Mau Thuy, the winner of the 4th season of Vietnam’s Next Top Model (VNTM) 2013, has gained  several fashion deals in the U.S.

 Pop star Madonna was reduced to tears during a trip to Kenya as she listened to a man describe how his five-year-old daughter had been recently raped by a neighbor in Nairobi's Kibera slum.

 The 12th Party Central Committee opened its third meeting in Hanoi on July 4 in which Party members will nominate officials for senior positions.

 Vietnam’s tolerance for Chinese tourists seems to be plummeting after a video showed visitors behaving badly when buying fruit from a vendor in Danang was posted on Facebook.

 Seaweed has been found dead along one hundred of metre of coastal line in the central province of Quang Binh’s Quang Trach District.

 Vietnam voted to pass a new United Nations Resolution on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity on June 30 at the 32nd meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

 Construction of Long Thanh International Airport is planned to kick off on April 1, 2021 if all preparations go smoothly.

 Vietnamese internet users will be able to access FASTER, the fastest undersea optical cable in the world, by the end of this year, according to Mr. Dang Tung Son, Deputy General Director of CMC Telecom.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has not assessed technologies used by Taiwanese Formosa Ha Tinh Steel at Vung Ang Economic Zone, Ha Tinh province, an official said yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam national women’s football team will have three friendly matches with leading teams during their training session in the Czech Republic,

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee asked the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Culture and Sports to end extra classes outside the schools except for foreign training centers and studying centers. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Son Nam and Thai Son Nam District 8 will compete in the upcoming ASEAN Futsal Club Championship Yangon, Myanmar, from July 10 to July 16.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport apply criminal charges for the act of projecting laser beams on planes during landing or take off.

  Sai Gon Jewelry Holdings Co. (SJC)'s gold price rocketed up on July 6 in line with the global trend.

Twenty-eight centrally-run coastal cities and provinces have planted 4,486 hectares of forests along their shores since the beginning of 2016.

 Japanese drug manufacturer Taisho Group has acquired more than 21.3 million shares or a 24.4 percent stake in Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (DHG), the group announced on July 5.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has directed relevant agencies in receiving and using the Asian Development Bank’s emergency aid to help the country deal with impacts of drought and saline intrusion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc tells her story in an autobiography recently launched by the Phu Nu (Women) Publishing House in HCM City.

 Northern China's Hebei, home to seven of the country's 10 smoggiest cities, has pledged to double up its efforts to tackle hazardous pollution following an environment ministry report accusing the province of failing to rein

 Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion),

VietNamNet Bridge - With no tax refund for inventories, businesses complain they will lack working capital for operations. The new regulation will take effect on July 1.

 Asian share markets turned tail on Wednesday as fears over instability in the European Union returned with a vengeance, sending the pound to three-decade lows and hammering risky assets of all stripes.

Deputy Ministry of Transport Nguyen Nhat has asked the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration to reduce the number of flights during peak hours (4pm-6pm) to curb congestion at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Securities assets of billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong have exceeded VND30,400 billion ($1.36 billion), as he turns 48 years old.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government’s debt balance increased over the years to reach about $86 billion by the end of 2014, according to the public debt bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance.