the women’s 51kg muay Thai category at the World Games in Poland on July 30.

 Vietnam's northern provinces, including the capital city of Hanoi, and the central province of Thanh Hoa are experiencing a blistering heat wave, according to National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

 While stocks are set to rise this week, concerns remain as listed companies are about to finish releasing their second-quarter earnings reports, putting the market in a period where there is not much information forthcoming, analysts say.

 Nearly 4,200 units of blood were collected from the youth and other volunteers in the final collection drive of the annual blood-donation campaign Hanh trinh do (Red Journey) 2017.

 The Sai Gon Phat Thinh Rating Joint Stock Company has been licensed by the Ministry of Finance to provide credit rating services, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The stable political certainties in Vietnam and high GDP growth rate have created a firm foundation for the next development stage of the real estate market.