The Ha Noi People’s Committee on July 31 launched Level 3 of the online public services system for wards, helping residents and enterprises access ward-level services quickly and easily via the internet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stiffer penalties for more than 100 traffic violations take effect this month, generating much public attention.

VietNamNet Bridge - Alsok will become one of the leading companies in the security industry in Vietnam this September, when it buys shares of the Hai Phong Royal Security Service.

Cam Ranh airport security police established, Blood drive 2016 wraps up, National Volunteer Award 2016 launched in Hanoi, Guards on China border seize three kilos of drugs, Requiem for AO/dioxin victims held in Hai Phong

VietNamNet Bridge – In July the stock market of Vietnam saw the highest VN-index in the last eight years. Foreign investors’ purchases in the month also reached a record high in 2016.

Lying on the banks of Red River, Kim Lan pottery village in Gia Lam district, Hanoi has a more than 1,000 year-history of making of ceramics.

Korean Daewoo E&C has picked Phuoc Vinh Dong commune in the southern province of Long An as the site to construct its proposed $2.7 billion coal-fired thermal power plant.

 The latest weather news from the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center showed that the country's second storm of this year- Nida landed in Hong Kong (China) this morning.

VietNamNet Bridge – French director Regis Wargnier and actress Catherine Deneuve of Indochina will attend the 4th Ha Noi International Film Festival (HANIFF), which will take place during November 1-5 a month

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam ended in fourth place at the Asian SMM 18th Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship after losing to Thailand in the third-place playoff in Thailand on July 31.

 Foreign firms keen on old building renovation projects in HCM City, New firms surge in first 7 months, SeABank, BRG Group and Michinoku Bank sign agreement, BIDV's total assets' worth touches $41bn

VietNamNet Bridge – A man named Giang Tuan Truong from Tan Tien village in Khoai Chau district of the northern province of Hung Yen owns the biggest pair of Dong Tao chicken legs in Vietnam.

Ha Long Bay has been ranked third in a list of the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia by Touropia, an international travel website.

  Foreign and Vietnam’s state-owned cement companies are racing to tender offers for LafargeHolcim in Vietnam’s divestment.

MOT believes Vietnam should borrow $300 million from China if it chooses Chinese contractors for the highway project, while the ministries of Planning & Investment (MPI) and Finance (MOF) say Vietnam needs to be more cautious about the project.

VietNamNet Bridge - A sociological survey by Dr Nguyen Khanh Trung has shown an interesting perspective about the difference in how Vietnamese and French parents educate their children.

Vietnamese expats in Fukuoka and Hiroshima cities of Japan and peace-loving Japanese people went on a march on July 31 to ask China to respect the recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

A tourism training association of Vietnam was set up at a congress in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1 with a view to fostering manpower development in the industry.  

 The People’s Court of the northern border province of Lang Son has pronounced two capital and two life sentences in a drug trafficking case involving 162 bricks of heroin that weigh over 60kg in total.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced its plan to reschedule flights from/to Hong Kong and Guangzhou (China) on August 2 due to Typhoon Nida.

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed newly accredited Ambassador from Germany Christian Berger in Hanoi on August 1.

The draft law on amendments and supplements of laws on business and investment drew attention from Cabinet members at the Government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on August 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Regarding the cyberattacks at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat Airports on July 29, experts from BKAV, Vietnam's leading network security firm, believe that Vietnam Airlines’ computers might have been controlled by spyware.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has written to banks, credit institutions and financial organisations, warning them against hackers a day after the websites of Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports and Vietnam Airlines were hacked.

More than 80,800 enterprises entered into or returned to Vietnam’s business scene in the first seven months, with the sectors of real estate and healthcare seeing the most impressive increases in new companies.