President Tran Dai Quang has requested heads of Vietnam’s diplomatic missions abroad to continue improving the efficiency of economic and cultural diplomacy, and popularising the image of the Vietnamese land and people in their host countries.

 Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, welcomed Doraisamy Raja, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India, in the city on July 4.

China’s plan to carry out military exercises in an area that covers Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) in the East Sea has once again seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

 Vietnam’s general police department opened a training course in Ho Chi Minh City on July 4 on drug investigative techniques and strategies to help Cambodia improve its anti-drug capability.

 Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holding Inc (ANA) has completed the purchase of an 8.77 percent stake in Vietnam Airlines, becoming a strategic shareholder of the national flag carrier.

 About 125 Vietnamese golfers from many countries worldwide competed at the Golden Lotus, an annual expanded golf tournament held on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia on July 1-2.

VietNamNet Bridge - While some economists believe that Vietnamese businesses cannot grow because of heavy taxes, others believe that taxes should not be blamed.

The best way for candidates to receive a professorship is to increase the number of internationally published articles, especially in prestigious journals of ISI (Information Science Institute) and Scopus. However, Vietnam has been behind in this.

Improving enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights is now high on the Government's agenda as part of its efforts to uphold international IP commitments, especially those in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.

 Young people aged from 15 to 24 accounted for 47 per cent of the unemployed in the second quarter, the General Statistics Office announced on June 29.

 Britain’s recent exit from the European Union (EU) could more or less affect trade activities between Vietnamese businesses and partners from the UK and EU in the future, experts have commented.

 National carrier Vietnam Airlines’ Flight VN237 was delayed by three hours this morning because the 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft’s door was found to be askew on arriving at the boarding gate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cooperation between South Korea and the European Union (EU) initially brought many benefits to this country. But after 5 years, this country has suffered great losses.

 The domestic gold price skyrocketed to over VND36 million per tael (1 tael = 12 ounces) on July 4, the highest level in the last two years.

 Mary Tarnowka, a former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the American Embassy in Seoul, has been announced as the new Consul General of the U.S. in HCMC.

Since July 1, 2016, a series of new laws will come into effect.

Dr. Mai Trong Nhuan from Vietnam National University in Hanoi talked about measures to restore the ecosystem and environment in four central provinces that were polluted by the Formosa mass fish deaths.

The authorities of Da Nang called on people to donate materials, maps, photos  and exhibits for Paracel Exhibition House at a call to action ceremony held on July 3.

A lime kiln collapsed on July afternoon in the northern province of Hai Duong, leaving five people dead.

 The parents of a backpacker who fell to his death climbing Vietnam's highest mountain plan to return to thank those who tried to save their son.