Film-maker Nguyen Quang Tuyen's first film, Cau Vong Khong Sac (Rainbow Without Colour), will compete in the First Films World category at the Montreal Film Festival 2015.

 Three people were killed and two children were injured, when their bikes were hit by a van coming from the opposite side on Thuan Phuoc Bridge on Monday evening.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Based on complaints from tourists about locals who do not wear swimwear to bathe in the sea, the director of Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism recommended separating beach areas for those who wear bikinis.

The business registration division of the HCM City Planning and Investment Department has been overloaded for several days answering questions about new procedures to set up new businesses under the amended Enterprise and Investment Laws.

 Mount Sam becomes national tourism site, Australian documentary film-maker shares lessons, Artist Dinh Quang dies at 78, Quang Tri art show to salute martyrs, Foreign publisher Hachette exhibits books in HCMC

 A deal on limiting Iran's nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say.

 Hanoi's apartment services fees remain unchanged, Phu Tho to finance doctors' doctorates, More provinces want road maintenance fee lifted, Vietnam arrests American national over alleged major VAT refund scam

 Most Asian stock markets have risen following the news of a deal between Greece and its creditors.

Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung told the “Citizens Ask, Ministers Answer” program on Vietnam Television that the warming up of the real estate market has not been caused by speculators but rather by actual demand in the market.

A seven-year-old girl who went missing in the Colombian jungle has been found alive after nearly three weeks. 

 Three Vietnamese crewmen died after inhaling a poisonous gas on a ship, MV Hi Ram, 4.1 nautical miles south-east of Tanjung Penyusup on Sunday night, the New Straits Times reported.

 Two Vietnamese hotels – Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and Park Hyatt Saigon have been listed among top 100 World’s Best Hotels by the US magazine Travel + Leisure.

 The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to collaborate with relevant ministries to allocate a US$144.2 million loan from the World Bank to improve facilities and education quality in public universities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Key petrochemical projects have been proceeding at a snail’s space, which will affect Vietnam’s petrochemistry industry development plan.

 In addition to day tours the Hoi An People’s Committee has also started day and night tours to Cu Lao Cham Island every Saturday, which have proven to be popular.

 Newly-planted trees on Hanoi's Nguyen Chi Thanh Street are dying in the current summer heat wave just three months after being planted, leaving little shade for residents.

 Vietnam State Treasury (VST) is preparing to issue 20-year bonds at VND100,000 ($5.15) each, for a total of $276 million to $322 million.

 A Singaporean delegation led by Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force Major General Hoo Cher Mou is visiting Vietnam with the aim of boosting defence cooperation between the two countries.

Last week Viber announced that it would close the office in Vietnam. Some experts said the reason behind is that Viber could not find a common voice with the local telecom firms.

After a lull, the heat will return to the northern and north-central provinces of Vietnam in the next three days, with the highest temperature of up to 38 degrees Celsius, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.