Former US Ambassadors to Vietnam told VietNamNet about their expectation of the success of the ongoing visit to the United States by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

 Vietnamese film week opens in the US, Chain of concert honors Hanoi’s music in the past, present, Thailand’s PRD makes TV reports on Vietnamese culture, tourism, Book Talk to discuss fantasy literature genre

 Unfavorable weather, especially protracted drought in certain parts of the country, has dampened growth in the agricultural sector, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Workers in Hanoi have unearthed the remains of 181 people under a footpath while upgrading sewers ahead of the rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa crushed Khanh Hoa 3-2 at the 14th round of Toyota V. League 1 in Khanh Hoa Stadium yesterday, July 5.

Ha Noi-Sapa link road gets Lao Cai approval, Southwest patients to get free treatment, Moscow workshop on East Sea situation, US university provides scholarships for Vietnamese students, Blood donation campaign introduced in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to build the country's first Centre for Underwater Archaeological Research in Hoi An this year, Nguyen Giang Hai, the head of Viet Nam's Archaeology Institute,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A troupe in Can Tho City is holding performances of hat boi by skilled artists and offering free training to youth to introduce future generations to the classical drama.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New measures to protect sea turtles are needed as their number has fallen sharply because of human impact and economic development, delegates heard at a conference last Friday in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A comedy film about pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) will be released in cinemas later this month.

 Global Petro Bank, or GP.Bank, is likely to be nationalised if it fails to meet a legal capital requirement by tomorrow.

 As of June 20, Japan had invested US$37.7 billion in 2,661 projects in Viet Nam, statistics from the Foreign Investment Department show.

 The Transport Ministry has proposed that Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) be allowed to sell 70% of shares at Song Cam Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company to Damen Shipyards Group.

 Shrimps in nearly 5,500ha of area have died off until the end of June at Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta.

 Private enterprises say they need further policy incentives and simpler legal documentation in order to invest in research and transfer of agricultural technologies.

 Demand for labourers in the first six months of the year rose 34 per cent over the same period last year, according to an online conference held on Saturday by Vietnamworks, the top employment and recruitment website in Viet Nam.

 Central and south-central Viet Nam will cool down after days of hot weather with forecasted rain and storms today.

 The HCM City People's Committee has rejected a petition by local authorities in a district to allow an unlicensed private children's shelter to obtain a licence and continue functioning.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Mozambique Nguyen Van Trung had a meeting with Mozambiquean Interior Minister Jaime Monteiro in Maputo capital on July 3.

 A senior Party official has hailed the upcoming US visit of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as marking yet another milestone in the relations between Vietnam and the US.