VietNamNet Bridge – The country had a trade surplus of US$1.46 billion by July 15, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.

 The Netherlands has received the first victims' bodies from crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in a solemn ceremony at Eindhoven air base.

 Forty-eight people are now known to have died after a passenger plane crashed in Taiwan's Penghu island, as a storm passed over the area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Import/export companies say that there was no legitimate reason for the Saigon Port Corporation to raise service fees, complaining that the fee increases would push enterprises up against the wall.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two over-200-year-old banyans in Ly Son island district of central Quang Ngai Province have been recognised as national heritage trees.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Situated near Cai Muoi Canal which is always crowded with boats and junks, Cai Cuong ancient house in Binh Hoa Phuoc Commune, Long Ho District of Vinh Long Province is an architectural structure of European and Oriental styles.

 Hoang Su Phi Market is held once a week on Sunday morning. It takes place along the main street, a few kilometers long, in Vinh Quang Town in Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A revolutionary turned intellectual, professor Le Quang Long has made many contributions to the country's scientific community. His latest: a vast collection of documents.

 A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s many different shades of seas can be seen Photo.net, the photography website with the highest traffic in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is the sixth largest wood and wooden product exporter in the world and the second largest in Asia, yet the domestic wood processing sector is injured by low-priced, skillfully crafted imports.

HCM City is considering implementing an e-textbook project, under which first, second and third graders in the city would learn with e-textbooks instead of actual books. However, the project remains controversial.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The two famous Korean girl band 2NE1 and T-ara have confirmed their return to Vietnam in August to attend two different events. Their Vietnamese fans are more than lighthearted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every afternoon, around 4.30pm, Nguyen Thi Lan, a bank employee in Dong Da District of Ha Noi starts getting worried. She waits for her boss to leave office, and then rushes off to pick up her daughter from school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several illegal motorbike parking lots set up on streets reserved for pedestrians in the capital city's Hoan Kiem District have been overcharging customers,

Local businesses urged to boost exports to RoK; Complex tax laws don’t deter foreign investment; HCM City to tighten energy labeling rules; Mekong Delta targets US$2.6 bln in shrimp exports; Pepper price reaches record high 

VietNamNet Bridge – The hastened pace of equitisation of state-owned enterprises has led many experts to opine that there is a second wave of mergers and acquisitions ready to hit Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six players of the V-League's Dong Nai FC will soon be prosecuted for match-fixing, major-general Ho Sy Tien, head of the Police Department for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, confirmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unemployment rates are regularly reported by government agencies, but the state General Statistics Office (GSO) doubts the figures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Rammasun has dealt a massive VND125 billion (US$5.9 million) blow to Viet Nam's northern region, an official damage report released yesterday said.