VietNamNet Bridge – Companies in the 320-hectare Bien Hoa Industrial Zone 1, the country's oldest industrial area, have asked the Government to come up with a detailed plan on the zone's shift to an urban trade-and-services area.

A representative of the Rosatom Corporation, the general contractor of Ninh Thuan nuclear plant, said the project is still going on schedule. Later this year the independent consultant firm will submit a feasibility report to the Government.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The death of the first securities companies has been declared officially after they failed to struggle to survive. Many other companies, named in the black list, would have the same fate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Composer Dang Chau Anh was the only Vietnamese member of the jury at the third Vietnam International Choir Competition held in the ancient town of Hoi An in June.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several Vietnamese players were hired by foreign football clubs but so far no one has succeeded.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have all reported the sharp increase in the number of groups of tourists booking domestic tours with travel by air since early this summer.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on July 10 sentenced Wu Wen Song, a Chinese man, to two and a half years imprisonment on charge of “appropriating secret documents of the State”.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Investment Minister Bui Quang Vinh has promised Vietnam will continue offering foreign investors appropriate incentives in a manner that benefits both the nation and investors themselves.

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The Ministry of Education and Training announced that in the two phases of the University Entrance Exams, 1,673,628 students registered of which 1,298,522 actually sat for the all important exam to enter colleges and universities.

 Two persons died and one injured due to lightning strikes after torrential rainfall in the northern mountainous region, in the last three days.

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 The 13th National Assembly's sixth session would evaluate the country's socio-economic development programmes between 2011-15 and the overall plan on economic restructuring, said Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh narrowly defeated Malaysia’s Tan Chun Seang 2-1 in the third round of the US Open Badminton Championships on July 11.

 Two Vietnamese contestants Phan Hoang Thu and Nguyen Dieu Linh have advanced to the 2013 Asian Super Model Contest’s top ten after successfully completing the bikini shoot challenge in Nanning, China on July 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will not adjust the foreign exchange rate at present and will take bold measures to stabilise the forex market, a senior SBV official has affirmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would raise Viet Nam-US trade and practically benefit the two countries' common development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

After hit a few trees on the left roadside, a four-seat car carrying five people upturned and fell into a pond. The driver escaped while the four others were trapped and died of suffocation in the car.

HCM City authorities had prepared a plan on increasing hospital fees to submit to the city People’s Council for approval at the ongoing session but they decided to withdraw the proposal at the last minute.

The establishment of high quality schools has been approved by the Hanoi People’s Council. The existence of the schools, which set high tuitions, called the schools for the rich, has raised controversy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 18 people who sought shelter from the rain in the eucalyptus forest in Son Hoa district of Phu Yen province, nine were struck by lightning. The tornado also pulled one up from the ground.

On July 9 the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee presented a certificate of merit to Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, a driver of Vinasun Taxi, who returned $10,000 in cash and two iPads to foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Chinese ship attacked two fishing boats from Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province in the waters of Hoang Sa of Vietnam, causing losses of about $30,000.