VietNamNet Bridge - Financial institutions believe the dong will depreciate further in the last months of the year after losing one percent of value since mid-June.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Giam Tien, the youngest contestant of Project Runway Vietnam 2014, in its second season, won the top prize during the final round in Ho Chi Minh City on July 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, told VNE that technical problems caused the plane crash on Monday morning in which 16 soldiers were killed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dance piece Danh Mat va Tim Lai (Lost and Found) will premiere at the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's "Vietnamese Contemporary Music and Dance" programme next Wednesday at the Opera House.

 Hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon passes over Japan's Okinawa island chain.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The government has decided to spend VND11.5 trillion ($547 million) out of a VND16 trillion ($762 million) package to build 32 ships for the coast guard and marine surveillance forces.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On July 5, 2014, the 7UP brand of Suntory PepsiCo held the banquet "UP with seafood" to set a Vietnamese and Asian record for the longest seafood banquet of 777m.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most Vietnamese believe that learning is the only way for their children to escape poverty and change their lives, and will do everything they can to provide their children with a university education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Airlines Corporation and the Ministry of Transport have urged the government to approve a VNA valuation plan, but economists have no sympathy for the plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the Prime Minister having allowing state agencies to use outsourced services, information technology (IT) firms hope they will get more jobs in the time to come.

 Nicaragua wants all-round cooperation with Vietnam; Vietnam ready to help Laos train inspectors; Lao military delegation visits Hanoi;

Japan is completing legal procedures for an ODA sum to be provided for the Vietnamese Government’s project to build new patrol ships for law enforcement forces.

China on July 7 used up to 110 ships of various types, including four military ships to defend the oil rig HD-981, which is standing illegally in Vietnam’s waters, and prevent Vietnamese law enforcement ships from operating in their national waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Still regarded as a rough gem, Cu Lao Cham or Cham Islet has become an attractive destination for many domestic and foreign tourists when they visit Hoi An.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From the 3rd quarter of this year, drug rehabilitation using methadone treatment will be used at all hospitals in 24 districts of HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Diplomatic activities in June featured Viet Nam’s efforts in defending the country’s sacred sovereignty, enhancing strategic partnership with two European countries and reiterating commitments to human rights.

"With China's propaganda policy, many Chinese people believe that their government is so gentle and that China is bullied by neighboring countries," said Chu Cong Phung, former Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Breweries are running at full throttle as the Vietnamese thirst continues to expand. Both domestic and foreign companies realise the potential for sales in a nation that has gained a reputation for beer drinking.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Ballet Sumphony Orchestra and Opera will host a concert ‘Excerpts from Broadway Musicals’ featuring songs from famous musicals such as Les Misérables, the Phantom of the Opera, Notre Dame de Paris and Oklahoma

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bio-fuel will be sold in all cities and provinces of Viet Nam next year, though it has been difficult meeting the government's schedule, said a Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) official.

VietNamNet Bridge – Apart from deploying and stationing its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep into Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, China has carried out a number of other illegal actions such as publishing maps

Illicit tobacco products are readily available in Ho Chi Minh City, causing numerous challenges as the booming black market reaches record levels.

 HSBC: Manufacturing drives H1 GDP growth; Cashew exporters seek SBV help; VPBank gets nod to acquire finance firm; Kinh Do to venture into coffee and cooking oil markets; VietinBank to sell VND1.5-trillion of bad debt to VAMC

 VietNamNet Bridge – Motorcycle enthusiasts will have the chance to touch, see and feel the merchandise, or just chat with experienced motorcyclists about the hobby when a bike swap meet is due to open in HCM City later this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has kicked off its plan to tighten control over farm produce imports from Vietnam by raising technical barriers.