VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers have suggested removing the essays on English tests for the high-school final exam.

 Top Vietnamese and foreign singers will spark the central city of Da Nang during Cocofest on August 26-27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of District 3 in HCM City has remanded Tran Quoc Quy, 15, in custody for allegedly robbing a smart phone from a Russian tourist early last week.

 A recent report from the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) reveals that the number of real estate transactions has stagnated and there has been a clear trend towards the high-end segment.

A tropical storm has strengthened slightly throughout the day on July 26 and is expected to extend its fast-moving bands of heavy rains and strong winds as the system moves toward the north-eastern region of the Hoang Sa (Paracel).

 Fencing star Vu Thanh An will carry the Vietnamese flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on August 5, the Vietnam Olympic Committee has said.

Hagiwara Seiji, Mayor of Mimasaka city of Japan’s Okayama prefecture, on July 26, was awarded with an Honourary Doctorate Degree from Da Nang University, for his contributions to promoting links between the Japanese city and the university.

 Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion on July 25 announced seven new security and safety initiatives for Southeast Asia, worth more than 17 million CAD, or 13 million USD.

 President Tran Dai Quang has called for united resolve and concerted efforts of the entire Party, army and people in realising six focal tasks set in the 12th Party Congress’s Resolution.

 As many as 485 out of 489 deputies present at the July 26 plenary session of the 14th National Assembly, or 98.18 percent, voted for Nguyen Xuan Phuc as Prime Minister for the 2016-2021 tenure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A general audit report shows a picture of the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) with many dark pieces, caused by losses worth hundreds of million of USD.

VietNamNet Bridge – The following finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant were the winners of local beauty contests. They are considered the most outstanding candidates for Vietnam’s beauty queen crown this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lam Dong province, Vietnam’s major producer of flower, fruit, and vegetables, have decided to stick logos on their agricultural products to avoid being mistaken as Chinese products.

The authorities of Dak Lak have been investigating information that the daughter of the director of Dak Lak police agency owns a café worth thousands of billion VND (millions of USD) in Buon Me Thuot City, as reported by Dan Viet online.

Pacific Partnership 2016 (PP16) personnel, participated in a mock exercise on July 26 in Danang City that simulated a disaster bringing mass casualties, derailments, collapsing buildings and power outages.

 Mckinsey & Company Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US McKinsey group, has agreed to design a plan for tourism development in the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark in the north western mountainous province of Ha Giang.

 Touropia, which features the most amazing sights around the world divided into “best of” lists, has recently named Ha Long Bay as the third most ideal tourist attraction in Southeast Asia.

Vo Kim Cu, former Party Secretary and Chairman of Ha Tinh on Sunday talked with the press about the 70-year license granted for Formosa Ha Tinh steel after NA chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said she would meet and urge him to talk to the press.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is considering proposing the government cease the development of a pulp paper plant in the Mekong Delta’s Hau Giang province.

Value of mergers and acquisitions activities of Vietnam exceeded US$3 billion in the first six months of 2016, reported experts at a press conference about “M & A for opened economic environment” in Hanoi yesterday.