VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Thai Son Nam District 8 FC were held 1-1 by Bangkok FC in their third match at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Club Championship yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Thi Hoa and Nguyen Hong Ngan won two bronze medals for Viet Nam on the eighth day of competition at the Sakha Republic’s (Yakutia) Children of Asia Games.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young athlete Phan Hoang Thai has received an invitation from the World Cycling Centre (WCC) to take part in a training course in Switzerland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the People’s Committee of Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to continue investigation into deforestation and illegal timber transportation in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has said it will step up checks of service establishments that are likely to surreptitiously employ sex workers to combat prostitution.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015, Vietnam exported $6.9 billion worth of wooden furniture products, an increase of 10.7 percent over 2014, turning Vietnam into the fourth biggest wooden furniture exporter in the world after China, Germany and Italia.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of electrical breakdowns in the south in the first six months this year increased sharply compared with the same period last year,

The US is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Asian nations not to move aggressively to capitalize on an international court ruling that denied China's claims to the East Sea.

 Indonesia wants to send hundreds of fishermen to the Natuna Islands to assert its sovereignty over nearby areas of the East Sea to which China says it also has claims.

 With picturesque landscapes, stable politics, improved infrastructure, and a surging number of foreign tourists, Viet Nam is increasingly seen as an ideal destination for investors in the tourism sector.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Because of poor processing technology, Vietnamese have to sell valuable farm produce at rock-bottom prices.

 Anyone who is interested in seeing or acquiring works by some of Vietnam's most prominent artists, is invited to visit the Affordable Art 2016 “7+”, which is taking place at the Dong Phong Art Gallery in Hanoi.

 The Rotten Grapes – the one and only English-speaking Comedy club in Hanoi will present its biggest comedy show ever at L’Espace on Saturday.

 The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” at the HCM City Opera House on July 19.

 FLC Thanh Hoa’s executive director Le Thuy Hai has been banned two matches and fined VNĐ5 million (US$220) for foul language during the match last weekend.

 Vietnam won four silver and three bronze medals at the Cambodian Southeast Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships that ended on July 12.

 The People’s Committee of HCM City has told relevant agencies that they would be held fully responsible for illegal demolition of century-old villas.

 The verdict on the case filed by the Philippines against China’s territorial claims in the East Sea, in the long term, will substantially contribute to peace and stability in the region, an expert said.

 Slovakian Prime Minister Roberto Fico is scheduled to pay official visit to Vietnam from July 16 to 19.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on July 13 in Mongolia’s capital of Ulan Bator, during which the host affirmed that Mongolia always attaches much importance to developing ties with Vietnam.

Twenty-one art troupes from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand will join an art festival in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri from July 18-25, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Performing Arts.

 Vietnam temporarily top Group A at the ASEAN Football Federation U16 Championship after two matches.

 An Seonjin from the Republic of Korea beat yellow jersey holder Nguyen Thi That to win the third stage of the National Women’s Open Cycling Tournament of the An Giang Television Cup on July 12.

Measures to control saltwater intrusion and store freshwater in the Mekong Delta region were shared at a workshop held in Hau Giang province on July 13 as part of the ongoing Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum 2016.