VietNamNet Bridge – Composer An Thuyen, who is well-known for his songs inspired by national folk music, died at 65 of a heart attack yesterday (July 3) in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City will have 12 sewage treatment plants by 2020, up from its current two. The city wants to borrow nearly $900 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build four more plants.

 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Nguyen Phu Trong, will pay an official visit to the US from July 6 to July 10

 VietNamNet Bridge – The caves of Huong Tich, Tam Coc, Dau Go and others make for colorful stalactites of various shapes.

At the historic moment when US President Bill Clinton lifted the embargo against Vietnam, at 5 am on February 4, 1994, Hanoi time, Vietnamese wondered at the time how it would affect the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending Becamex Binh Duong are expected to earn three points against archrivals Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) at the 14th round of the second leg of Toyota V.League 1 today, July 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam must work harder to support its numerous ethnicities, who mainly reside in remote, mountainous regions,

 VietNamNet Bridge – French people who have settled in HCM City have brought their cuisine to the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Viet Nam had room for growth and could give Japanese firms new opportunities at a business forum held with the five Mekong Delta countries yesterday (July 3) in Tokyo.  

 Vietnamese amateur chef Phan Ngoc Anh will participate in a cooking contest held in South Korea from August 20-28.

 Vietnam should build a market institution for the electricity sector if the country wants to build a competitive power market, experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chun Yoo-oh's private and professional world – one of dance, choreography and teaching – took a dramatic turn when her husband accepted a job in HCM City as a branch manager for a major project 11 years ago.

The sports sector will determine its budget to focus investment on key athletes in key sports, targeting to secure from 16 to 23 positions at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh told journalists at the recent National Assembly meeting that the minimum wage would meet workers' needs by 2020

Smartphone sales will continue to increase for at least the next five years in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by the IDC firm. Though sales are slowing, Vietnam remains the fastest-growing smartphone market in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan came from behind to beat Viet Nam 3-2 in group A's last match at the Japan-Mekong U15 Football Exchange 2015 in J Green Sakai Centre, Japan, on July 2.

 Taxi booking apps Uber and Grab Taxi have become increasingly popular in Ho Chi Minh City, which experts forecast to strongly develop in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has received permission to export litchis to the US and Australian markets, but exports remain very modest.

 The Government issued Resolution No. 51/NQ-CP on July 2, requesting ministries, agencies and localities to continue their hard work in order to achieve this year’s annual goals.

 Five images taken by Vietnamese photographers are among 111 shortlisted works for the prestigious title of Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2015 on show from June 22-July 10 inclusive, at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

 Authorities in central Thua Thien-Hue province have decided to invest 3.8 billion USD into the development of traffic infrastructure.

 Five major cable television providers, namely SCTV, VTVcab, VNPT, Viettel, and FPT, are competing to offer multiple services to win more subscribers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A trip to Cam Mountain on a newly launched cable car system is recommended for tourists to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the occasion of Ba Chua Xu Festival

 The way children sniff different aromas could form the basis of a test for autism, suggest researchers in Israel.

 Viet Nam has affirmed it will work closely with regional countries in dealing with the "irregular movement of persons in Southeast Asia."