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 Brazil's government will hand out 9 million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest.

MobiFone has begun a pilot project to provide a new 4G service in certain parts of Hanoi, HCMC and Danang.

 Khanh Hoa Province will fine Chinese temporary visitors and force them to leave Vietnam if they are found to illegally work as tour guides and do business.

 American blogger Mark Wiens introduced top Vietnamese food that anyone should try when they visit Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam Food Administration has granted permission to the company to resume sales of 13 kinds of drinks after it received legal certification, said Nguyen Khoa My, Public Affairs and Communications Manager at Coca-Cola Vietnam.

Nam Dinh Textile and Garment Corporation, which was ever known as Nam Dinh Textile Plant, the biggest of its kind in the Indochinese area during the French colony will be soon relocated to another place, giving the way for a urban area.

 One month ago, models, singers and artists who love taking and spreading nude photos on the Internet had to say goodbye to their hobby after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to ban such activity.

The initial damage Quang Binh Province suffered from mass fish deaths is estimated at $120 million as of June and could mount to $178 million by the end of this year, the provincial People’s Committee said yesterday.

 Torrential rainfall of up to 250mm has blanketed the northern region since last night, putting localities on high alert for landslides and flash floods.

 The Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department has warned pink- eye (conjunctivitis) could break out in July, with the change from prolonged hot weather to rainy days.

  Government debt reached more than VND1.5 quadrillion (US$66.7 billion) last year, expanding nearly 70 per cent during the 2010-15 period, the Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday.

 The 2016 national high school examination concluded on July 4.

 Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam has won a Bronze Lion for its ad campaign “Devalue Rhino Horn” in the PR Lions category at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

HCM City wants to build a monorail line running from the Phan Van Tri -Nguyen Oanh crossroad (Go Vap district) through Quang Trung Software Park to Tan Chanh Hiep station (District 12) which will cost an estimated $376.6 million.

 The National Assembly (NA) may ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement by the end of this year, Vice Chairman of the parliament’s Committee for External Relations Ngo Duc Manh said.

 The German Vovinam Federation won nine gold medals and the first place at the fourth European Vovinam (Vietnamese Martial Art) Championship which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from July 1- 3.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have urged the State to sell 20 of its businesses, saying that the State budget would have $10 billion from the sale.

 Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is poised to issue guidance for its best quarterly profit in more than two years, propelled by a surge in mobile earnings on the back of robust sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones.

 Crude prices dipped in early trading on Tuesday, with Brent falling back below $50 per barrel as economic concerns took center stage with many analysts saying oil demand will stall later this year.

 NASA'S Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter on Monday with a do-or-die engine burn that looped it into orbit to probe the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system and how it impacted the rise of life on Earth,

 VietNamNet Bridge - If you are looking for a trip full of fun and challenges, the road from Ninh Thuan to Phu Yen is an interesting one.

 Nearly 5,000 tariff lines has been above 0 percent, BIDV granted licence to open branch in Myanmar, Central bank governor stresses caution in price control, Up to 4.49 trillion VND collected from divestment in H1

VietNamNet Bridge - Will China still try to exploit the methane hydrate in the East Sea or spend money to buy oil and gas?

VietNamNet Bridge - While government officials and experts believe that the protocol on phytosanitary requirements on Vietnamese rice exports to China is beneficial, rice exporters say the requirements are too strict.