Airports across Vietnam have been ordered to tighten aviation security following cyber-attacks at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports in the afternoon of July 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a former wetland in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta, Xeo Quyt was a revolutionary base in 1960-1975 during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).

 The first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), which wrapped up on July 29, is a success, fulfilling all set tasks relating to key personnel posts and decisions on other important issues.

 Much has been said and written about the quality of Vietnam’s university graduates.

To celebrate a century of Dada, an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, Ha Noi Doclab will bring a performance of video in the background to semi-improvised music, entitled Dada Live,

 In-app advertising has been overtaking the mobile web channel in Vietnam, with the click-through rate on apps found to be 1.5 times as high as the mobile web click-through rate.

Experts have described increasing damming in the Mekong River in China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia as a major threat to water security in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, calling on the Government to take prompt measures to deal with the situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Architect Tran Ngoc Chinh, Chairman of Viet Nam Urban Planning and Development, spoke to the newspaper Kinh Te & Do thi about the need for tough policies in urban planning and management.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat is not only a renowned tourist-resort city of Vietnam but also famous for  unusual and interesting sites.

HCMC is looking for funding from international organizations to support local startups in a bid to achieve the target of having 500,000 enterprises by 2020, an official said on July 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight photographers will showcase their best work at an upcoming Ha Noi Book Centre exhibition at No 4 Dinh Le Street, Hoan Kiem District.

VietNamNet Bridge – A joke about a customer going to a tattoo shop to get tattoos all over her body to clarify the various body parts has gone viral after a series of medical errors involving wrong-site surgeries have recently occurred in Viet Nam.

The Dung Quat Bio Ethanol Plant owned by the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has ceased operations after racking up debts with three local banks.

Muong Thanh Group on July 29 inaugurated the five-star Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane Hotel in Laos’s capital of Vientiane, marking a new progress in the firm’s ambition to become the largest hotel chain developer in Indochina.

Deputies highlighted the Government’s determination to ensure macro-economy stability and sustainable economic growth on the fringe of the first session of the 14 th National Assembly.  

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last few days, Da Nang coastline has been ‘attacked’ by masses of jellyfish, which have made the beaches here less safe for tourists.

South Korea’s food-making conglomerate Daesang has bought nearly full stake in Duc Viet Food Joint-Stock Co. at $32 million in a move to make inroads into Vietnam’s meat processing market with high growth potential.

The Ministry of Health on July 28 issued a decision to impose VND433 million fines on Coca-Cola Vietnam for administrative violations on food safety and to withdraw a batch of Samurai drinks from sale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspecting the office of a travel firm in Da Nang, local police detected and seized many posters that named Vietnam’s East Sea as China Beach.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local netizens were upset after seeing a clip of two foreign tourists, a man and a woman, swaying and then taking off their pants on Bui Vien Street, called the Street of Foreigners in Saigon.