A Vietnamese tourism promotion campaign will be held from August 3-7 in Surabaya and Jakarta cities of Indonesia, which is emerging as a critical and potential market of Vietnam.

 Construction on Ninh Thuan 1&2 nuclear power plants, the first of their kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as stipulated in new changes to their master plan approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on June 17.

Vietnam welcomes the efforts of parties in reaching a comprehensive agreement between Iran and P5+1 on Iran’s nuclear power on July 14, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh at a regular conference in Hanoi on July 16.

 Vietnam has strictly abided by agreements with Cambodia on managing the shared border during the process of demarcation and border marker planting in the land border between the two countries, declared Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Hanoi on July 16.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Thailand and attend the third Vietnam-Thailand joint cabinet meeting on July 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Phu Tho province are investigating the cause of mysterious fires at a house in Nong Thuong commune in Tam Nong district.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s preferential import tariff rates for 2015-2018 were introduced to domestic firms during a workshop in Hanoi on July 15 as the country realises its commitments under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.  

  Among the unique dishes in Quang Nam, mi Quang (Quang noodle) seems to be the most famous dish that every time a visitor comes to this central province, locals would be more than willing to present the dish.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overhead electrical and telecommunications cables on 200 streets in Ha Noi will be dismantled and buried underground this year. 

Vietnam had to overcome serious difficulties in the thorny path to bring basa or catfish (Pangasius bocourti), to the US about 10 years ago. Since then, it has faced many lawsuits to retain the market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is now the third largest exporter of footwear in the world, and it can increase its exports further by using opportunities provided by free trade agreements.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 77 players from eight countries and territories in Asia will compete at the 29th Golden Racket table tennis championship, slated to kick off at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City from July 23-27.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Most major components of HCMC’s master zoning plan for drainage until 2020 have been moving at a snail’s pace in the past 15 years though the city has spent some VND29 trillion on them. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Phishing messages with Facebook’s names have been repeatedly sent to users through Facebook Messenger, but Facebook Vietnam has not issued a comment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many education experts have opposed the tuition increase, warning that higher expenses will lower the opportunities of the poor to have higher education. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is taking steps to protect all of its workers overseas after female domestic helpers were maltreated in Saudi Arabia

 Recovery in Vietnam's property market is real, Mergers could keep small banks afloat, VN growth could surpass target this year, Vinaplast to sell stakes in units, SUN Group urged to build resort in Laos

 The DEZEEN architecture and design magazine has praised a new residence named the Termitary House designed by Vietnamese Tropical Space architects.

 TheRichest, a leading entertainment and lifestyle website, has released  a video that names the  top 10 most beautiful places in the world, and includes Vietnam’s northern province of Lao Cai.