This morning – July 31, three officials of the Dong Vong Coal Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Coal and Minerals Group (Vinacomin), died of asphyxia in a coal mine in Uong Bi district of Quang Ninh province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak so far this year, a 30-fold increase over the same period last year,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Returning to Hanoi the summer, with the participation of cellist Steven Isserlis, the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) will be performing two nights at 8pm on August 10 and 11 at the Hanoi Opera House.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Siu Black, a prominent Vietnamese popular singer from the Central Highlands, has admitted that she owes over VND2.5 billion (USD118,843) after getting into the cafe business.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper Reporter Viet Van will be the sole Vietnamese representative with works showcased as part of “The Story of the Creative” exhibition, running from July 26 to September 10 in the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violent floodwaters caused by torrential rains over the past few days have washed away five local residents in northern mountainous provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national women’s team will have five friendly matches ahead of the AFF Cup 2013, including two games with Korean teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tropical depression on July 31 strengthened into a storm named Jebi, becoming the fifth storm of its kind to be formed in the East Sea.

 The driver of a train that derailed last week killing 79 people was speaking on the phone when the accident occurred, a Spanish court said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, sectors and localities to stick to the set targets of stabilising the macro economy and keeping the inflation rate equal to that of last year at about 6.8 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is willing to create favourable conditions for Hungarian businesses to invest in the Southeast Asian country, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said during talks with his host Semjen Zsolt in Budapest on July 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – Market analysis firms, after analyzing the recent figures, have come to a conclusion that Vietnam is a rising star in the households’ consumption on consumer goods.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son led a delegation to Singapore from July 29-30 to boost bilateral cooperation, especially between the two legislative bodies.

While many Vietnamese fans bought tickets and waited to see Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-ho’s company on Tuesday posted an announcement on the cancellation of the show in Hanoi, Vietnam on its facebook page.

The Chairman of HCM City Chemistry Association said that test results of fresh vermicelli samples taken from a vermicelli processing facility in District 8, HCM City, contained tinopal, a chemical that is banned in food processing.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The exhibition combined with workshop on Typography in Vietnam with the theme "Typography: How to read, learn and create" will be held at Manzi Art Space in Hanoi from August 1-12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People's Court yesterday, July 30, decided to keep the main judgements made last April by the Hai Phong City People's Court related to a high-profile land eviction in the city's Tien Lang District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s world heritage Phong Nha Cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been certificated as one of world’s best destinations by the US famous tourism website TripAdvisor.

Two chess grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son will attend the World Cup 2013 (held in Norway from 10-8 to 5-9) with funds from the fund for talented of the Vietnam Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of July 30, the training ship Kojima of the Japan Coast Guard docked at the Tien Sa Port in Da Nang City.