VietNamNet Bridge - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced its new, five-year, $26 million project to strengthen and sustain Vietnam’s HIV and AIDS response.

  India on July 26 calls on stakeholders in the East Sea issue to show their “utmost respect” for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 while seeking for peaceful solutions to the disputes.

 The freshly-concluded 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings ended successfully, reflecting the ten-member group’s efforts to realise its vision for a dynamic ASEAN Community.

 The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and Cambodia’s eastern province of Mondulkiri will step up cooperation during 2016-2020 as per an agreement inked between the two sides on July 26.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a report on the structure of the Government for the 2016-2021 tenure on July 27 during the 14th National Assembly’s first session.

Legislators cast secret ballots to elect the Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy in Hanoi on July 27.

 The actual bad debts at some banks have been found to be higher than reported following audits, the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) wrote in a report released on July 19.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese are turning their back on Chinese cars for several reasons, including low quality, design copies and vulnerability.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of young students in HCM City went to the streets in downtown HCM City to exchange friendly hugs on International Free Hug Day on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese firms, especially technology startups, are registering their businesses in Singapore to avoid complicated administrative procedures in Vietnam.

Huynh Minh Huy of Vietnam failed to make his second round match at the Vietnam F1 Men’s Futures yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

Martin Forkel has been invited to Vietnam to work as a fitness coach for the national U16 and U19 squads.

 The ratio of acute malnutrition (wasting) among children under five has decreased slightly to 14.1 percent in 2015 from 14.5 percent in 2014, while the rate of chronic malnutrition (stunting) dropped 0.3 percent to 24.6 percent in 2015.

 The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and the National Committee for Search and Rescue held a teleconference on July 26 to deploy works to coping with typhoon Mirinae – the first to batter Vietnam this year.

 Indonesia on July 26 repatriated 65 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested in April and May for accidently fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

 A statement on enhancing cooperation among law enforcement agencies at sea proposed by Vietnam was adopted at the 23 rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26.

 Four months after the deadline set by the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) for resolving cross ownership in the banking system, the problem persists.

The Mexican Institute for Friendship and Cooperation with Vietnam and Poland’s Saint Stanislaw Brotherhood have voiced their support for the recent ruling of the PCA on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met his counterparts of Norway, New Zealand and Canada on July 26 – the final day of the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a series of events related to the 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the sixth East Asia Summit and the 23 rd ASEAN Regional Forum in Vientiane, Laos on July 26.