The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO and the surge in Nintendo Co's (7974.T) market value by $17 billion in just over a week has been seized upon by one of its most vocal investors to press for a change of strategy at the company.

 Sapporo expands target market in Vietnam, Garment association forecasts post-Brexit export difficulties, Vietnam’s first-ever car market opens in HCM City, Vinafood 2 to produce fragrant rice for export to U.S.

Pharma stocks have continue rising, as drug firms are expected to lift their foreign ownership limits and collaborate with overseas partners.

 Foreign and Vietnamese scientists agreed that Vietnam needs more international research institutes where young scientists can do research and show their creativity.

L. H used to be a tour guide, but she left the profession. She found herself fighting two losing battles - one against sexual harassment by tourists, and another against a family that judged her for participating in an industry seen unfit for women.

 Marcel Winter, President of the Czech – Vietnamese Society, recently refuted a newspaper article showing China’s wrongful viewpoints on the East Sea situation.

 Vietnam's stock market will be tested again this week, as pressure is placed on financial and energy stocks expected to suffer from macroeconomic factors, analysts told local media during an online interview late last week.

 The chairman of the Trung Nguyen Coffee Corporation JSC, Dang Le Nguyen Vu, has lost control of the instant coffee company to his wife, according to a decision by the Binh Duong Province's Planning and Investment Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When rain comes, people in southeastern provinces will collect mushrooms in cashew, coffee and rubber farming areas.

The Government, speaking at a National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee meeting in Hanoi last week, proposed granting a special status for Danang City so that it can have more cash for development.

 Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000,

 The Children of Asia Games ended yesterday in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) with Vietnam in the No 11 position.

 Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa advanced to the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club thanks to Nguyen Quoc Bao’s late goal, ensuring the team’s 3-2 victory over Al-Sadd of Qatar yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Vietnam finished in fourth position at the ASEAN University Games, following the final day of competition, yesterday in Singapore.

 The national tennis team failed to advance to the finals of the Davis Cup, Asia-Oceania zone, Group II, after losing to hosts Thailand yesterday in Nonthaburi.

 Vietnam’s most in-vogue songstress, Ho Ngoc Ha, will appear on July 29 before an audience in Hanoi with a series of ballads.

 Giant Vietnamese dairy firm Vinamilk (VNM)’s market capitalisation is now nearly 8 billion USD, allowing it to remain the market leader in terms of capital.

VietNamNet Bridge - The gold price recently soared by millions of dong per tael within one day and then plummeted the next day, shocking gold investors. 

 Motorbikes’ exhaust fumes will be inspected, initially in five big cities, if a newly-proposed plan by the Ministry of Transport is approved.

 The southern province of Dong Nai has asked the Government to extend a HCM City metro route and expansion of several expressways to enhance transport connections in the southern economic zone.