Politburo member and National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has  visited Laos to attend activities to mark the 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and 40 years of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam should try to improve its stock market to make it more attractive to investors, rather than wait for a higher ranking, experts have said. 

 Hundreds of women are seeking out fake wedding and husband-for-hire services to avoid societal pressure to get married.

 As many as 3,500 children and teenagers drown in Vietnam every year according to a report from the Ministry of Health.

In light of Industry 4.0, big firms are benefiting significantly from digital technologies, while small and medium-sized enterprises are also getting closer to the dawn the digital journey. 

 Ly Hoang Nam has become the first ever Vietnamese tennis player to reach the top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.

 Military-run telecom group Viettel has recorded a pre-tax profit of VNĐ1 trillion (US$41.2 million) from its overseas investments in the first half of 2017, a 156 per cent year-on-year increase.

 A woman in the central city of Danang has recently been fined VND12.5 million (USD595) for publishing false information about child kidnapping on her Facebook.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said that the supply of E5 bio-fuel will be able to meet the entire market demand when RON 92 petrol is completely replaced by E5 bio-fuel from January 1, 2018.

 Nearly one thousand employees at the loss-making Dung Quat Shipyard are worried about losing jobs as the business is facing bankruptcy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite a newly built $550-million water drainage system, Hanoi streets are still inundated during heavy rains.

HCM City authorities plan to turn part of Binh Hung Hoa, the city's biggest cemetery, into a residential area and a park. 

 Many streets in Hanoi have been seriously submerged after heavy rains today, July 17, caused by tropical storm Talas.

 One person has been killed, 13 others are missing and thousands of houses damaged as the storm Talas made landfalls to the central regions early Monday morning, according to initial reports by local authorities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Phone distribution chains are selling many other products together with mobile phones to earn extra money.

 Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem impressively defeated reigning world rapid chess champion, Vassily Ivanchuk, after 41 moves.

Cueists from HCM City claimed the top three positions at the 2017 International 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament, which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 16 after three days of competition.

There are more than 2,200 Vietnamese students in New Zealand, while recent data from Education New Zealand revealed a 97 percent increase in the number of first-time student visas in the first five months of 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A 12-year-old boy in Dak Nong Province was playing with a knife with his cousin when the blade slipped from the handle and entered the victim's forehead. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport said that of the 37 traffic jam hotspots in the city, 10 sites are becoming more congested.