Apartment sales in Hanoi declined in the second quarter, while their supply increased in the first half of the year, a new report says.

 The central coastal city of Da Nang has been working to improve necessary infrastructure in preparation for the APEC Summit Week in November.

 The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has decided to form teams to handle its loss-making projects since the snail-pace progress of the process has displeased the Government.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sanna Khanh Hoa of Viet Nam claimed the silver medal at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Club Championship in Thailand yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are in Group B of the men’s football event in the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, 

Twenty-five golfers in the southern region have earned tickets to compete in the final round of the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) Viet Nam 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of leading corporations have lifted the foreign ownership ratio limit after the government issued Decree 60.

VietNamNet Bridge  - 4K TV first appeared in Vietnam when SCTV showed its 4K Dolby 5.1 surround sound at the Telefilm 2017 exhibition. Later, VTC began broadcasting 4K TV programs on a trial basis.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong said the government might allow the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) to agree to bankruptcy proceedings for some of its projects during a meeting on July 7.

 Nguyen Van Quang and his wife, who live in Truong Lac ward, Can Tho city, are poor but have 6 children, all of them afflicted with Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin.

Cao Lau, a typical dish of Hoi An town, is made with noodles, pork, and herbs. At the recent 3rd International Cao Lau Festival, 10 foreign chefs from Vietnamese resorts and restaurants modified Cao Lau into special dishes.

 The musical instruments of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups are on the verge of disappearing. Most of the artisans who make them are old. But some of them are working hard to teach younger generations to make and play the instruments.

 The restaurant industry in the three largest cities of Vietnam struggled with weak sales and traffic throughout the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by Decision Lab.

 Nguyen Thi Huyen took home a gold medal from the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India on Saturday.

 The Phương Nam Book Company has republished a collection of eight books called Tuổi Hoa (Childhood), which was very popular among teenagers in the south before 1975.

 A road in a big city is not a place to relax, even if you’re sitting behind the driver on a motorbike.

 Vietnamese runners wrapped up the Asian Athletics Championship with a silver medal yesterday.

 The central coastal province of Binh Dinh has witnessed robust growth of tourism in the last three years. Given the influx of visitors, many fishermen in some coastal villages have turned to tourism.

 Due to the fast development of the printing industry, the tradition of painting advertisement posters by hand has faded. Having painted these posters for more than 30 years, Hoai Minh Phuong is one of very few painters producing them by hand.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the National Assemblies of Vietnam and Laos to enhance cooperation, especially in sharing experience in making laws, supervising and making decisions on important issues.