Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh returned home early July 25, said assistant to the minister Major General Ngo Quang Lien.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese retailers have withdrawn from the convenience store market after a long period of incurring losses, leaving the market more open to foreign retailers, who have been expanding their chains.

 Frenchman Leopold Vincent, who lives in District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, has adopted nearly a hundred abandoned cats. He’s well-known around town for his animal protection work, with this care of and love for animals knowing no boundaries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Jumping out of a plane and flying in the air sound scary to those with weak hearts. On July 16 many people, mostly youth, have found this thrilling game attractive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever tourists visit, the farmers in Yen Duc Commune become tour guides in their area.

 Vietnam’s south has a fully-deserved reputation for its wide range of delightful cakes.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has repeatedly urged commercial banks to take action to reduce the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio to below 3 percent by September 30. But it has proven to be an impossible mission.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For years, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Y, 29, eats six cans of rice per meal and drinks 15 liters of water per day. Yet she is very thin and short.

Nestled among forested hills 30 kilometers west of Da Nang is the stunning mountain resort of Ba Na Hills. The region has varied flora and fauna, including many rare animals, such as the Asian Black Bear and Crested Argus, and over 540 plant species.

 The competition between foreign and domestic life insurers in Vietnam is as multi-faceted as it is fierce.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform for the first time in the northern province of Thanh Hoa on August 13 as part of the 2015 Toyota Concert tour.

 Survey finds English teachers in Vietnam not as qualified as in some countries in Asia.

 The central province of Quang Nam is set to build its first high-tech institute, spread over 100ha in coastal Tam Thanh Commune, 8km from the provincial capital, Tam Ky City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One man's commitment and determination to educate children of disadvantaged communities has made him the "most indispensable man" in a remote village that he has made his home.

VietNamNet Bridge – His family and friends could not believe how quickly a young healthy man like Pham Thanh Tung could become so weak.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam lacks capital to build power plants and has called for foreign investment, which analysts say is not the best solution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well past its heyday in Viet Nam, the art of pantomime is apparently the sole preserve of one passionate artist, Nguyen Hoang Tung, for whom it is a meaningful, metaphorical journey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though he came to Wimbledon just to gain experience, Vietnamese tennis pro Ly Hoang Nam ended up leaving the competition with his homeland's first junior title.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Age does not deter Remi Huynh, 74, a Vietnamese expat in France, to popularise the Huynh Huynh De School of martial art, which has attracted thousands of enthusiasts in France, particularly in Marseilles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is continuing efforts to reform its banking system and invite foreign banks to join the domestic market via increased bank ownership. 

 Luc Yen district, 80 km from Yen Bai province is famous for making gem stone pictures. Using rough stones, skilled artisans make beautiful pictures popular within both domestic and foreign customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Only 58 of 1,400 water samples collected in seven suburban districts of HCM City satisfy physical and chemical indicators, while the rest have a low pH and high iron content.

After the country’s liberation, the total number of tamed elephants in Dak Lak Province, the kingdom of domestic elephants in Vietnam, numbered over 500. At present, there are only 50 old elephants, which are being overexploited to serve tourists.

Handling collateralized assets and determining the legal rights of financial institutions and the Vietnam Asset Management Company has been a hot topic of discussion in how to resolve outstanding bad debts in the banking system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Internal Affairs Commission, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the Party's plan to tackle corruption.