VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese modern dancer Nguyen Thanh Chung has won a prize of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Dance Association in the Korea International Modern Dance Competition, which wrapped up in Seoul late last month.

The Chairman of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said the foreign partners had settle $5 billion for the Nghi Son oil refinery project but the construction will be kicked of in September, instead of July.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Taking advantage of the incentives on imported cars of Vietnamese repatriates, luxurious cars have been smuggled into Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Vietnam’s Next Top Model organisers have announced they will also welcome male contestants, besides female participants like previous years.

Though domestic gold prices crashed by VND850,000 per tael compared to late last week, buying power declined sharply on Monday after the central bank has announced to continue supplying gold for the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will spend 50 billion VND on programmes, policies and projects to enhance education for ethnic minority people as part of a recently approved ethnic affairs strategy until 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem has jumped from 34th to 4th in the FIDE’s most recent World Blitz Chess rankings for July.

 VietNamNet Bridge – France's fine art of table decoration will be presented to the public in Ha Noi today, July 3, at l'Espace, the French Cultural Centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Pakistani wrote a letter to express his appreciation for the timely help of the traffic police team No. 5 and the police of Gia Thuy Ward in Long Bien District, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – World champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat took the title at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games' (AIMAG) muay event in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on July 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During exam time at universities many landlords opportunistically increase their fees for accommodation because of high demand from students.

The "Summer" painting exhibition has opened in HCM City, introducing 26 oil on canvas painting by Bui Quang Anh and Trinh Thanh Tung. The exhibition takes place from July 1 to 30 at Tu Do Gallery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of the Bong Mieu gold mining company and Phuoc Son Gold Company said that they had asked the customs office to reconsider the export tax of nearly VND250 billion ($12 million).

 Deaths from prescription painkiller overdose among women in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, said a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VietNamNet Bridge - This is the first time a transport project of Vietnam is to be promoted overseas.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On July 1, Chairman of Phu Yen Province signed the adjusted investment certificate for the Vung Ro oil refinery project, which will be kicked off in the third quarter of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the request of the UNESCO, Vietnam will be allowed to submit only one intangible cultural heritage and two tangible heritage profiles to this organization. The country is urged to preserve its existing world heritages.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Just because her portrait was engrafted into the picture of a girl wearing an off-the-shoulder blouse, a newly high school graduate committed suicide with pesticide.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In a radius of less than one square kilometer, Van Tuong village in Quang Ngai province has up to four markets worth hundreds of thousands USD.

VietNamNet Bridge – If you ever head on a trip to Phu Yen, don’t forget to try banh hoi long heo, a simple dish in this central province but quite strange to the taste buds of tourists from other regions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City has set up 150 sites to collect hazardous household waste in 11 districts in a week-long campaign which kicked off on July 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From October to December, four Vietnamese American artists will stay in Hanoi to experience the life in the capital city and to draw paintings about the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of enterprises that ceased operations rose by 12.3 per cent in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

 Tam Dao to provide free wireless internet service; Vietnam Airlines launches Incheon-Da Nang route; Swiss-Belhotel opens four-star hotel in Lao Cai; Ho Tram Strip uses helicopter to pick up customers

 Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on July 2 attended the 20th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF–20) and the third East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS–3) in Brunei.