Hagiwara Seiji, Mayor of Mimasaka city of Japan’s Okayama prefecture, on July 26, was awarded with an Honourary Doctorate Degree from Da Nang University, for his contributions to promoting links between the Japanese city and the university.

 Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion on July 25 announced seven new security and safety initiatives for Southeast Asia, worth more than 17 million CAD, or 13 million USD.

 President Tran Dai Quang has called for united resolve and concerted efforts of the entire Party, army and people in realising six focal tasks set in the 12th Party Congress’s Resolution.

 As many as 485 out of 489 deputies present at the July 26 plenary session of the 14th National Assembly, or 98.18 percent, voted for Nguyen Xuan Phuc as Prime Minister for the 2016-2021 tenure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A general audit report shows a picture of the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) with many dark pieces, caused by losses worth hundreds of million of USD.

VietNamNet Bridge – The following finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant were the winners of local beauty contests. They are considered the most outstanding candidates for Vietnam’s beauty queen crown this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lam Dong province, Vietnam’s major producer of flower, fruit, and vegetables, have decided to stick logos on their agricultural products to avoid being mistaken as Chinese products.

The authorities of Dak Lak have been investigating information that the daughter of the director of Dak Lak police agency owns a café worth thousands of billion VND (millions of USD) in Buon Me Thuot City, as reported by Dan Viet online.

Pacific Partnership 2016 (PP16) personnel, participated in a mock exercise on July 26 in Danang City that simulated a disaster bringing mass casualties, derailments, collapsing buildings and power outages.

 Mckinsey & Company Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US McKinsey group, has agreed to design a plan for tourism development in the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark in the north western mountainous province of Ha Giang.

 Touropia, which features the most amazing sights around the world divided into “best of” lists, has recently named Ha Long Bay as the third most ideal tourist attraction in Southeast Asia.

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.