Encrypted messaging service Telegram will shut down "terrorist-related" public channels, its founder said on Sunday, after Indonesia's government blocked access to the platform citing security concerns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has two new venues for puppetry and circus art at Tran Huu Trang Theatre and Children’s House of HCM City.

The People’s Procuracy of Ha Noi recently issued its indictment of a US$9 million scam case involving Williams Viet Nam JSC, headed by Trinh Anh Minh, born in 1984.

 Wild ‘deadly’ mushrooms poison 13 in Son La, Deputy PM hails role of Vietnamese community in Singapore, Memorial site inaugurated to commemorate Gac Ma soldiers, War invalids, martyrs’ families remembered on anniversary

 Fruit, vegetable prices in Vietnam pressured from strong supplies, Central Highlands approves US$4 billion of potential investment, ROK companies tap into emerging clean energy market

 Ly Hoang Nam has become the first ever Vietnamese tennis player to reach the top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.

 Military-run telecom group Viettel has recorded a pre-tax profit of VNĐ1 trillion (US$41.2 million) from its overseas investments in the first half of 2017, a 156 per cent year-on-year increase.

 A woman in the central city of Danang has recently been fined VND12.5 million (USD595) for publishing false information about child kidnapping on her Facebook.

 Boat tours on the Red River in Hanoi has consistently failed to attract tourists over the past 20 years.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said that the supply of E5 bio-fuel will be able to meet the entire market demand when RON 92 petrol is completely replaced by E5 bio-fuel from January 1, 2018.

 Nearly one thousand employees at the loss-making Dung Quat Shipyard are worried about losing jobs as the business is facing bankruptcy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite a newly built $550-million water drainage system, Hanoi streets are still inundated during heavy rains.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid homage yesterday to the heroic soldiers who laid down their lives for the nation’s independence and freedom in the northern mountain province of Son La.

 A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural disaster such as U.S. Superstorm Sandy in 2012, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prolonged rains over the past week and resultant flooding have inflicted losses of VND 41 billion (US$1.8 million) in several northern provinces, 

 An eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program not only reduces stress, but could also lower blood sugar, 

HCM City authorities plan to turn part of Binh Hung Hoa, the city's biggest cemetery, into a residential area and a park. 

 Many streets in Hanoi have been seriously submerged after heavy rains today, July 17, caused by tropical storm Talas.

 One person has been killed, 13 others are missing and thousands of houses damaged as the storm Talas made landfalls to the central regions early Monday morning, according to initial reports by local authorities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Phone distribution chains are selling many other products together with mobile phones to earn extra money.