VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's theatres are facing a shortage of actors as many of them have turned to films and television series that offer better money and fame.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The rice fields of Tu Le are exceptionally beautiful at harvest time, especially from a high vantage point.

Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said that aside from raising the retirement age, there have been many solutions proposed to maintain the balance of revenues and expenses of the social insurance fund.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For decades, a family including four children, have been living in the forest, isolated from the outside world because of poverty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance has adopted measures to better control public assets as Tran Duc Thang, director general of the Public Asset Management Department told News Newspaper.

At several international seminars recently, some senior officials, generals, diplomats and scholars of China claimed that the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is positioned within the exclusive economic zone of Hoang Sa archipelago of China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The baby began to cry just as the taxi started moving. Trinh Tuan was at a loss. He had no previous experience of taking care of any baby, and here he was, alone with his 14-day-old baby daughter for the first time, going home

Japanese photojournalist Murayama Yasufumi, who has visited Viet Nam 36 times to take photos of the country and its people since 1998, is determined to get official approval to take photos of Viet Nam's Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

 GDP per capita to reach 5,500 USD in northern key economic area; Japanese food producers eye Vietnamese market; Microchip Technology to build HCM City factory; Rubber, rice exports drop in six months; Business optimism on the rise this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – All illogical road signs will be replaced to enable better compliance with the laws, Nguyen Van Huyen, director general of the Directorate of the Viet Nam Road tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times)

 VietNamNet Bridge – Who will be strategic shareholders of Vietnam Airlines Corporation (VNA) remains a secret though an initial public offering (IPO) of the biggest State-owned enterprise in the civil aviation sector has a few months to go.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korea Fantasy “Sound – Dance & Performance,” a traditional music concert by Gukak Chungnam Orchestra from Cheonan City, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on July 3 at Ben Thanh Theater in HCMC’s District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people once expected that China’s development would bring back positive effects on the region but disappointment, doubt, and worry have gradually emerged.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tour operator Oxalis on June 25 launched trekking tours of Tu Lan cave system in the central province of Quang Binh, with offers of up to four days for adventure lovers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese parents are willing to shell out tens of millions of dong for their children’s summer holidays, seeing it as the opportune time for children to advance their English and life skills.

 A growing number of economists have expressed serious concerns about the state of Vietnam’s public debt. Their biggest worry: the rapid growth of government-guaranteed debt, now increasing at a 50 percent annual rate.

 A special Senior Officials Meeting of ASEAN (ASEAN SOM) yesterday discussed ways to maintain the bloc's central role in protecting the region's strategic interests.

 China continued to maintain its illegal presence and aggression in Vietnamese waters on June 27 as more condemnation of its actions came from US and Philippine officials.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Old apartments in HCM City have become impressivel locations for many coffee shops in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Along the bank of Hanoi’s Nhue River are many villages that still preserve the typical architecture of the countryside of many years ago, particularly old gates.