The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) plans to expand oil and gas exploration and production activities in foreign countries.

 Vietnam has attracted 8.8 billion USD in foreign direct investment in the year-to-date, an 8 percent fall year-on-year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency reported.

 Vietnam’s Ministry Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the TOA Institute, a Japanese general incorporated foundation, signed a memorandum of understanding on training cooperation in agriculture on July 27.

 Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh welcomed Secretary for External Relations of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Mexico Javier Vega in Hanoi on July 27.

 President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on July 27 hosted a reception for IMF Resident Representative for Vietnam and Laos Sanjay Kalra, who is going to finish his tenure of working in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed Vietnam’s wish to continue strengthening its comprehensive cooperation with Brazil during talks with Brazilian Minister of External Relations Mauro Luiz Vieira in Hanoi on July 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese aviation industry is developing strongly with the presence of big manufacturers’ names like Rolls Royce and Honeywell.

 Summer is always the peak travel season. However, many attractive promotions by airlines, such as discounted airfares, have been providing frequent holidaymakers opportunities to travel all year round.

Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in Truong Sa Archipelago of the East Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Ask me anything’, a volunteer group, offers free guidance to tourists, especially foreign visitors to Hanoi, which helps create a friendlier image of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Problems faced by some foreign direct investment (FDI) projects have placed Vietnam in a vulnerable position, but authorities are finding it difficult to revoke the projects’ licenses.

 After years of facing seemingly impenetrable barriers, Vietnamese lychees are now being exported to the US and Australia.

About 75,000 students attending the national high school finals received a 2.25 score on the English exam. Analysts said the education sector had failed to teach English at general school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The breeding of shrimp and other aquatic species in submerged forests in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in recent years has helped to preserve the forest's ecology.

VietNamNet Bridge – An overseas Vietnamese, who is well-known in Vietnam for creating a submarine named Yet Kieu, has received an order from a Thai company to manufacture 300 tourism submarines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dominating the match with skills, a perfect performance and world-level power, the English Premier League runners-up Manchester City soared to an 8-1 win over Viet Nam in a friendly match

 Hoi Ky ancient village in Hai Chanh commune, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province is located by the O Lau river. The village is more than 500 years old.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Images of two foreigners picking up garbage on a beach in northern Vietnam have gone viral on Facebook since July 13. They have attracted thousands of comments and shares.

 HCM City office market set to bustle by year-end, Fruit and vegetable exports record rapid growth, Crab exports to Australia increase sharply, Vietnam's trade deficit: A signal of strength, Jan-July FDI disbursement increases

 The first international workshop on sending forces to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions was held in Hanoi on July 27, offering Vietnam a great opportunity to learn from others’ experience in UN peacekeeping activities.

 Manchester City seemed to be very cool toward Vietnamese fans during their three-day trip in Viet Nam that rounded off their summer tour, Vietnamese website doisongphatluat.com said.

 A network transporting 490 packets of heroin, equivalent to 171.5kg, from Viet Nam to China has been discovered.

 Over 8,000 cases of unidentified war martyrs have been referred to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs for DNA testing to establish a link to their alleged families.

 Police in central Thua Thien-Hue Province have discovered a trading ring that pumps chemicals into dead shrimp to make them appear fresh and increase their weight.

 Nearly 20,500 university exam candidates, out of 720,000 in total, have scored under 1 for one subject, which would hinder them from entering university, the Ministry of Education and Training has reported.