Taiwan's aviation regulator has released data showing the pilot of a TransAsia plane which crashed in Taipei had switched off the working engine after the other lost power.

Many visitors to Sapa district, Lao Cai are surprised that local women can speak English quite fluently. Thanks to the development of tourism in the region, indigenous people have the opportunity to practice their foreign language skills every day.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Minister of Industry and Trade appointed Mr. Dang Hoang An, Deputy General Director of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN), as EVN General Director as of July 1, replacing Mr. Pham Le Thanh who retired.

 Festival highlights Singaporean food, West African Waves to appear at CAMA ATK, Mother Goddess artwork goes on show, Canadian experimental pop band on tour, Night market at Saigon Outcast, Cargo Bar to host music concert for students

 The bank for Development and Investment of Viet Nam (BIDV) officially announced a 12 per cent rise in its registered capital from VND28.11 trillion (US$1.30 billion) to VND31.48 trillion ($1.44 billion).

 The Ministry of Finance plans to ask the National Assembly for permission to focus on the issue of five-year Government bonds instead of those with longer terms as originally planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The bitumen surfaces of Highway 1 passing through Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen provinces has subsided in many places because of the hot weather and overloaded vehicles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has organised a two-day training programme for health staff in the central region as part of preventive measures against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).

  A group of students from the University of Technology in Danang City won this year’s Holcim Prize for their device that uses heat from a kiln to dry banh trang (Vietnamese rice paper cake) last week.

 Vietnam will need to spend over VND1,930 trillion (US$88.5 billion) developing infrastructure, improving service quality and diversifying products for the tourism sector in the next 15 years to make it a key industry.

 Vietnam is increasingly becoming popular as a romantic getaway with candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, and pampering accommodations. These are our picks for the nation’s most romantic getaways:

 A delegation from the Russian Academy of Sciences had a working session with leaders of the central province of Quang Nam on the formation of a high technology institute in the locality.

 The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has officially approved the logo and mascot for the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) to be held in the central city of Da Nang in 2016, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on July 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three major foreign investors poured capital into paper-packaging projects in the second quarter of the year. Existing paper plants, both domestic and foreign invested, have been scaling up their production.

 The National Power Transmission Corporation has mobilised 70.65 trillion VND (3.36 billion USD), including 1.3 billion USD of official development assistance (ODA), in the past five years for its power projects.

 Novaland Group launched a programme called “the 100 first apartments for Vietnamese overseas and foreigners” on July 1, the day the revised Law on Housing takes effect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As more than a million students sat for the national high school exam yesterday, volunteers with the programme Give Strength During Exam Season were busy helping candidates from other provinces

 A 40-degree heat wave is sweeping through the northern and central regions of Vietnam on July 1, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has instructed the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) and domestic airlines to build and provide hotline services at all airports where they operate.

Measures to boost trade between Vietnam and Germany were discussed during a Vietnam Fatherland Front delegation’s working visit to Germany by that ended on June 30.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called for a strong army able to respond to emerging challenges presented by today’s increasingly complicated, rapidly changing and unpredictable world.

 Vice Speaker of the Mongolian Parliament M.Enkhbold has expressed his desire to develop ties with Vietnam across economics, trade, investment, national defence, security and at multilateral forums in the region and the world.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on July 2 for Japan to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo from July 2-4 at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Airbus Group CEO Thomas Enders in Hanoi on July 1, expressing his confidence in the massive cooperation prospects between Airbus and Vietnamese airlines.