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.

 National carrier Vietnam Airlines delayed a flight for 80 minutes to help transfer a South Korean man who was seriously injured after a traffic accident.

VietNamNet Bridge – During his tour to Da Lat, an official of Vu Quang district in Ha Tinh province “kissed” the breast of the statue of Lady Biang. He is facing public criticism and a reprimand after his photo went online on July 22.

Cam Ranh City's People Committee has decided to ban 22 floating restaurants from operating in Cam Ranh Bay due to safety concerns.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are set to win the Southeast Asian Women’s Football Championship, which will begin on July 26 in Myanmar. 

VietNamNet Bridge –  Malnutrition rates, both underweight and stunting, of children under five years old have reduced slightly in Vietnam in 2015, a report of the National Institute of Nutrition released yesterday said.

 U.S. health officials issued updated recommendations for preventing and testing for Zika infection on Monday, warning that the virus can be transmitted through unprotected sex with an infected female partner.

In spite of being taken over by the domestic investor after the withdrawal of its foreign investors, the fate of $278-million Da Nang Information Technology Park (IT park) remains uncertain.

 The Law Committee of the 14th National Assembly convened its first plenary meeting on July 25.

 Vietnam has reiterated its stance on protecting peace, security, stability and maritime navigation and aviation in the East Sea at separate meetings between ASEAN foreign ministers and their counterparts from partner countries in Laos on July 25.

 Victoria’s Secret supermodel Josephine Skriver has surprised millions of viewers as revealing on her facebook photos of spectacular beauty of Quang Binh province during her trip to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - There have been signs of an agricultural growth slowdown in recent years, which experts warned about eight years ago. 

Legendary mountainous passes in Vietnam like Ma Pi Leng, Pha Din, Hai Van, Bac Sum and O Quy Ho are not unfamiliar to adventurous tourists. 

Agriculture seeks to gain growth momentum, Vietnam’s bad debts surge as bank wrongdoings rise: state audit, Vietnam probes for new clothing export markets, Foreign investors bullish on Vietnam property market

 The Force is with the U.S. toy industry this year. Demand for Star Wars merchandise is set to propel toy sales growth to a 17 year-high, according to industry research firm The NPD Group.

Vietnam's merger and acquisitionmarket is heating up, as the country deepens its international integration with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community, the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership and new signing of free trade agreements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students pocketed four gold medals on the third day of competition at the ongoing ASEAN School Games (ASG) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 People visiting Brazil for the 2016 Olympics won't significantly add to the global spread of Zika virus, according to a new analysis.