Bright young Vietnamese head home for summer camp; Japanese-funded stretch of highway temporarily opens to ease congestion; Charity responds to Mandela Day; Costly resettlement zone barely occupied

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwan received 15,106 Vietnamese guest labourers in the first six months of this year, accounting for nearly 47 per cent of the number of Vietnamese labourers going abroad for overseas jobs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The boat moved to the middle of the river and suddenly overturned. Only six of the nine people on the boat were rescued.

Police Director of Kien Giang Province, Ms. Bui Tuyet Minh, 51, has become the first female police officer in Vietnam who was conferred the major general. Minh is also the first female police director of a province in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two students from Hanoi and Son La won two gold medals for Vietnam at the International Physics Olympiad in Denmark.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 4.20am this morning, July 15, the special aircraft carrying 80 members of Arsenal landed at Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi).

 North and South Korea are to hold fresh talks on Monday on reopening a joint industrial complex whose fate is seen as a touchstone for future reduction of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 10,000 breeding cows will be donated to thousands of needy farmers in 28 poor and border districts during 2013-14.

The Vietnamese yoghurt market in 2012 was worth VND5.7 trillion, while the figure is expected to soar to VND12.4 trillion in 2013. This is the most attractive market segment of the dairy industry.

HCM City needs to reduce construction of fixed works in low lying areas--so as to contain and regulate floodwater--and also ban exploitation of underground water to limit depression that has contributed to increase in flooding

 Top Sri Lankan politician visits Viet Nam for talks; Deputy PM cuts ribbon to inaugurate temple honouring young volunteers; Deputy PM: Favourable conditions for Japanese investors

 Co Loa outdoor studios in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District has failed to attract a lot of local film makers due to substandard infrastructure and high service fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese retail market is so attractive that real estate developers and bankers have also decided to join the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new regulations by the Ministry of Education and Training on enrolling national excellent students to universities are unconvincing to many schools.

The move by some big bankers to slash interest rates has raised big worries to smaller bankers, who fear that the “dumping” in the monetary market would prompt people to unanimously withdraw money from banks to buy dollars, gold or pour into stocks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The culprit who killed the Java rhino at the Cat Tien National Park three years ago remains unknown.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The winning bidders offered very high prices, therefore, even if Viettel had offered higher by $100 or $200 million, it would not have obtained the contract.

John Ramsden is a diplomat but he has a passion for photography. From 1980 to 1983, he was sent to Hanoi as part of the British Diplomatic Service’s mission. Within three years, he traveled around Hanoi and took nearly 2,000 photos.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Spending $25 million to buy Highlands Coffee from a Vietnamese boss, Jollibee Group of the Philippines has taken steps to be considered very in developing this brand in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue's royal buildings and monuments are threatened by decay caused by the impact of climate change and a back up of water in the surrounding waterways.