The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Youth Union on July 13 launched a writing contest on Vietnam’s sovereignty over its sea and islands for young overseas Vietnamese.

 A project on teaching Vietnamese online has just been approved by the Prime Minister with the goal of helping overseas Vietnamese to study their mother tongue via the internet and be confident in using the language.

 The Philippines on July 14 urged China to respect the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling that rejected Beijing’s sovereignty claims in the East Sea and said it will raise the issue at the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit,.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 14 for former Chilean President Eudardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle who now serves as Ambassador for the Asia-Pacific region.

 Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has emphasised the country’s close coordination in promoting human rights and implementing sustainable development at a United Nations debate on human rights on July 12-13.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has met with Speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia Miyegombo Enkhbold as part of his two-day official visit to Mongolia before attending the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit.

The average oil price in the first half of 2016 fell nearly $20 to $40.5 a barrel, causing the sales of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) to fall by nearly $4 billion over the same period.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the consent of all four families, three sisters in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau held their wedding on the same day.

Former head of the government’s Border Committee, Dr. Tran Cong Truc talks with VietNamNet about the Permanent Court of Arbitration's recent ruling on the East Sea case between the Philippines and China.

Theresa May became Britain's prime minister on Wednesday with the task of leading it out of the European Union, and quickly named leading 'Brexit' supporters including former London mayor Boris Johnson to key positions in her new government.

VietNamNet Bridge - 5,000 sets of tourism code of conduct papers in Chinese have been printed for delivery at the airport, railway stations, tourist attractions and hotels in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tru in Da Phuoc Commune, Binh Chanh District in HCM City died on July 12, at the age of 123.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the results of electionsfor the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Can Tho City and the six provinces of Tuyen Quang, Gia Lai, Lai Chau, Thai Binh, Binh Thuan, and Vinh Phuc.

Officials of the Ministry of Industry and Trade have said that the State will either own less than 50% of charter capital or withdraw all capital from two giant beverage corporations Sabeco and Habeco.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Thai Son Nam District 8 FC were held 1-1 by Bangkok FC in their third match at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Club Championship yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Thi Hoa and Nguyen Hong Ngan won two bronze medals for Viet Nam on the eighth day of competition at the Sakha Republic’s (Yakutia) Children of Asia Games.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young athlete Phan Hoang Thai has received an invitation from the World Cycling Centre (WCC) to take part in a training course in Switzerland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the People’s Committee of Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to continue investigation into deforestation and illegal timber transportation in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has said it will step up checks of service establishments that are likely to surreptitiously employ sex workers to combat prostitution.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015, Vietnam exported $6.9 billion worth of wooden furniture products, an increase of 10.7 percent over 2014, turning Vietnam into the fourth biggest wooden furniture exporter in the world after China, Germany and Italia.

 Vietnam’s industrial production index declines, Vingroup secures $300 million syndicated loan, Vietnamese fruits introduced in Czech Republic, Call for Eximbank BoD to be dismissed, Amata seeks incentives for Halong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of electrical breakdowns in the south in the first six months this year increased sharply compared with the same period last year,

The US is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Asian nations not to move aggressively to capitalize on an international court ruling that denied China's claims to the East Sea.

 Indonesia wants to send hundreds of fishermen to the Natuna Islands to assert its sovereignty over nearby areas of the East Sea to which China says it also has claims.

 With picturesque landscapes, stable politics, improved infrastructure, and a surging number of foreign tourists, Viet Nam is increasingly seen as an ideal destination for investors in the tourism sector.