Hanoi authorities said construction progress is being speeded up so that the Hanoi Train Station-Nhon urban railway project (Route No. 3) will be completed in 2021.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swara​j have reiterated wishes and determination of their senior leaders to continue expanding the bilateral relationship.

A humble coastal village in Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province has received a makeover with vivid murals as part of an art exchange programme, helping to boost local tourism and improve residents’ lives.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left Hanoi on July 5 morning to visit Germany and attend the G20 Summit in Hamburg at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A ceremony will be organised on July 8 in Hanoi to present the “Vietnam Tourism Award 2017” to businesses with the best performances in 2016.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Public Security and authorised agencies to investigate the building of low quality fishing vessels in Binh Dinh and some other localities as reported by the media recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost to Kazakhstan’s Altay in the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on July 3.

Discovery, the well-known global cable channel, will collaborate with YouTube’s Vietnamese partner POPS Worldwide to produce a sitcom, Ai Moi La Ba Chu (Who's the Boss?).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A long-standing skeptic, Hong Van visits the Aummee Restaurant in Ha Noi and admits her bias in favour of non-vegan food could’ve been a trifle misplaced.

SHB Da Nang has signed Kosovan midfielder Gramoz Kurtaj for the second half of the National Football Championship V-League.1, replacing Brazilian striker Brazilian Eydison Teofilo Soares, 

VietNamNet Bridge - The instability of virtual currencies and price increases of computer components have forced many bitcoin miners to sell mining machines to get money back.

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to have 1,000 MW of wind power by 2025 will depend on the government’s policies and electricity prices.

Le Quang Liem wrote on Facebook that in the future, no matter where he lives and works, he will always be a Vietnamese and will contribute to the country’s development.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gioi Di Dong wants to be a leopard, Vietjet a pigeon, Masan a wild boar and FPT a herd of bees. What’s the philosophy behind the choices?

Professor Nguyen Van Thu, who has involved in Ha Noi’s traffic planning, speaks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper about the city’s draft resolution on phasing out motorcycles from inner districts from 2017 onwards.

VietNamNet Bridge - The forests in the central region and Central Highlands still continue to be felled despite the Prime Minister’s order one year ago to close natural forests.

Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Viet Nam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete,” culture expert Tran Ngoc Them once wrote. 

Major Nguyen Hung Vuong of the Tan Thuan Border Gate, a customs post on one of HCM City’s rivers, got married when he was 29, but only became a father at 40. Vuong’s daughter, Nguyen Ngoc Linh Dan

The Communist Party of Vietnam and the Social Democratic Party of Germany convened their sixth dialogue in Berlin on July 3, talking opportunities and challenges in a changing world and Vietnam-Germany-EU cooperation.

 Sai Gon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) has appointed Nguyen Duc Thach Diem as the new general director of the bank, starting July 3.

 Vietinbank inks loan pact with foreign banks, Construction contractors struggling with overdue payments, B2S stationery store launched in Vietnam, Vietnam spends heavily on fertilizer, pesticide imports from China

More CNG buses enter service in HCM City, Thousand of people join blood donation festival in Can Tho, Public security ministry reviews first-half activities, Hanoi must shape up: NA chair

 VietNamNet Bridge – More inspections street-food are needed to control food safety and hygiene and prevent food poisoning.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council opened the fifth session in the ninth tenure on July 4 with the quality of local economic growth among issues high on the agenda.

 A Vietnamese opera titled “Story of the Red River” will be presented to music lovers at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Culture Palace in Hanoi on July 22-23.