VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Germany on Thursday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) on Vietnamese citizens working in Germany as caregivers. 

 Central Quang Binh province earned more than 22 billion VND (over 1 million USD) in the first half of this year alone from tours into Son Doong, the world’s largest cave.

Fruit exports could reach $2 billion, Dung Quat Refinery negotiations start, Thriving real estate market in HCM City, Vietnam’s industrial production index rises 9.6 percent, PetroVietnam earns less over falling oil prices

 Composer Phan Huynh Dieu, who was known as the "Golden bird of Vietnamese music," died on Monday but his influential melodies will always be remembered by Vietnamese music fans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The private plunge pool of Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam has entered the list of World's Coolest Hotel Plunge Pools on Travel&Leisure magazine.

 On July 3, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the Economic Forum of the five Mekong Subregion (GMS) nations together with GMS leaders and approximately 200 Japanese business representatives.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji on July 3 on the occasion of his working visit to Japan to attend the seventh Mekong-Japan Summit.

 Hoi An offers night tours of Cu Lao Cham Island, Tourism festival to be held at Tram Chim National Park, Three Quang Binh beaches are major tourist draws, Mekong Delta orchards beautiful during harvest season

Nguyen Duc Cuong, Head of the Hydrometeorological Information and Natural Disaster Prevention Unit, spoke to Tai Nguyen va Moi Truong (Natural Resources and Environment) about an early warning system.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, a car bears three kinds of tax and dozens of fees. Rice reportedly has more fees that any other product or service.

 Dai Hung Pottery Workshop in Binh Duong Province has upheld traditional techniques of making jars and jugs for more than 150 years.

 More than 300 candidates of the national high school exam were disciplined for violating examination regulations after the second part of the exam ended yesterday.

 Heavy rains and lightning are expected to hit the northern region tomorrow afternoon, giving local residents a respite from the extremely hot weather that lasted nearly a week.

 The MovieMov - Italian Film Festival will be held in the capital city from July 21-26.

 Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut.

 Vietnam pledges to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in strengthening the relations between the bloc and New Zealand.

A senior delegation from the Vietnam Defence Academy led by Senior Lieutenant General Vo Tien Trung paid a working visit to the Republic of Mozambique from June 30 to July 2.

 More than ten typhoons hit Vietnam in 2014 leaving 133 people dead or missing, and caused an estimated damage of VND2.83 trillion (US$130.18 million).

 There is ample opportunity for Vietnam and the US to lift their relations to a higher level in the future, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh remarked at a ceremony on July 2.

 Five children from Hanoi, aged 7 to 12, have won six first and four second prizes at three international music competitions which took place over June in Italy.