VietNamNet Bridge - Pokemon Go, which was officially launched into the market last Wednesday, has quickly become a smash hit on mobile phones. 

 An attacker killed up to 80 people and injured scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday,

VietNamNet Bridge - The deposits from the public and businesses at commercial banks have soared to VND5,800 trillion. Is this because people now tend to deposit more money or have become more apprehensive of risks?

The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Laos reached a high consensus on the work to continue cementing special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries during their meeting in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

 HCM City to start paper-free communications, Five fishermen on sunk fishing boat return to land, Vietnamese engineers successfully invent cold Plasma ray in medical, Hanoi: Over $7 mln to boost prenatal screening

Experts believe that environmental problems exist in nearly all coastal industrial zones (IZs), not just in Vung Ang IZ, where a serious environmental incident occurred two months ago, causing mass fish deaths in four central provinces.

Though the foreign direct investment flow into real estate sector accounts for only 5.3 percent of the total in the first half of the year, experts see the flow is at a more feasible stage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blessed as it is by such a favourable proximity to both mountains, national parks and sea, Ha Noi is rich in options for when city life gets a bit overwhelming and a retreat to nature is required.

In addition to expelling 64 Chinese who illegally worked at the Silent Bay Company in Khanh Hoa, the local authorities imposed fines on this firm for using Chinese employees without work permits.

VietNamNet Bridge – The beauty of Vietnam tourism is very diverse as seen in the winning photos of the 7th photo contest on Vietnam tourism, which closed last week.

 Motorbikes were the main cause of traffic accidents in HCM City in the first six months of the year, a meeting on traffic safety heard Tuesday afternoon.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two more international institutions have lowered their predicted GDP growth rate for Vietnam in 2016, showing less optimism about Vietnam’s economy. However, analysts say a lower GDP growth rate won’t be a concern. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has asked central and local medical facilities nationwide to review hospital services offered by private organisations and individuals.

The construction of the long-delayed US$5-billion Long Son Petrochemical Complex project in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province is expected to start later in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After spreading nude content, Facebook Live in Vietnam is now being used as a tool to lure gamblers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum on Sunday will host the exhibition Khong Gian Ben Trong (Inner Space) - the first solo show by Nguyen Duy Manh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When a local official informed her last year that her family was no longer poor, the 42-year-old woman in Ward 15 in HCM City’s District 8 was not happy.

The BRG Group has secured approval from Hanoi authorities to build a luxury hotel and services complex on a “golden” land plot near the capital’s famed Hoan Kiem Lake. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had bilateral meetings with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev on July 14 on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

 Vietnam once again asserts that it has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Cable Television (SCTV) said it would broadcast television programs using the 4K standard in Vietnam this September, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

 Vietnam will continue to work closely with Laos in building a draft agreement on supporting Laos in organising training courses for deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils in the 2016-2020 period.

 The information mentioned in Amnesty International’s recent report on the situation at detention camps in Vietnam is untrue, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh at the ministry’s regular press conference on July 14.

 Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos left Hanoi on July 14, wrapping up his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students in Ha Noi will have a chance to join Viet Nam’s third annual "Hunger Games" and experience charity activities on July 13 to 31.