VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Nham always seems sad. She spends her days waiting as her children live in a faraway city.

 Kantar Worldpanel: Beverages lead FMCG market in Q2, June CBU auto imports from China down, Shrimp exports forecast to drop this year, Rice exports year-to-date announced, Milk powder sales falling in cities

 Japan’s Creed Group, a real estate firm specialising in principal investment and property development, signed a 200 million USD contract on July 26 with An Gia Investment and officially becoming a player in Ho Chi Minh City’s property market.

Border guards in the central province of Ha Tinh, in collaboration with Lao police officers, busted members of a trans-national drug ring with 5.5 tonnes of drugs, said Chief in Command of the provincial Border Guard.

 Vietnam became the 7th member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on July 28, 1995, which is a major landmark in the country’s regional integration process as well as in the region’s road to cooperation and linkage.

 The 12th of July marked the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s agriculture forestry and aquatics industries generate annual revenues of US$30 billion and should have attracted investment like a magnet— but a slew of obstacles make it a tough sell for foreigners.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Three members of the legendary band landed at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on July 25 afternoon on a flight of Vietnam Airlines. They were welcomed by many Vietnamese fans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is one of the world’s largest rice producers but an increase in the number of storms exacerbated by extensive flooding brought about by climate change is destroying the livelihoods of the nation’s rice farmers.

Part of the project ‘the north’s people’, an exhibition opened recently in Hanoi showing photos taken by a largely forgotten source: photographers from the old North Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The finance market has heated up with a series of large bond issuance campaigns launched by major companies.

 Madame Nguyen Thi Binh’s memoir translated into English, Dream comes true for musician Le Minh Son, Book reprinted to mark late musician's birthday, Kite Festival to kick off in Yen So Park, Australian jazz musician to play in Ha Noi at Don's

 Japanese anti-Vietnam war advocate passes away, Russian cosmonaut talks to Hanoi children, US doctors offer free medical examination to poor people, Hanoi donation festival hopes to collect 2,000 blood units

 Vietnam main partner of Asia-Pacific economic forum in Bayern, Government issues 15 legal documents in June, Party delegation visits Laos for strengthening bonds, HCM City fosters trade ties with RoK locality

 VietNamNet Bridge – The waterfall of Dai Yem (Pink Blouse), also known as Nang or Ban Vat, is located in Muong Sang Commune in Moc Chau District in Son La Province.

 The HCMC government has approved the technical design for Package 1A covering Metro Line No. 1’s underground track from the metro station in front of Ben Thanh Market to the Opera House in the central business district.

 Nguyen Kim Trading Joint Stock Co. has requested the Ministry of Finance to correct the inaccurate information about its tax debt the ministry announced on its website.

 The 18th round of the 2015 V-League wrapped up on Thursday, witnessing Becamex Binh Duong’s impressive return to the ladder’s top position. Let’s review some of the most talked about points in this round of play. 

 The 2015 Vietnam-Republic of Korea Animation Festival (VKAF) will take place in Hanoi from August 13-16.

 VNR and Vingroup will become strategic partners in upgrading railway stations.

 Vietnam keeps thinking big when it comes to casino development, according to Forbes.

 A new requirement for property developers to have bank guarantees will provide more security to buyers but may trigger higher prices.

 Increasing imports of meat are putting pressure on the development of the domestic livestock industry, experts say.

 Building material manufacturer Viglacera Corporation has sent an application to list 264.5 million shares worth VND2.645 trillion (US$121.3 million) on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

 A circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information and Communications is necessary to regulate domain name registrations tightly, a conference was told.