VietNamNet Bridge – Songs about summer and love composed and sung by musicians in their 20s have become the biggest hits of the season.  

 Torrential rains claim two lives in Thai Nguyen, Lang Son cracks down on drug crime, Census surveys rural areas, agriculture, fisheries nationwide, Vietnamese cuisine promoted in India, Illegal sand exploitation must stop: Deputy PM

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will crackdown and strictly fine those providing early gender indications of foetuses through ultrasound scans, said Nguyen Dinh Lan, deputy head of the city’s Population and Family Planning Department.

 The budget deficit in the first half of the year hit VND82.9 trillion (US$3.7 billion) due to rising recurrent expenditures and the repayment of debts, the General Statistics Office reported.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is planning to continue its regulation on auto imports.

  The Mekong Delta region has been facing worsening land subsidence, which has been compounded by the prolonged drought in the region this year.

  IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Singapore-based Armstrong S.E. Clean Energy Fund have announced investments in the Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company (GEC).

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) launched the north-south transmission backbone at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 1.

 Google has announced it offered free access for large and small-scale businesses in Vietnam to Google Apps for Work by the end of June this year, according to ICT news.

 Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao reserved a spot at their first international final at the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on Saturday.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung paid a working visit to the Australian State of Victoria to strengthen bilateral understanding and learn the locality’s experience in urban management and building a green and modern city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Government officials and experts have mixed views about the collection of taxes from Uber, Coca-Cola and Big C.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lam Quang Nhat grabbed a gold medal at the Budapest Swimming Open’s men’s 800m freestyle event, with a time of 8min 10.99sec on Saturday in Hungary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang replaced FLC Thanh Hoa in V.League’s second place after winning their rival 2-1 in the round 14 match yesterday (July 3) on their home ground.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists from the Hanoi University of Engineering & Technology, a member school of Hanoi National University, have invented an air pollution warning system by using satellite images.

Republic of Korea tops foreign investment in first half of 2016, Mekong Delta economic forum to be held in Hau Giang, Marquardt to build auto parts factory in Da Nang, Vietnam acts to minimize impacts of Brexit on the economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Hanoi, pancakes have become a cheap and tasty breakfast made and sold at stands. Although there are so many kinds of pancakes, Thanh Tri pancakes remain the most popular ones.

The historic drought this year affected 45,000 hectares of rice and crops, causing a loss of VND8.114 trillion in total. The drought and saline intrusion caused 2 million people to lack water for daily use,

 VietNamNet Bridge - The massive landing of Indian TV soap operas on Vietnam’s television channels has worried many people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The photos showing an old lady in swimwear, smiling happily next to her husband on the beach, have been shared by millions of people on the Internet in recent days.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors from South Korea have been topping the list of foreign investors in Vietnam in the last two years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many vocational schools have closed some training majors, and analysts say they may have to shut down entirely as they cannot find students.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Loc Islet residents don’t wait around for things to get done. Instead, they take to the streets to repair infrastructure on their own.

 A recently released study by the Vietnam Industry Research and Consultant (VIRAC) shows that beer production and consumption in Vietnam for 2014 reached an all-time record high of 3.1 billion litres with revenue of US$4.56 billion.

 The Ministry of Health has suspended sales of 13 beverage products of Coca-Cola Vietnam categorised as “supplement food” because the company does not have certificates on food safety for supplement food production.