VietNamNet Bridge - A couple and their little daughter live like “primitive men” amid the warp of the Red River in Long Bien District, Hanoi. They shave their head and do not wear clothes.

 Vietnam’s textile and garment sector will not be significantly affected by the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, industry insiders believe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The moss-covered walls of a humble fishing village have been brightened up with murals following an extensive art project.

 Almost 85 per cent of 13,000 employees surveyed in the second quarter expressed their unhappiness with their current job, according to a report from JobStreet.com Vietnam released on June 29.

 Government policies must be business-friendly to encourage investment, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said at a dialogue on the 2016 investment policy on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The last incident occurred on Vietnam Airlines' flight VN595 from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City on June 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Daily Star has listed the countries that are considered safe, where tourists can avoid terrorism. Vietnam is named in this list.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has said to take action against illegal operations of Chinese travel firms and tour guides in Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Book of Records, VietKings, hasrecognised a marble milestone of Truong Sa Dong Island on the mainland as thebiggest of its kind in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved rules for the management and operation of Cam Ranh International Port in central Khanh Hoa province’s Cam Ranh Bay.

 The central city plans to establish a tourism police force as a pilot project to boost security for tourists and the tourism environment in the 2016-20 period.

 The Department of Tourism of central Da Nang city vowed to enforce strict penalties for foreign travel agencies and tour guides operating illegally, said the department’s Director Tran Chi Cuong.

 Police in central Quang Nam province on July 30 seized 80 kilogrammes of high power explosive being illegally transported by a local man on Highway 1A across Tam Ky city of the province.

A Party delegation led by head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan paid working visits to Chile and Argentina from June 27-30.

VietNamNet Bridge – The electrical system using red plastic basins as propellers helps generate clean energy source and light for many poor households along the Red River.

 The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has fully removed the foreign ownership limit on its shares following approval from the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in May. The cap was previously 49 per cent.

 The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) released a commemorative Vietnam-Portugal joint stamp issue on July 1 at a ceremony at the city of Hoi An in the province of Quang Nam.

 The PM this morning asked Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue and Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung to prepare a plan for the compensation of US$500 million received from Formosa.

 The Government on June 30 issued a resolution on the extension of visa exemption for citizens of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

The UK continues to work with Vietnam to increase trade and investment between the two countries after the British vote to leave the EU, said Lesley Craig, Charge d’Affairs of the British Embassy in Vietnam.

 Provinces in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City introduced 69 key projects to invite investors at a conference on investment, trade and tourism promotion in HCMC this morning.

The Vietnam Azalea Fund, managed by Mekong Capital, will divest nearly half of its stake in the Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ) via negotiations.

 Thanks to cloud computing, Vietnamese executives can manage their companies from anywhere using Microsoft’s reasonably priced software.

 Thirty local fishermen entered pleas of guilty to charges of illegal fishing in a Darwin, Australia court on June 28, handed down suspended sentences and released on good behaviour bonds.

 There is a firm basis for ASEAN helping settle disputes involving several of its member states and China in the East Sea, said Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.