Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and a high-level delegation from the Ministry of National Defence are paying an official visit to Cuba from July 17-21.

 About 15 kilogrammes of South African elephant tusks were seized by the customs office at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese-invested Viet Phuoc Agricultural Produce Co., Ltd. in Binh Phuoc province has been detected to throw hundreds of rotten pigs in the area adjacent to upper Saigon River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man who did not finish high school believed that he could treat diseases by “Dharma" through splitting the patient’s body with a razor and by using medicinal herbs.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Binh Chuong commune of Binh Son district in the central province of Quang Ngai, locals have thrown hundreds of dead chickens into the Thach Nham canal.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has promised help from the Government for the tourism sector in the central provinces hit hard by the Formosa environmental disaster. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Almost 1,100 households in the northwestern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Son La and Lai Chau are in areas with a high risk of landslides, erosion and flash floods.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, South East Asia's largest market, brewers spend hundreds of billions of dong to hire promotion girls to serve marketing campaigns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year Vietnam’s Hoi An ancient town ranks 6th among the ten best cities in Asia, voted by readers of Travel & Leisure.

 Toyo Ink Group still on look out for power plant partners, $300 million Korean factory comes to Ha Nam, Authorities struggle to collect gold mine taxes, Trade balance reaches a plateau in Q2, Finance firms raise $1bn with deposit certificates

 A scheme to collect millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases and bury them under the North Sea off the coast of Rotterdam is Europe's best hope of showing it can make carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology work.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on July 19 to seek solutions to dealing with the influx of tourist arrivals in Hanoi, particularly those from China.

 An 1.3 kg hawksbill turtle, a rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world, was released in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 19.

VietNamNet Bridge - The record low freight for both inland waterways transport and international routes has caused a crisis among shipping firms, big and small, state-owned and privately run.

 Nintendo Co's (7974.T) shares fell 10 percent in early trade on Wednesday after they more than doubled in value over the past seven sessions powered by the record-breaking success of the Pokemon GO mobile game.

 Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh has been appointed as head of the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Young Businesspeople Association (YBA) has said it will support 1,000 creative start-up projects during the 2016-2020 period.

 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on July 19 concluded his four-day visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The 14th National Assembly convened its first session in Hanoi on July 20, focusing on electing high-ranking State personnel for the 2016-2021 tenure, and discussing crucial issues of the country.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh suggested that Singapore should make it easier for the entry of more Vietnamese goods, such as farm products, farmed fish, apparels, and footwear.

Sanna Khanh Hoa failed to earn a ticket to compete in the AFC Futsal Club Championship’s semi-final after losing 2-6 to Dibba Al Hissin SCC of the United Arab Emirates in the quarter-final match yesterday.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, dropped four places from world No 870 to 874 in the ATP rankings.

 Vietnam’s track-and-field squad have received remarkable support from sponsors to improve their skills in 2016.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan to celebrate the Ao Dai Festival at the Thang Long-Hanoi Preservation Centre from October 14 to 16.

 Three talented Vietnamese musicians will unite for a night of music at Vietnam National Academy of Music’s Grand Hall in Hanoi on July 26.