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.

 Freshwater mangroves, known among scientists as barringtonia acutangula, usually begin to blossom in the sixth lunar month.

 Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem impressively defeated reigning world rapid chess champion, Vassily Ivanchuk, after 41 moves.

Cueists from HCM City claimed the top three positions at the 2017 International 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament, which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 16 after three days of competition.

The second Vietnam Private Sector Forum is to take place in Hanoi at the end of July this year, chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The central province of Quang Nam plans to build four hydro-power plants in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My for socio-economic development of a key national ginseng centre.