VietNamNet Bridge – Efficient enforcement and financial administration are key in successful restructuring of public investment projects, Truong Van Vo, a NA deputy, tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times).

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Viet Nam’s exclusive economic zone threatens peace in Southeast Asia and the world as a whole, noted an Argentine professor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It has been difficult getting back to normal life for Iain McNamara and his peers after their one-year trip through 22 countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More Vietnamese men are seeking medical attention for premature ejaculation, according to Dr Nguyen Quang from the Viet Nam-German Hospital.

VND80–100 trillion to develop Vietnam’s seaport system by 2020; Enterprises still keep listing at arm’s length; G-bond sales hit VND20 trillion in June; Vietnam PMI shrinks slightly in June; Jetstar Pacific receives Vietnam Airlines aircraft

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese gold controls 10 per cent of the market in southern Viet Nam and 20 per cent in northern Viet Nam, gold experts have warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Quang Binh, a 26-year-old boy in Danang City, central Vietnam, recently spent nearly a month touring a number of Southeast Asian countries to find out how foreigners think about Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam continued seeing signs of economic recovery with a Gross Domestic Product growth in the first half of this year reaching 5.18 % despite a number of difficulties and challenges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese technology firms are continuing tomake every effort to launch new products into the market, even though made-in-Vietnam productshave yet to receive a warm reception.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s “cow tongue” line is a product of delusion that makes the whole civilised world, including Chinese scholars, feel shocked, the Government news portal said on July 1.

Despite warnings by concerned agencies, farmers in the southern provinces have been rushing to convert large areas of rice fields and catfish ponds into shrimp ponds, threatening, some say, the biodiversity of their areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wine-gourd shaped grapefruits, thousand-arm finger citron and Mercedes-Benz car-shaped watermelons are among the most special and expensive fruit in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Grammy Award-winning Pacific Boychoir will travel to Vietnam to perform at notable venues and institutions such as the HCMC Conservatory Concert Hall and the Worker Theater in Hanoi.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Associations for friendship with Vietnam in various European countries have issued a joint resolution demanding that China respect international law and immediately withdraw its oil rig out of Vietnam’s waters

 The number of four- and five-star hotels in Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have reduced room rates by 30 per cent or more in order to attract more visitors this summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) remains under pressure to launch a successful initial public offering.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is one of 10 nations that has successfully reduced child and maternal deaths. It cut under-five mortality by 60 per cent from 58 to 23.2 per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parkour, a French street art that involves moving around or over obstacles at high speed, has been present in Vietnam over the last four years. At first, parkour was practiced by some small groups of individuals

 The Czech Republic supports Vietnam’s stance of resolving the East Sea disputes by peaceful measures in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

It is not unusual for Vietnamese billionaires to be assigned informal nicknames by the public, media or colleagues. While most accept the monikers bestowed on them, others are less comfortable with what they are called.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People with disabilities should take heart from the stories of a nine-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who have been helped to get on their feet by inspirational peers and free prosthetic limbs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre stated that it has been trying to call for financial support to bring back a beloved Vietnamese emperor's bed and a rickshaw home from France.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a large country, China has used coercion and made threats to use force to wage war against a small country, according to Lawyer Le Thanh Son.

 Established hundreds of years ago, Hoang Su Phi District in the northeast province of Ha Giang is now the home of many ethnic groups who live mainly by growing rice and other subsidiary crops.

 On July 4, China maintained the presence of five battleships, 48 coast guard, 15 cargo vessels and four tugboats around drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that has been illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters since early May.