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. 

 A number of German politicians, experts and papers have hailed Vietnam for raising important voices in trade liberalisation and climate change response. 

 National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien met Vietnamese nationals in Paris on July 8 to acquire their ideas for national development. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and entourage arrived in Amsterdam on late July 8 (local time), commencing a visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.

 The defence ministries of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to reinforce cooperation in military and defence legislation, contributing to the development of the relations between the two countries’ armed forces.

A graduation ceremony has been recently held for over 150 Vietnamese and Nepalese students who attended the International Course for Agriculture from 2016-2017 in northern Israel.

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 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met country leaders and senior officials on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg on July 8. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) wants to sell all the state capital in Trang Tien Plaza, while  the State Capital Invetsment Corporation (SCIC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) want to retain 51 percent of capital.

 The benchmark VN-Index ticked down 0.88 percent to close at 775.73 points on July 7, stepping down from the 2008 peak recorded in the last trade session due to heavy profit-taking pressure.

 Indian investors keen on renewables and agriculture in Vietnam, Agriculture lending on the rise, Jollibee Vietnam annouces expansion plans, Germany's Baden-Wuerttemberg state opens rep office