VietNamNet Bridge – Much has been said and written about the travails of crossing the street in Viet Nam. Hotels hand out tip sheets to nervous tourists about navigating the endless swarms of seemingly unstoppable motorbikes clogging the streets,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paris-based Vietnamese author/artist/lawyer Amanda Huynh has launched her first book featuring short stories and 40 paintings in HCMC.

 Senior officials from ASEAN member countries met in Vientiane, Laos on July 22 to discuss the preparation of the agenda and documents for the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-49) which is slated for July 23-26.

 More than 200 delegates are expected to discuss legal issues relating to the rulings of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at an international workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Vu Xuan Hong has presented the insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany in recognition of his contribution to the Vietnam-Cambodia ties.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vice President Phankham Viphavan hailed the fruitful relations between the two Parties, States, Governments and peoples of Vietnam and Laos.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) elected heads of the legislature’s key agencies on July 22 afternoon in the form of secret ballots.

Quang Nam’s authorities are expanding an investigation into the illegal logging of a large amount of Fujian cypress in the border area adjacent to Laos.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Committee for managing and supervising state capital and assets will have the function of investing in enterprises and managing the asset portfolio. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 15,200 classrooms for pre-school children across the country failed to meet national standards last year, Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) said in a report on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s life insurance market continued to show positive signs of development in the first half of 2016 and attracts more foreign players.

 Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province attracts tourists for its beautiful scenery and also many special products like fish sauce, pepper, rose myrtle wine and juice. These local products have made Phu Quoc famous.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch music producer Lodewijk Fluttert, whose stage name is Bakermat, will make his debut in Viet Nam on July 28.

 The Hanoi Department of Construction has said a plan to renovate and rebuild many old apartment buildings has been drawn up and will soon be submitted to the city government for consideration. 

VietNamNet Bridge – As their fish output is plentiful, fishermen along Ham Tu Wharf in the central city of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province, steam fish in order to sell more products in faraway places.

HCM City’s high growth rate will provide momentum for Vietnam’s economic development. The newly-approved master plan until 2020 and vision until 2025 aim to turn the city into a special urban center

 The Vietnamese IT industry has seen rapid development from 2010 to 2015, bringing revenue of US$7.6 billion in 2010 to $49.5 billion in 2015, or seven times as much as 2010.

Vietnamese banks should adopt an integrated, long-term approach to modernizing payments, according to a recent report from PwC.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition entitled Noi trong bong toi (Speaking in the Dark) by two artists Truong Hong An and Ngo Ngoc Huong will take place at Nha San Collective, Luong Yen Street, Hai Ba Trung District on July 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government should bar certain industries from exploiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lest they damage public health, health activists warned recently.

  Foreign experts and firms continue grumbling over Vietnam’s low power tariffs which have made it hard for the country to compete in the international wind energy sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The latest data of the General Administration of Customs shows that Vietnam had 22 markets with export revenue of US$1 billion or more in the first half of 2016.

A three-member family in Loc Thuy commune, Phu Loc district, of the central Thua Thien Hue province luckily escaped from the death when a freightliner truck hit and ran into their house, which is located on the Highway 1A roadside.

The Department of Tourism of Da Nang has imposed administrative sanctions on and recommended to the Da Nang People's Committee Chairman to expel four Chinese who had illegally worked in the city.

A HCMC deputy said that the establishment of an interim committee to monitor Taiwanese-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Steel, after it caused the recent environmental disaster to four coastal provinces in central Vietnam, is necessary.