Winning all gold medals in the men’s single, men’s team and women’s team events helped the squad from the Republic of Korea secure the first place at the 29 th Golden Racket International Table Tennis Championship.

 The Embassy of Peru in Vietnam will host a Peruvian Cuisine Week for the first time in Vietnam as part of activities marking 21 years of Vietnam-Peru diplomatic ties (1994-2015).

 Da Nang City will be the team sponsor and Host Port of the Clipper 2015-2016 Round the World Yacht Race, said a press conference July 27.

 The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) plans to expand oil and gas exploration and production activities in foreign countries.

 Vietnam has attracted 8.8 billion USD in foreign direct investment in the year-to-date, an 8 percent fall year-on-year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency reported.

 Vietnam’s Ministry Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the TOA Institute, a Japanese general incorporated foundation, signed a memorandum of understanding on training cooperation in agriculture on July 27.

 Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh welcomed Secretary for External Relations of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Mexico Javier Vega in Hanoi on July 27.

 President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on July 27 hosted a reception for IMF Resident Representative for Vietnam and Laos Sanjay Kalra, who is going to finish his tenure of working in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed Vietnam’s wish to continue strengthening its comprehensive cooperation with Brazil during talks with Brazilian Minister of External Relations Mauro Luiz Vieira in Hanoi on July 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese aviation industry is developing strongly with the presence of big manufacturers’ names like Rolls Royce and Honeywell.

 Summer is always the peak travel season. However, many attractive promotions by airlines, such as discounted airfares, have been providing frequent holidaymakers opportunities to travel all year round.

Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in Truong Sa Archipelago of the East Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Ask me anything’, a volunteer group, offers free guidance to tourists, especially foreign visitors to Hanoi, which helps create a friendlier image of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Problems faced by some foreign direct investment (FDI) projects have placed Vietnam in a vulnerable position, but authorities are finding it difficult to revoke the projects’ licenses.

 After years of facing seemingly impenetrable barriers, Vietnamese lychees are now being exported to the US and Australia.

About 75,000 students attending the national high school finals received a 2.25 score on the English exam. Analysts said the education sector had failed to teach English at general school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The breeding of shrimp and other aquatic species in submerged forests in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in recent years has helped to preserve the forest's ecology.

VietNamNet Bridge – An overseas Vietnamese, who is well-known in Vietnam for creating a submarine named Yet Kieu, has received an order from a Thai company to manufacture 300 tourism submarines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dominating the match with skills, a perfect performance and world-level power, the English Premier League runners-up Manchester City soared to an 8-1 win over Viet Nam in a friendly match

 Hoi Ky ancient village in Hai Chanh commune, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province is located by the O Lau river. The village is more than 500 years old.