VietNamNet Bridge - Phan Boi Tran, Yet Kieu submarine inventor, estimates that it will take VND2 billion, or $100,000, to create equipment powerful enough to sink a destroyer worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

  The 2015 ASEAN traditional music festival will take place in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa from August 1 to 6, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many passengers are complaining about delayed flights while carriers and authorities are attempting to claim they are not responsible for the problems.

 High FDI to real estate in first seven months, VN's trade deficit reaches $3.4b in first seven months, Nam Long issues shares to Keppel subsidiary, Government to sell off stakes in 2 companies

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court in the northern Ha Giang Province yesterday (July 29) sentenced five persons to a combined more than 100 years' imprisonment for cross-border trafficking of ethnic minorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thermal power plants are under much pressure as they seek to resolve environmental issues that are plaguing them.

 Half of the world's estimated online population now check in to the social networking giant Facebook at least once a month.

 The Naval High Command and the Quang Ninh Province authorities today sent a naval vessel to Co To Island to bring back 1,500 stranded tourists to the mainland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heaving rains and floods in Quang Ninh province have washed away coal supplies into local streams, where people are risking their lives to find it.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wearing Vietnamese conical hat, riding cyclo or driving a motorbike are familiar images of foreign celebrities when they are in Vietnam.VNE/VOV

 Malaysia has said that it would be "premature" to speculate on whether debris washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion comes from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess players will arrive in the United Arab Emirates for the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2015 which is scheduled to take place from August 2-13.

The General Statistics Office, in collaboration with the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, will carry out a survey to collect information on socio-economic situations of 53 ethnic minority groups in 2015 beginning on August 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam released a UNDP-supported report yesterday (July 29), detailing why corrupt asset recovery is the least effective anti-corruption programme in the country.

Thai businesses have been quietly, step by step, conquering the Vietnamese market using a methodical and reasonable strategy. Vietnamese businesses cannot do anything but just watch as Thai products penetrate the home market.

 VietNamNet Bridge - One of the leading destroyers in the world, Admiral Pantelev, and the two escorts of the Russian Pacific Ocean Fleet, will pay a three-day visit to the central city of Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's total greenhouse emissions are predicted to reach 466 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents in 2020, according to experts at a workshop on climate change held in Ha Noi yesterday.

The Southeast Region Livestock Association has asked the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to conduct anti-dumping investigation against imported US chicken thighs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known singer Le Quyen, 34, and his husband will have to pay VND4 million (nearly $200) fine each to allow their son to urinate in a sick bag on a flight of the national carrier Vietnam Airlines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous for its white sand, smooth and mild waves – My Khe Beach – voted one of the six most attractive beaches on the planet by Forbes magazine, is an ideal place for fishing.

 The 4 th World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championship will be taking place in Algeria from July 30-August 1, drawing the participation of 250 officials, referees and contestants from 20 countries worldwide.

 Russian-German musician Zedd tours HCMC, French comedy Playing Dead at L'Espace, Artists stage movement-based Hamlet, Queer Disco celebrates first birthday party, Acoustic music show to rock Manzi

Japan’s Seven & I Holdings said it would open the first 7-Eleven convenience store in Vietnam in 2017.

 More torrential rain, forecast to be equivalent to or even stronger than the record extensive downpour in July 1986, will hit the northern delta region from July 31 night to the end of August 8 with estimated rainfall of up to 300-400mm.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Hanoi on July 29 for a two-day visit to Vietnam. Some pictures of the visit by VOV.