A foreign vessel stranded in the waters off the central province of Binh Thuan has been towed ashore, according to the Office of the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on July 2. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Accidentally discovering that the finest flour can create a thin film with tensile strength, two female students from Hue City flattened starch into film to make biodegradable bags.

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Assembly has approved a resolution on dealing with bad debt, a move expected to help remove the ‘blood clot’ causing congestion to the national economy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pham Nhu Ngoc Tuan, a student from the Hue City University of Science, has reaped big success in the information technology (IT) field.

VietNamNet Bridge - To fulfill the GDP growth plan in 2017, the tourism sector needs to attract 13-15 million foreign travelers this year, or 3-5 million more than the last year. 

 A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Deputy Minister Ha Kim Ngoc visited Brazil and participated in the fourth political consultation at the deputy foreign minister level between the two countries on June 29-30.

 A high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party, State, and National Assembly led by NA Chairwoman Pany Yathotou will pay a visit to Vietnam from July 3-8.

President Tran Dai Quang’s official visits to Russia and Belarus were a success, and their fruitful outcomes have made the relations between Vietnam and the two countries more comprehensive and effective, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

VietNamNet Bridge - Of 12 projects, six projects were implemented under EPC contracts (engineering, procurement and construction), and most of the contracts were signed with Chinese contractors.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC officially ended their 10-year-old relationship with European giant Arsenal yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - While a large amount of coal was exported in the first months of the year, most coal used in the country was imported. 

The Human Rights Watch and the Al Jazeera TV channel have provided inaccurate information with a lack of objectivity and goodwill about the human rights situation in Vietnam, especially freedom of speech and freedom of internet.

Angry voices are heard in local media these days, when the Ministry of Information and Communications orders mobile carriers to send digitalized data of subscribers, including their portraits, to the ministry within one year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to relocate polluting factories from the inner city has become ‘urgent’, but none of the factories scheduled to move have not done so. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides Uber and Grab, seven more taxi firms have joined the so-called ‘technology taxi’ market, providing convenient services at low prices. 

 Exhibition organiser Reed Tradex is ready to work with Vietnam industrialists to catch a new investment wave, said Kasinee Phantteeranurak, Project Manager of Reed Tradex Co., Ltd. in a special interview. 

Vinatex must innovate its technologies as soon as possible in order to increase its market share, said Le Tien Truong, the group’s General Director, at its share-holders’ meeting held in Hanoi on June 29.

The Vietnamese community in Europe has called on Germany, as the rotating President of the G20, to add the East Sea issue to the agenda of the G20 Summit slated for July 7-8 in Hamburg, Germany. 

 Despite the Law on Marriage and Family setting the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 for women and 20 for men, 11% of Vietnamese women aged 20-49 were married before the age of 18.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a target programme to restructure the agricultural economy, prevent natural disasters and stabilise people’s lives with total capital of VNĐ306.66 trillion (US$13.5 billion).