VietNamNet Bridge – Le Nhu Tien, Deputy to the 13th National Assembly, spoke to vov.vn about the serious problem of losses and wastage in Viet Nam.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested Vietnam’s representative agency in Turkey take actions to ensure absolute safety for Vietnamese nationals in the country.

VN probably will not fulfill the Government's target of 6.7 percent set for the full year, given uncertainties in the global economy such as Brexit's impact and the Fed's rate hikes coupled with a slowdown in domestic industrial production.

 Experts and officials discussed about measures to curb low-quality and unhygienic food at the conference about safe agriculture products on July 15.

  Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen has been widely criticised after a video showed her smoking in a coffee shop was posted online.

 Audience and experts have expressed doubts over the authenticity of the paintings that are on display at Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts, suggesting most of them are fakes.

 Painter Nguyen Thanh Chuong has said a painting he completed in 1970 is currently on display under the name of Ta Ty dated back to 1952 at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A man-made ‘beach’ in Hanoi's Quoc Oai Vi District, the first of this kind in Vietnam, will open to the public in August.

The National Assembly Office held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 15 to receive the national anthem The Marching Song, donated by family members of late composer Van Cao (1923-1995), and to bestow the composer with the Ho Chi Minh Order.

 The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) intendeds another fact-finding ‘study-trip’ to Europe as part of research to improve the Vietnamese football environment, despite the scant results of previous trips.

 EuroCham released the results of its Business Climate Index (BCI) for Quarter 2, 2016 on July 14, revealing positive sentiment among EuroCham members about Vietnam’s business environment, with an index of 77.

The state resolutely refused to save the failing VND8 trillion ($361.4 million) Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel JSC (TISCO)’s iron and steel plant-phase 2.

Two lots of antibiotics manufactured in India are being recalled for not meeting quality standards, according to documents recently issued by the Department of Drug Management under the Ministry of Health.

 Nung society has developed close connections in residence, lifestyle, economics, and culture. The Nung live harmoniously and united in a close-knit community.

 Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airways just announced it will double the frequency of its flights between Narita and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to two flights per day from October 30, 2016.

 Four people die in road accidents, US-funded centre for natural disaster prevention inaugurated, HCM City urges chemical restrictions, Water resources in Red-Thai Binh River basin under discussion

Hanoi launches programme to become start-up city, EU, VN firms discuss tie-up in water, environmental technologies, VN is fourth largest squid exporter to Japan, Woodchip exports tumble, numerous difficulties remain

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five hundred households in Dong Ao and My Tho communes in the northern province of Ha Nam’s Thanh Thuy District claimed that they have been suffering serious environmental pollution for many years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The industrial production value growth in the first six months of the year slowed largely because of a decline in the mining industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rough Guides has announced the top ten countries for backpackers, including Vietnam.