The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to collaborate with relevant ministries to allocate a US$144.2 million loan from the World Bank to improve facilities and education quality in public universities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Key petrochemical projects have been proceeding at a snail’s space, which will affect Vietnam’s petrochemistry industry development plan.

 In addition to day tours the Hoi An People’s Committee has also started day and night tours to Cu Lao Cham Island every Saturday, which have proven to be popular.

 Newly-planted trees on Hanoi's Nguyen Chi Thanh Street are dying in the current summer heat wave just three months after being planted, leaving little shade for residents.

 Vietnam State Treasury (VST) is preparing to issue 20-year bonds at VND100,000 ($5.15) each, for a total of $276 million to $322 million.

 A Singaporean delegation led by Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force Major General Hoo Cher Mou is visiting Vietnam with the aim of boosting defence cooperation between the two countries.

Last week Viber announced that it would close the office in Vietnam. Some experts said the reason behind is that Viber could not find a common voice with the local telecom firms.

After a lull, the heat will return to the northern and north-central provinces of Vietnam in the next three days, with the highest temperature of up to 38 degrees Celsius, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

A 50m long iron bridge spanning the river of Cho Dem, in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City was pulled down by a 900-ton barge, which was running from HCM City to Long An on July 12.

Since 2003, Nha Trang Sea Festival has been one of the most interesting summer activities in Vietnam, especially the Street Carnival. This year the street carnival took place on July 12 evening, attracting thousands of visitors and locals.

VietNamNet Bridge - The national high school finals are not needed if 100 percent of examinees can pass the exams, many students believe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two persons, reportedly involved in the killing of six persons in the southern Binh Phuoc Phuoc Province on July 7, was prosecuted today for murder and theft, 

VietNamNet Bridge – Deforestation and narrowed forestry land is becoming an alarming problem in the Central Highlands region with 3,641 cases of forest law violations reported in the first six months of this year,

 Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will visit Vietnam on July 16-18, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

 Seven large-scale logistics centers will be up and running in different parts of the country in the next five years as envisaged in a master zoning plan for national logistics development until 2020 and with a vision towards 2030.

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) late this year is expected to create many opportunities and challenges as well for the domestic tourism sector, especially in the area of human resources.

VietNamNet Bridge – The former imperial capital of Hue is commemorating victims of a war between French troops and the feudal Vietnamese army in 1885, in a custom that showcases a high sense of humanitarianism among the city's residents.  

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang held a meeting on July 13 in Hanoi with the special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, Mr. Tsutomu Takebe.

 Vietnam’s GDP growth could reach 6.48 per cent for 2015, higher than the target of 6.2 per cent, according to the National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecasting (NCIF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 His successful run at Wimbledon has pushed Ly Hoang Nam 34 places up in the world rankings, according to a statement from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) yesterday.