VietNamNet Bridge – World Bank (WB) senior economist Gabriel Demonbynes on July 8 unveiled at a press conference in Hanoi that the number of super rich in Vietnam has tripled over the past decade.

 Up to 20 people have been killed in the deadliest night of Israeli air raids on Gaza since its current offensive began, Palestinian sources say.

 Representatives of dozens of foreign media agencies in Vietnam will attend a press conference in Hanoi and start a trans-Vietnam journey to explore the country’s tourism potential.

 The three soldiers who survived from the helicopter crash in Hanoi on Monday are now getting special treatments at the National Institute of Burns under Vietnam Military Medical University.

 Top Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh beat American Nicholas Robert Henson Waller in the first round of the 2014 YONEX Suffolk County Community College US Open Championships yesterday.

Vietnamese American director Ham Tran is about to scare local viewers by his latest movie Doat Hon (Hollow) and the production was released on July 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its preliminary determination adjusting tariffs on Vietnamese frozen tra (Pangasius) fillets imported into the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of cyberattacks on Vietnamese websites, especially government agencies’ websites with “gov.vn” domain name, has been increasing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Railway Station has announced a suspension of the Saigon-Phan Thiet train service from July 8 to make room for construction of some auxiliary works.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A 34-year old man, who was a scrap dealer, died immediately when a mortar bullet he was sawing exploded.

At least eight to nine people who were aboard a fishing boat are missing after the boat sank in the waters of Ke Ga, about 27 nautical miles from Phan Thiet. High waves at least 2.5 metres high caused the boat to sink, authorities said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crane at the construction site of Lach Tray Bridge in the northern port city of Hai Phong collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing two workers on the spot, including the crane driver who was trapped in the cabin.

Why offer incentives to Formosa Ha Tinh, a steel manufacturer, when Vietnam has an oversupply of steel and local authorities are reluctant to have steel manufacturers in their areas because of the environmental pollution?

 More than 650,000 children worldwide develop tuberculosis each year, research in the journal Lancet Global Health suggests.

Cuban expert: China takes wrong actions in East Sea; Hanoi hosts first Vietnam–India defence industry workshop; Vietnam hopes for multi-faceted links with German state; Kagoshima learns about HCM City’s investment environment

 The Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) has opposed China’s continued aggressive actions in all waters that it now claims as "part" of its national territory.

 Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ships on July 9 continued to approach China’s oil rig that is standing illegal in Vietnam’s waters to carry out communication works to demand China to withdraw its platform.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung noted with satisfaction positive developments in relations between Vietnam and the UK and Vietnam and Poland, while receiving British and Polish ambassadors in Hanoi on July 9.

 The Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption has proposed establishing four working teams to look into notorious graft scandals in 8 localities in the remaining months of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in the Central Highlands area are afraid that hydropower plants may discharge water in the rainy season, thus threatening their normal lives.