Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu started his working visit to Japan from July 3. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested stronger and more practical administrative reform from the grassroots to central level during the June government meeting in Hanoi on July 3. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The mobile phone market has become more competitive than ever as retailers have confirmed they have stopped selling HTC and LG phones because of slow sales.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dr Ta Tuyet Mai, a physician at the Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, has created a high-protein formula milk used for seriously ill patients. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The domestic pesticide market is worth up to $1 billion, but profits all go to foreign companies as 90 percent of products are imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Studying abroad is the dream of Vietnamese students, but for many of them, life overseas is not as wonderful as they had imagined.

 Many policies concerning maritime, taxation, investment, insurance and Pangasius fish farming have taken effect from July.

Seventeen doctors and health workers at a healthcare centre in the central highlands province of Kon Tum have been exposed to HIV while giving emergency aid to a traffic accident victim who has the virus.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan listed an array of tasks for Hanoi to achieve its socio-economic development targets for 2017 while addressing the fourth meeting of the 15th municipal People’s Council on July 3.

A report from CBRE Vietnam real estate service provider, a shows that the number of restaurants in HCMC increased sharply in 2016 and will continue a rapid upward trend in 2017. 

China is importing 46.5% of Vietnam's rice, a huge increase from the previous 35-36% seen in previous years.

 With the trophy at the Thailand F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam leapt 62 places to 475th in the latest rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on July 3.

 Domestic automakers must manufacture autos under the Vietnamese brand name, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung suggested.

 The industry and trade sector expects to make a beeline for realising its export turnover target of 188 billion USD in 2017, or 6.9 percent higher than last year.

 Hoteliers are attracted to Viet Nam by a rapidly growing tourism sector, robust economic development and infrastructure investments, real estate consultancy JLL has said.

 The agriculture sector will have to step up efforts in many areas to meet three major targets set for the year, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said.

The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resource announced that the import suspension on uncooked prawns would lapse on July 6, 2017.

 Authorities in the northern port city of Hai Phong halted the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival on Saturday after a man was gored to death by his buffalo.

 HCM City plans to begin construction of 48 new traffic projects and complete 19 congestion projects in the last six months of the year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The number of children admitted to the Hanoi-based National Paediatrics Hospital for disorders following the use of a traditional medicine called thuốc cam has increased.