Music and yoga enthusiasts in Long An, Da Lat, Hanoi, HCMC and Nha Trang will have the opportunity to enjoy free music performances by multicultural band Music of Joy (MOJ) from Australia between July 5 and 17.

 An exhibition themed ‘Vietnam Today’ displaying 96 outstanding photos of Vietnam’s landscapes and people will be open to the public at the Centre for Fine Arts and Photography from July 5-9.

A new wildfire burning through bone-dry grass, shrub and timber has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in a mountain community in central California and more houses could be in the inferno's path, fire officials said on Saturday. 

 After nearly one year of offering visa waivers for citizens from five Western European countries, travellers from these markets have been on the rise. For this reason, the visa exemption policy is considered a lever for Vietnam’s tourism growth.

The 12th Party Central Committee opened its third meeting in Hanoi on July 4, with its agenda focusing on working regulations of the Party’s agencies and recommendations on high-ranking State personnel, among others.

 The national women’s football squad have jumped one step forward to No. 34 in the world ranking, according to FIFA’s latest release.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to solicit investment in and offer incentives to the information technology industry.

 A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state TV said, the first bombing in years to attempt to target foreigners in the kingdom.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will mobilise all possible resources for spending on anti-pollution measures and urban improvement to raise the quality of life as set out in a recent Party Committee resolution.

Dau Tu last week reported that Compal’s plan on reviving the $500 million project in Ba Thien Industrial Zone (IZ) in Vinh Phuc province has not started, and the fate of the factory remains unclear.

Cat Tien National Park covers an area of 720 sq.km and protects some of Vietnam's most endangered species of plant and animal life. For visitors to Vietnam who enjoy the outdoors, Cat Tien National Park is a must-see destination.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Songs about summer and love composed and sung by musicians in their 20s have become the biggest hits of the season.  

 Torrential rains claim two lives in Thai Nguyen, Lang Son cracks down on drug crime, Census surveys rural areas, agriculture, fisheries nationwide, Vietnamese cuisine promoted in India, Illegal sand exploitation must stop: Deputy PM

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will crackdown and strictly fine those providing early gender indications of foetuses through ultrasound scans, said Nguyen Dinh Lan, deputy head of the city’s Population and Family Planning Department.

 The budget deficit in the first half of the year hit VND82.9 trillion (US$3.7 billion) due to rising recurrent expenditures and the repayment of debts, the General Statistics Office reported.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is planning to continue its regulation on auto imports.

  The Mekong Delta region has been facing worsening land subsidence, which has been compounded by the prolonged drought in the region this year.

  IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Singapore-based Armstrong S.E. Clean Energy Fund have announced investments in the Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company (GEC).

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) launched the north-south transmission backbone at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 1.

 Google has announced it offered free access for large and small-scale businesses in Vietnam to Google Apps for Work by the end of June this year, according to ICT news.