VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 298 passengers killed on the fateful Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight shot down over eastern Ukraine, three were passengers of Vietnamese origin.

Soldier Nguyen Van Tuan of the Hanoi Command died at 10:45 am on July 19 after two weeks of treatment at the National Burn Institute because of his injuries, bringing the total number of soldiers who died in the accident to 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of July 19, three consecutive earthquakes with magnitude 4.3, 3.2 and 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred in Muong La district, Son La province in northern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health said they had not found carcinogens like acrylamide and PAHs in samples of snacks and KFC potato chips collected in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unable to find food and places to sleep, more and more cranes have left the Tram Chim National Park. Only a few dozen cranes still “reside” at Tram Chim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the Ministry of Construction has said that the real estate market has warmed up, reports from market survey companies show that supply is still far higher than demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – English teachers fear that they may lose their job if they fail the upcoming exam re-sits.

At least six people were confirmed dead and three others remain missing after typhoon Rammasun hit northern mountainous localities on July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world’s largest oil and gas group Exxonmobil based in the US has moved ahead with its $20 billion gas power project in the provinces of Quang Ngai and Quang Nam, a sign of a new investment wave from the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Saigon is a miniature world with multinational cultures of both the West and the East. Besides Pham Ngu Lao – the street for Western visitors, it has a Japanese street – Le Thanh Ton.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hi-tech crime is on the rise, causing losses for individuals and organisations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "cow tongue" or "nine dotted line" or “U-shaped line” is a product that has surprised the world, including some Chinese researchers, with some calling it "incomprehensible".

  Acclaimed pianist and piano professor Boris Kraljevic will perform in the concert ‘Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5’ of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at the HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on August 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is not like the West, where both men and women usually share the domestic chores, such as cooking, cleaning and washing. Here, women do all the household work - and then have to do extra jobs to earn money

Number of super-rich Vietnamese on the rise; WB provides soft loans for five projects in Vietnam; Vietnam expects to earn 146 billion USD from exports in 2014; Cashew exports increase in volume and value

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's policy-making bodies may reconsider a proposal to exempt non-alcoholic carbonated drinks from the list of products subject to an excise tax rate of 10 per cent.

 Official Development Assistance (ODA) has been a key source of funds, helping Vietnam make great socio-economic strides in its renewal process.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated 90% of reservoirs in Vietnam are small-sized, and many of them are substandard in quality, have not been reinforced and do not undergo regular maintenance.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Budget smartphone sales have risen significantly in the domestic market following the narrowing price gap between mobile phones and smartphones.