Fruit, vegetable export value up in H1, Saudi Aramco withdraws from $22 billion Vietnam project, German investors choosing Danang, VFA cuts 2016 rice export forecast, Jan-May tra fish exports up

 One person killed, one injured in torrential rain in Quang Ninh, Quang Tri sets up damage assessment council after fish deaths, Hue announces Formosa damage, Railway overpass site to be inspected

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spends the huge sum of VND6 billion ($250,000) to train an engineer in space technology, but pays the modest sum of VND3-5 million a month in wages to the engineer. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many areas described as the city’s ‘flooded hubs’ in the past have become dry while areas which never suffered from flooding in the past have become hotspots for floods.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taiwanese Formosa was welcomed warmly when it arrived in Vietnam 15 years ago as a major foreign investor with multi-billion dollar projects. But it has been involved in many scandals.

 American and Asian guitarists will perform at the 2nd International Finger Style Guitar Festival (IFSGF) in Hanoi and HCM City this month.

 The Vietnam International Exhibition on Film and Television Technology (Telefilm) will be held from July 13 to July 15 in Hanoi.

 Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh withdrew from the YONEX US Open on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Three northern provinces of Hai Phong, Lang Son and Lao Cai have proposed to build high-speed railways to China, according to Transport Minister Truong Quang Nghia.

Japanese agricultural businesses are making a beeline for Viet Nam since the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is set to open up their country's market and bring import tariffs down to zero.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has urged localities across the country, especially international tourist destinations, to immediately roll out strict measures to detect, prevent and handle violations of law in the field of tourism.

Hanoi is famous for its speciality green rice flake cakes which are sold in Hang Than street. Hang Than is just among more than 20 culinary streets in Hanoi which has about 70 streets with their first name of Hang.

  Nearly 110 outstanding young Vietnamese expatriates from 26 countries and territories will participate in the Vietnam Summer Camp 2016 from July 10-23.

 Swiss Professor Kurt Wuthrich who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry had a talk with over 1,000 students and science-lovers in Quy Nhon City, the central province of Binh Dinh, on July 6.

 TRAFFIC and Intelligentmedia on July 6 launched the second phase of their “Chi” or “Strength of Will” initiative, with updated messages and images to continue with the mission to instill a zero-tolerance towards rhino horn consumption.

Strong winds and downpours are forecast to batter waters off the coasts from Vietnam’s central province of Binh Thuan to the southernmost province of Ca Mau, due to effects of super typhoon Nepartak.

 The third leadership committee meeting of the Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance took place in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, on July 6.

 Vietnam will create the best conditions for Thailand’s SCG Group to carry out investment projects in the country as scheduled, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said.

  Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh came to the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on July 6 to thank China for assisting Vietnam in the search and rescue work in the incident involving CASA-212 aircraft.

 Environmental protection must be the top priority of businesses, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at a reception on July 6 for General Director of Doosan Vina in Vietnam Jung Yeon In.

 A visiting delegation from the Communist Party of India (CPI) was received by Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai in Hanoi on July 6.

 The 12th Party Central Committee on July 6 heard the Politburo’s proposal on candidates for top positions at State agencies to be submitted to the new National Assembly’s first session.

 People in Da Nang now can text or call to the Center for Public Service Information to arrange an appointment with an administrative agency rather than going to the agency to do so.

 The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it will fund a study to monitor U.S. athletes, coaches and members of the Olympic Committee staff for exposure to Zika virus while in Brazil, 

VietNamNet Bridge - The recent archaeological discovery proves the presence of people 800,000 years ago living in Vietnam.