VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in Thai Binh province, finishing secondary school, has successfully made an incinerator and electricity generator with capacity for up to 20 households.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union will assist Vietnam in developing its crisis management capacity in anti-piracy and maritime security, and in joining UN peacekeeping operations.

 Besra Company on July 23 announced that they have suspended operations at Phuoc Son and Bong Mieu mine sites in the central province of Quang Nam after their bank accounts were blocked by the province’s Tax Department for delaying tax payment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam always appreciates the World Bank’s official development assistance (ODA) and is determined to effectively implement measures to speed up its capital disbursement.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is willing to share experience with Vietnam in foreign investment attraction, climate change adaptation, public-private partnership model development and human resource training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang is set to hold a fireworks competition with a difference: instead of lighting up the night sky, it will explode onto computer screens.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has once again affirmed Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Germany need to make a greater effort to fully tap their development potential to bolster bilateral cooperation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has asked the US to further open its market for Vietnamese products, restrict trade barriers, encourage US investment in Vietnam, and recognise the country’s market economy status.

A South Korean company specialising in assembling electronic components in the northern province of Hai Duong has been fined more than VND490 million (US$23,300) for 14 administrative violations.

 Viet Nam plans to ask the Guinness World Records to recognise HCM City's Nguyen Thi Tru, the country's oldest living person, as the world's oldest living person.

VietNamNet Bridge - VietJet Air has launched a duty free service on its flights from Vietnam to Singapore and Bangkok and vice versa to become the first Vietnamese airline offering duty free shopping on board.   

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of athletes from nine countries and territories in Asia will compete in the 21st HCM City International Track and Field Championships - Viet Nam Open 2014, which kicks off today, July 25.

 US life insurer enters Vietnam; National CPI rises 0.23% in July; India – leading pharmaceuticals supplier to Vietnam; Australian Bank sets up representative office in VN; Starbay resort project hears stern ultimatum

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assigned Vietnamese representative agencies in China to work with relevant agencies of China to verify information related to an incident where three Vietnamese women were killed in Guangxi Province.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on July 24 stated that the batch of Vietnam’s military equipment that has been temporarily seized by Finland is meant to go to Ukraine for repair and maintenance.

 The United Nations has sent its first aid convoy into Syria without the consent of the government in Damascus.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City is known for the helipad perched on the roof of the Bitexco high-rise downtown, but there are quite a few other helipads in the country, most of which are unknown to many Vietnamese.

The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say.