VietNamNet Bridge - Inspection tours by the General Directorate of Environment at 19 thermal power plants have found that regulations on environmental protection have been violated at many plants. 

 Hanoi Railway Station will have a nicely-furnished VIP lounges for first-class passengers and passengers on board all trains will be offered meals of the same quality as airplane food.

 There have been 1,000 babies born via in vitro fertilization at Phuong Chau International Hospital since the hospital’s In Vitro Fertilization Center opened in 2011.

 To take effect from July 10, interest rate cuts by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to support economic growth and control inflation were given a great deal of thought, Governor Le Minh Hung has said.

 Vietnam Youth lost 0-3 to Japanese Students in their second match of the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup on Monday.

The sixth ASEAN+3 Junior Science Odyssey (APT JSO - 6), themed “Renewable energy for life,” is being held at Haa Lac Hi-tech park in Hanoi. 

 People are ignoring flood and heavy rain alerts, which has resulted in huge losses to life and property, said Van Phu Chinh, chief officer, Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has paid an official visit to the Netherlands from July 8-11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Brand new cars are being sold at hundreds of millions of dong lower than initial prices, while used cars remain unsold. 

 The appearance of 11 Vietnamese brands in the list of Asia’s top 1,000 this year has demonstrated domestic firms’ increasing awareness about building and affirming their own brands. 

 The 12th session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on July 11.

HCMC authorities and the Ministry of Transport yesterday worked on traffic situation in inner city and traffic system to connect with neighboring provinces.

 In his document, Vietnamese Prime Minister ordered to have strict penalty on illicit sand exploiters.

 Hanoi plans to auction 6,000 ha of land in order to build ten urban railway lines from now to 2030.

The Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co. plans to take out loans of a combined $1.26 billion to expand its capacity, according to a plan unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The long-awaited plan to merge Vietnam’s two stock exchanges to create a single bourse has landed on the Prime Minister’s desk, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF)’s first half report.

 A total of 148 old trees along Ton Duc Thang Street in central HCM City will be either chopped down or relocated for construction of Thu Thiem Bridge 2. 

 Hanoi authorities have asked the government to employ public-private-partnership model and allocate ODA to build 10 metro lines worth USD40bn to deal with congestion.

 Vietnam Airlines has announced that about 30 flights to China were delayed because of overloaded airports and bad weather in China.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has cut several interest rates for the first time since 2014 in order to support business and boost economic growth.