U.S. health officials are investigating the mysterious case of a person in Utah who contracted Zika while caring for an elderly man infected with the virus who died last month.

 Vietnam and the United States signed an agreement related to antidumping duty over shrimp imported from Vietnam on July 19 morning (Vietnam time).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) yesterday decided to impose additional tariffs on imported steel products as an official safeguard measure against cheap imports that were allegedly threatening the domestic industry.

 A change in the legal representative of Trung Nguyen Coffee Corporation JSC will not have "a decisive impact" on operations of the firm, said lawyer Truong Thanh Duc.

Berjaya Corporation Bhd's JV in Viet Nam – Berjaya Gia Thinh Investment Technology Joint Stock Company – launched its lottery operation here yesterday with its first game, Mega 6/45 Lotto Jackpot Game.

 HCM City bagged six golds in the first day of competition of the National Junior Swimming Championships in HCM City yesterday.

 Vietnam easily defeated Singapore 3-0 in the last Group A match of the ASEAN U16 Football Championships in Cambodia yesterday.

 Vietnam will discuss ways to improve its research capacity in medicine and health services and internationalise its university education at a conference it will hold together with Australia in Hanoi and HCM City from today.

 A great number of Hanoi students violate traffic rules as they drive electric motorbikes, said a senior police official.

 Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fueled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests,

 The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on July 18 received a certificate recognising its Nghinh Ong or whale worshipping festival as national intangible cultural heritage, the first of its kind in the locality.

 Vietnam has actively supported developing countries in the fields of its strength through the South-South Cooperation Mechanism and tripartite collaboration, stated Assistant to the Foreign Minister Vu Quang Minh.

Vietnam’s rice export is estimated to drop to 5.65 million tonnes in 2016, down 14 percent against the previous year and 800,000 tonnes lower than initial forecast.

The Vietnamese community in Poland has held a meeting in Wassaw to welcome the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, and reject China’s groundless nine-dash line claims in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Multi-story buildings and apartment buildings are being built in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh City and many fear that the world heritage site Ha Long Bay could become polluted.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong gave a reception for Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Hanoi on July 18.

President Tran Dai Quang has asked Slovakia to push for the European Union’s signing of the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and recognition of Vietnam as a market economy soon, thereby boosting bilateral trade and investment.

 New British Prime Minister Theresa May will use the first meeting of her senior ministers on Tuesday to tell them they must all play their part in making Britain's exit from the European Union a success.

VietNamNet Bridge - The world’s leading brewers all operate in Vietnam, competing with Vietnamese manufacturers to grab market share.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Japanese Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Tsutomu Tomioka in Hanoi on July 18.