Three exhibitions providing visitors with an overview of Champa culture, which emerged in the late 2nd century AD, opened in Da Nang city on July 25.

 Vietnam has reaped substantial economic benefits from its 20-year membership of ASEAN, which has provided opportunities to participate in many regional and global economic links.

 Viet Nam is expected to reopen its doors to imports of three kinds of Australian fruit on August 1, said Hoang Trung, deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Plant Protection Department.

 Business representatives with large amounts of tax debt will not be allowed to leave Viet Nam under a new Ministry of Finance draft decision.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dairy producers have poured big money into milk-cow farming projects in order to control input materials and win the competition in the domestic market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national dresses, music, wine, flower, symbols, and cuisines are part of the country's culture that should be soon positioned as "cultural ambassadors" to promote the country's image to the world.

 UK Prime Minister David Cameron will make a two-day visit to Vietnam on July 29-30 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under a draft decree compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the State will hold the exclusive rights to supply 16 categories of commodities and services in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ms. Le Thi Bang Tam, an independent member of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk), President of HDBank, assumed the position on July 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - The appearance of PTT in Vietnam has raised curiosity about how the petroleum market, in which Dung Quat satisfies one-third of demand, is restructured.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ice cream lovers who have a chance to visit the ancient town of Hoi An in the central coast province of Quang Nam should head for Enjoy Restaurant-Bar-Gallery that offers 60 ice-cream flavors

 Vietnam’s retail market is set to grow by 8.4 per cent by 2020, making it one of the fastest-growing markets in Southeast Asia, according to InsideRetail.asia, Asia’s leading authority on retail industry news and trends.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 60 percent of residents in suburban districts of Hanoi still do not have tap water. 

VietNamNet Bridge - It is unclear if teaching English to preschool children has been prohibited or permitted. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) says ‘yes’ sometimes, and then says ‘no’ at other times.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s mobile game industry is believed to have great potential, but it has not been able to turn that potential into reality.

 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.