A 50m long iron bridge spanning the river of Cho Dem, in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City was pulled down by a 900-ton barge, which was running from HCM City to Long An on July 12.

Since 2003, Nha Trang Sea Festival has been one of the most interesting summer activities in Vietnam, especially the Street Carnival. This year the street carnival took place on July 12 evening, attracting thousands of visitors and locals.

VietNamNet Bridge - The national high school finals are not needed if 100 percent of examinees can pass the exams, many students believe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two persons, reportedly involved in the killing of six persons in the southern Binh Phuoc Phuoc Province on July 7, was prosecuted today for murder and theft, 

VietNamNet Bridge – Deforestation and narrowed forestry land is becoming an alarming problem in the Central Highlands region with 3,641 cases of forest law violations reported in the first six months of this year,

 Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will visit Vietnam on July 16-18, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

 Seven large-scale logistics centers will be up and running in different parts of the country in the next five years as envisaged in a master zoning plan for national logistics development until 2020 and with a vision towards 2030.

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) late this year is expected to create many opportunities and challenges as well for the domestic tourism sector, especially in the area of human resources.

VietNamNet Bridge – The former imperial capital of Hue is commemorating victims of a war between French troops and the feudal Vietnamese army in 1885, in a custom that showcases a high sense of humanitarianism among the city's residents.  

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang held a meeting on July 13 in Hanoi with the special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, Mr. Tsutomu Takebe.

 Vietnam’s GDP growth could reach 6.48 per cent for 2015, higher than the target of 6.2 per cent, according to the National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecasting (NCIF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 His successful run at Wimbledon has pushed Ly Hoang Nam 34 places up in the world rankings, according to a statement from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) yesterday.

Vietnam has every reason to attract US investment capital, which has great influence on other investors as American companies are known as choosy. 

 The Can Tho City's People's Committee has decided to stop construction on the restoration of the 100-year-old Chau Van Liem High School in Ninh Kieu District, after receiving strong objections from residents and experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To cope with the scorching heat in Hanoi, people usually use sun protection clothing, masks, sunglasses and umbrellas but some make their own tools from cardboard and twigs.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has allowed some lenders to raise their credit growth ceiling this year in a move to boost economic growth, according to Thoi bao Ngan hang (Banking Times).

 HCM City authorities have sought funding for construction of Rach Chiec Sports Complex in District 2's An Phu Ward, even though the project was included in the master plan for sports and physical training towards 2020.

 The agriculture ministry has called on central and northern provinces hit by the worst drought in 40 years to encourage a major shift from rice cultivation to drought-resistant crops.

 A CEO in HCM City was sentenced to 10 years behind bars yesterday after attempting to evade more than VND1 billion (US$45,500) in taxes.

 Nguyen Van Quang, a resident of the northern Thanh Hoa Province's Tho Xuan District, has discovered an ancient ceramic vase that is suspected to contain a mammoth's fossilised teeth.