Thai Son Nam stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after defeating last year’s finalists Nafit Al-Wasat 4-0 in HCM City yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen preventive measures against the spread of dengue fever, noting that it has developed in a “complicated manner”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Quyet Chien advanced to the men’s carom 3-cushion quarter-finals at the World Games in Wroclaw, Poland.

Nghe Tinh Metal Color Joint Stock Company will have to pay a fine of VND1 billion (US$44,000) for a dam collapse incident in March and the violation of environmental laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Phuong is the only host singles player still standing the ITF Junior Becamex Cup tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province.

The Deputy Chairwoman of a ward in Ha Noi was temporarily suspended yesterday, just a day after an official petition complained about her attitude towards the public.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of Education and Training to strengthen education of traffic rules and traffic culture for all students from pre-school to high school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate has detected violations in finance, planning, investment and construction of many housing projects in Ha Noi.

Closing door and burning lemongrass extract oil is how the family of 22-year-old Thao Hien tries to prevent the seasonal dengue fever outbreak using natural products. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The provincial Culture, Sports and Tourism department has launched a photo contest to promote tourism in the central province from July to November.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung on Tuesday asked HCM City to tap diverse resources to invest in major infrastructure project to increase its global competitiveness and become a major player in Southeast Asia 

A thematic exhibition entitled Di Qua Cuoc Chien is being held at the capital’s Ho Chi Minh Museum on the occasion of the 70th  National Anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

A new website created by university students provides information to relatives about war martyrs and their graves at HCM City’s Martyrs Cemetery in District 9. 

Around 313,700 houses will be renovated and/or built for Vietnamese citizens in recognition of their contribution to the nation in the second phase of the national housing aid project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central road maintenance fund’s reserves should be used effectively, with priority given to dealing with the aftermath of storms and flooding, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Manh Duy, 35, a resident of Ha Noi’s Nam Tu Liem District, can’t be bothered with getting a health insurance card.

Painter Vinh Phoi has died of old age in his home city of Hue at the age of 81. He was well known as a pioneer of abstract paintings in Viet Nam, however, that was not the only genre of art he was famous for.

Vietnamese athletes pocketed three gold medals on the first day of the ongoing Asian Men’s and Women’s Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championship in Kathmandu, Nepal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-one students from the Ha Noi-based London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF) will display their graduate collections here between August 3 and 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water levels are rising quickly in areas adjacent to Cambodia in Dong Thap Province, weather forcasting and local authorities have reported.