Vietnam launches tourism bonus for Western Europe, Belarus, FLC Samson resort complex inaugurated, Lai Chau preserves culture through community tourism, Various activities at 2015 Nha Trang Sea Festival

 The Hanoi Department of Taxation has revealed a list of 23 companies in the capital with tax arrears totaling VND1.2 trillion ($56.5 million) as at May 31. Most operate in the construction and real estate sector.

The Management Board of My Son Sanctuary has announced that plans to increase ticket prices to the World Cultural Heritage Site this month have been delayed until September because upgrades to the site are still to be completed.

 Many older women are unaware of some of the early warning signs of breast cancer, according to a survey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will deploy new programmes to attract more international tourists following recent bold steps to stop the sharp decline in the number of inbound visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Integrated Circuit Design Research and Education Centre (ICDREC) announced on July 9 that it had produced the JPEG 2000 compression IP core.

 Thousand of impounded motorbikes held at the My Dinh Bus Station in Hanoi have been lashed by rain and burned by the sun for months or in same cases even years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - US investors are interested in at least four areas in Vietnam, said Mr. Pham Viet Muon, former Vice Chair of the Government Office, an organizer of Vietnam’s investment promotion conference in the US on July 1-5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A minor earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale hit the reservoir of the Song Tranh Hydropower Plant in the mountainous district of Bac Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam last Friday.

 On July 11, twenty-one contestants representing overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Italy participated in the final round of Sao Mai singing contest in Prague.

 Three children drown in Quang Ngai, Firm fined for providing games without approved content, New highway opens to traffic, Smuggling cases on the increase at border posts, Over 1.1 mln access social policy loans

 Phu Quoc, an attractive destination in Vietnam’s southwestern waters, is striving to become an international eco-tourism and resort centre.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the US from July 6-10 is a historic event, marking a new milestone in the Vietnam-US relationship, a senior Party official told the press following the visit.

In a vote, readers of the U.S.’s Travel + Leisure magazine put the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel in Vietnam on the world’s top 100 hotels list.

 Telecommunications revenue in the first half of the year stood at some $8.16 billion, an increase of 8.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Eurozone leaders have talked through the night in Brussels in a bid to agree terms for a new bailout for Greece.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ford on July 10 officially announced the decision to appoint Mr. Pham Van Dung as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ford Vietnam.

 South Korea’s Keangnam Vina, the developer of Vietnam’s tallest building -  Keangnam Landmark Tower in Hanoi, has lost its latest court battle with residents of the tower.

 Japanese video game maker Nintendo has said its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55.

 The proposal by the State Audit Office of Vietnam to collect $18.7 million in tax arrears from Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Joint Stock Corporation has been met with opposition from the brewer and among lawyers.