VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold mining along the Hien River section flowing through Thach An and Nguyen Binh districts in Cao Bang Province has severely polluted the local environment over the last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the eyes of Wilbur L. Ross, the 200th richest American, Vietnam is an interesting destination for investment from the US.

 A gunman has killed four US Marines and injured several others at two US Navy buildings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 16th round of the 2015 V-League concluded on Wednesday, seeing FLC Thanh Hoa end Becamex Binh Duong’s long-lasting reign atop the table. Let’s review some of the biggest talking points in this round of play.

 The Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Viettel Group are set to implement a pilot project to move from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6.

VietNamNet Bridge - Convenience stores look to be a very profitable business, but many investors have not had great success.

The Telecommunications University under the Signal Corps worked with Indian Defence Attaché Colonel Paranvir Singh Punia in Vietnam on July 16 to discuss ways to accelerate the implementation of defence cooperation programmes.

 HCM City former market supervisor receives 13-year jail sentence, Fishermen involved in accident in Spratly waters rescued, Embassy in Malaysia supports crewmen exposed to poisonous gas, Korean marriage support project kicks off 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With wild beauty, the islands of Hon Son, Hai Tac or Phu Quy have become new favorite destinations of many tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly a half of century, households in Nong Cong District's Cong Binh Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa have had to use water contaminated with petroleum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Taiwan Ministry of Labor is expected to receive about 10,000 Vietnamese workers to the island in the next three months, after the ban was lifted and became effective on July 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hacker Ngo Minh Hieu, who was arrested in 2013 as the leader of a ring that stole and traded personal information on the Internet, has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city will penalise persons for littering on beaches as a pilot plan to improve civic behaviour in public places and promote a clean and safe environment this year.

 Six Vietnamese students won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals at the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad in Chiang Mai, Thailand on July 4- 16, announced Ministry of Education and Training yesterday.

 Hida beef, produced from black-haired Japanese cattle, will be transported to Viet Nam in 2016.

 Mondelēz International and Kido Group announced the launch of Mondelez Kinh Do, a new brand company between the two confectionery makers, on July 15 in HCM City.

 Pandaw Angkor has become the first cruise ship to be permitted to sail in northern rivers, and it promises to spark a new development trend in the tourism industry.

 Minh crashes out of Yonex Open, National team chess tourney opens, Khoi wins gold with new record

 Female fencer Nguyen Thi Le Dung (read Zung) has made a name for herself at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, Russia after ranking 14th in the women's sabre.

 Trinh Thi Bich Nhu won a silver medal in the women's 100m breaststroke-SP5 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 15.

 A series of charity concerts, entitled Bringing Music To Hospital, will be held in the central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces for the first time tomorrow and on Saturday.

 The Toyota Classics Concert 2015 will take place at Trung Vuong Theatre on August 9, the event's organising committee has announced.

 Experts and investors see another booming year for M&A (mergers and acquisitions), in 2015 which is expected to beat the record of nearly US$5 billion in value seen in 2012.

 Gold prices fell sharply in the Vietnamese market in the afternoon of July 16.

 The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam or PVN) is targetting nearly VND383 trillion (US$17.56 billion) in revenue during the last six months of 2015.