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.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of healthcare insurance holders in the country has thus far reached 64.6 million, accounting for 71.4 per cent of the total population,

VN mobile phones likely to be imposed safeguard duties in Turkey, Tender planned for sugar imports, Vietnam’s economy predicted to grow by 6.3% in first three quarters, Shorter G-bond tenors sought to boost fund-raising

 Nguyen Tan Anh, an official of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club, has confirmed he heard rumours that two Australian football clubs are evaluating recruiting talented player Cong Phuong.

 Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son has suggested closer cooperation in e-government, post, radio frequency, broadcast and television between Vietnam and Japan.

 Telecom regulators in Myanmar have approved the issuance of a license for FPT Group, paving the way for it to provide internet services to the Southeast Asian consumer market of 56 million.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held an unprecedented meeting on July 7 in the Oval Office of the White House with President Barack Obama. Some photos of Party leader Trong's activities during the last two days of his visit to the US.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 7 (local time) met with crowds of Vietnamese expats and Americans during his ongoing visit to the US.

VietNamNet Bridge - Samsung seems to take full advantage of its status as a big investor to claim unprecedented investment incentives.

 A 45m-tall Buddha statue, which was being built at a Buddhist temple in To Xuyen Village in the northern Red Delta province of Thai Binh, suddenly collapsed late yesterday afternoon.

 The wreckage of an American bomber jet has been found in the sea off the central Quang Tri Province.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested Ha Noi's People's Committee to draft a plan for establishing a separate department of tourism for the capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecast says that so far this year the north and central region of Vietnam have suffered three record-high heat waves, which occurred from May to July.

VietNamNet Bridge - With the current national financial structure, Vietnam is safe from financial global crises, including the debt crisis in Greece.

 The Ebola crisis proves the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks the "capacity and culture" to deal with global health emergencies, says a damning independent report, commissioned by the WHO itself.