The State President’s Office announced 11 laws, an ordinance and a resolution which were passed at the 9th session of the 13th National Assembly at a press conference held in Hanoi on July 17.

 Vietnamese football fans will have a chance to see with their own eyes the stars of Manchester City as they face the Vietnamese National Team in a friendly match on July 27 to be played at My Dinh National Stadium.

  A national committee has been set up to co-ordinate the organisation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to be hosted by Viet Nam in 2017.

 Nearly 544 organisations and individuals were fined VND38 billion (US$1.74 million) in 1,183 environmental administrative inspections conducted in the first six months of this year.

 About 47 managers from different vocational schools in Viet Nam are planning to apply their management skills after finishing a short-term training course in Australia.

 A fire has destroyed 1,000sq.m of three wood workshops in an industrial complex in Dan Phuong District, the capital Ha Noi City.

 Hotel and German Business Association to bring iconic German festival to Hanoi this year.

The equitization of MobiFone is not just a task for the company but also a central task of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Minister Nguyen Bac Son told a conference on July 15.

 The general consensus seems to be that negotiations over the TPP will conclude sooner rather than later.

VietNamNet Bridge - The enterprises that build multi-story workshops for lease can access preferential bank loans under a city stimulus program.

 Google's profits rose 17% to $3.93bn in the three months to June from the quarter last year, boosted by an 11% rise in revenues to $17.7bn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The securities market in HCM City has seen positive changes since the issuance of Government Decree 60/2015 which would permit a higher rate of foreign ownership in domestic public companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new Law on Occupational Education that took effect early this month can reduce the gap between workers' skills and employers' needs,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold mining along the Hien River section flowing through Thach An and Nguyen Binh districts in Cao Bang Province has severely polluted the local environment over the last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the eyes of Wilbur L. Ross, the 200th richest American, Vietnam is an interesting destination for investment from the US.

 A gunman has killed four US Marines and injured several others at two US Navy buildings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 16th round of the 2015 V-League concluded on Wednesday, seeing FLC Thanh Hoa end Becamex Binh Duong’s long-lasting reign atop the table. Let’s review some of the biggest talking points in this round of play.

 The Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Viettel Group are set to implement a pilot project to move from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6.

VietNamNet Bridge - Convenience stores look to be a very profitable business, but many investors have not had great success.

The Telecommunications University under the Signal Corps worked with Indian Defence Attaché Colonel Paranvir Singh Punia in Vietnam on July 16 to discuss ways to accelerate the implementation of defence cooperation programmes.