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Six family members found killed at home in Binh Phuoc

 A family of six was found murdered this morning in a commune in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

Hanoi ranked top 12 world's most chaotic road junctions

 The UK Daily Telegraph has cited the capital city of Hanoi among top 12 world's most chaotic road junctions.

Fukuoka prize honours fashion designer Minh Hanh

 Leading fashion designer, Minh Hanh, has become the second Vietnamese winner of the Fukuoka Prize known as arts and culture award.

ASEAN invests in 2,632 projects in Vietnam

 By June 20, ASEAN countries poured US$54.6 billion into 2,632 projects in Vietnam, according the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Vietnam Off-road Cup 2015 in pictures

 VietNamNet Bridge - The two-day 2015 Vietnam Off-road Cup took place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi this weekend.

Giant timber yard after super thunderstorm in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Three weeks after a rare thunderstorm, hundreds of broken trunks are piled up in the Hanoi Botanical Garden.

Landslide sweeps away petrol station in Ca Mau

 A sudden landslide destroyed a private petrol station in the southernmost Ca Mau Province on Monday, causing losses amounting to roughly VND500 million (US$25,000).

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Woman dies in Highway 5 accident, Three members of family die in road accident, Landslide destroys houses in Hau Giang, Vietnamese people encouraged to travel domestically, Shinsegae Corp. to build toy library for local kids

Party Chief’s US visit marks a turning point: US expert

 An ongoing visit to the US by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong could be a turning point in the 20-year diplomatic relations between the two countries, Gregory Poling from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies said.

Ageing rates vary widely, says study

 A study of people born within a year of each other has uncovered a huge gulf in the speed at which their bodies age.

Japanese capital injected into real estate

VietNamNet Bridge - Are Japanese too slow to march towards the Vietnamese real estate market? The current merger & acquisition (M&A) wave indicates the answer is ‘no’.

Manchester City signs contract with VN Football Federation

 England’s Premier League football club Manchester City on July 6 agreed to sign a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation and the Saigon-Da Nang Bank for a trip to Vietnam.

Cambodian Air Force Commander visits Vietnam

  Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen. Do Ba Ty received visiting Commander of the Royal Cambodian Air Force Soeung Samnang in Hanoi on July 6, reported Quan doi Nhan dan newspaper. 

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Second Farmers Market held at Saigon Outcast, Hanoi rebuilds ancient temple on Truc Bach lake, David Joiner holds book chat at US Embassy, 20 marvellous photo montages of Hanoi and Paris, Ba Na Hills splendid with European festival

Vietnam Arlines receives Boeing 787 Dreamliner

 A ceremony to hand over the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Vietnam Airlines by Boeing company was held at Ronald Reagan Airport on July 7 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who is in the US for an official visit.

Vietnam has 29 million 3G subscribers

  Viet Nam had 29.1 million 3G subscribers, a 29.6 per cent year-on-year increase, as of June 2015, a report by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam said.

Bad debt reserves cut Vietcombank gains

  Provisional funds for bad debts whittled away significant profits of the Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam, or Vietcombank, during the first half of this year.

TH True Milk invests in Russia

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son on July 6 discussed with Moscow oblast (provincial) leaders measures to boost investment cooperation.

Proposal to hike forest environment service fees

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed to the Prime Minister to raise forest environment service fees on companies producing drinking water and hydroelectricity.  

PE firm KKR sells Masan shares

US private equity firm KKR & Co, formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP, sold half of its holdings in Viet Nam's leading consumer goods company Masan Consumer.