VietNamNet Bridge – A new tool similar to a "selfie-stick" has been given to workers collecting data from electricity meters. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 56,173 Vietnamese labourers, including 16,942 women, worked overseas in the first six months of the year, a 1.7 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.

 The family of 14-year-old swimmer Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram has insisted on moving to the United States for her continuous studying despite local authorities’ demand for compensation to her training costs.

 The Toyota Mekong Club Championship 2015 was introduced to the public at a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand on July 7.

 The central city of Da Nang is diversifying a number of its high-quality tourism products and services to attract more visitors from home and abroad.

 The 2015 Vietnam-Taiwan forum for digital technology was held on July 7 in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the era of digital economy with a focus on cloud banking services and e-commerce.

 Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in October.

 Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan presented the Friendship Order to Professor Tran Thanh Van and his wife Professor Le Kim Ngoc on July 8 for their contributions to science and childcare and protection in Vietnam.

Vietnam and France have had a number of cooperative activities in energy, including oil and gas exploration, exploitation and processing as well as technology transfer, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung.

 Army welcomes guests from Lao military training department, VFF Presidium discusses reform of religious, ethnic work, Ninh Binh urged to focus on key industries, Rural development movement brought to life

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received outgoing Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen in Hanoi on July 8.

 The Washington Times front-paged an article entitled “A new era in US-Vietnam relations: visit by leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam signals the importance of partnership”.

 US senator John McCain welcomed Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the US parliament building in Washington on July 8.

 Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence and the United States Department of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 7 regarding United Nations peacekeeping.

Phan Tram Anh, 21, a third-year student at the National Economics University, has been chosen from a pool of 3,200 Vietnamese students to represent Viet Nam and join the United Nations Alliance of Civilisation

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 100 km northeast of Hanoi, the coastal city of Hai Phong is the place where visitors can stop to discover on the way to Cat Ba or Do Son this summer.

The impact of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement has been analyzed from different angles in the mass media. VietNamNet introduces the perspective of an "insider" - Nguyen Dinh Luong, the former chief negotiator for the BTA.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 3G data service fees in Vietnam are surprisingly low partly due to competition between network operators, which have been lowering the selling prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HSBC Global Research team has warned that the inefficient allocation of resources could sap productivity of Vietnam and leave the country caught in the low-middle income trap

Many households in Thuong Am commune of Son Duong district in the northern province of Tuyen Quang have been living with mud for years because of barite ore mining in the locality.