Da Lat offers promotions; Binh Thuan tourist numbers rise; Can Tho unveils new tours; Hai Phong develops sea tourism; Binh Dinh sets up tourism offices; Binh Duong fruit orchards popular

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign tire manufacturers have flocked to Vietnam with plans to turn the country into their production base as well as a new consumption market.

Vietnamese-born Le Van Hieu will become the first Asian migrant to become the Governor of South Australia in September, according to ABC News.

 Chinese ships of different kinds on June 28 continued to form a row against Vietnamese law enforcement ships undertaking their normal missions in Vietnam’s waters, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

 The World Bank has committed US$2 billion to 30 Vietnamese cities to carry out urban development and management, institution and infrastructure construction projects.

 Denmark is seeking cooperation with Vietnam in the energy sector on the back of its effective use of renewable energy.

 Microsoft, the Viet Son Company, and Intel Corporation officially launched the first Vietnamese brand tablet in Vietnam market, namely ROSA on June 26, the Saigon Giai phong Daily reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tensions in Asia have been high ever since China placed an oil rig in disputed waters of Bien Dong Sea (the South China Sea). Former Vietnamese diplomat, Ton Nu Thi Ninh, calls on the European Union try to resolve the dispute.

 Vietnam calls for Uzbekistani support for East Sea issue; Deputy Defence Minister welcomes US, Indonesia guests; Vietnam active at UN human rights meeting; Vietnam backs MIA issues with the US

 A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said the country's army has established a strategic periodical patrol mechanism in the East Sea.

 Nearly 100 French scholars and professors gathered in Paris on June 25 to address the East Sea dispute and its ramifications on security in the Southeast Asian region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign tourists have shot beautiful video clips about Vietnam, which help introduce Vietnam’s beauty to the world. Below are several of them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hai Huu, Head of the Child Protection and Care Department of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to online newspaper Vietnam Plus about changes to childcare legislative protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Along with projects worth billions of US dollars, such as the Nghi Son, Long Son and Vung Ro oil refineries, work on a series of other large-scale projects for LG and Samsung has begun.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The race to provide education should not ignore quality standards, Professor Nguyen Xuan Han, from Ha Noi National University spoke to the Labour Weekend newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's theatres are facing a shortage of actors as many of them have turned to films and television series that offer better money and fame.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The rice fields of Tu Le are exceptionally beautiful at harvest time, especially from a high vantage point.

Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said that aside from raising the retirement age, there have been many solutions proposed to maintain the balance of revenues and expenses of the social insurance fund.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For decades, a family including four children, have been living in the forest, isolated from the outside world because of poverty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance has adopted measures to better control public assets as Tran Duc Thang, director general of the Public Asset Management Department told News Newspaper.

At several international seminars recently, some senior officials, generals, diplomats and scholars of China claimed that the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is positioned within the exclusive economic zone of Hoang Sa archipelago of China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The baby began to cry just as the taxi started moving. Trinh Tuan was at a loss. He had no previous experience of taking care of any baby, and here he was, alone with his 14-day-old baby daughter for the first time, going home

Japanese photojournalist Murayama Yasufumi, who has visited Viet Nam 36 times to take photos of the country and its people since 1998, is determined to get official approval to take photos of Viet Nam's Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

 GDP per capita to reach 5,500 USD in northern key economic area; Japanese food producers eye Vietnamese market; Microchip Technology to build HCM City factory; Rubber, rice exports drop in six months; Business optimism on the rise this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – All illogical road signs will be replaced to enable better compliance with the laws, Nguyen Van Huyen, director general of the Directorate of the Viet Nam Road tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times)