VietNamNet Bridge - As more high school students decide not to apply to university, many universities are competing to attract applications. 

In 2011-2015, Vietnam had 11,738 scientific works published internationally, but had only 20 percent of industrial enterprises with modern technologies and most of them are foreign invested ones.

 About 180 railway bridges across the country are in need of urgent repairs to ensure traffic safety, according to Vietnam Railways (VNR).

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has suspended the titan exploitation at Nam Suui Nhum mine for three months due to a reservoir collapse.   

Vietnam Coast Guard Commander Major General Nguyen Quang Dam has said that search teams were determined to locate the black box recorder of missing aircraft CASA 212 on Wednesday.

 Ambassadors and heads of Vietnam’s diplomatic missions abroad are expected to help promote investment, culture and tourism cooperation and diplomatic relations between Vietnam and their host countries.

 Vietnamese enterprises will participate at the 7th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2016 to exchange experiences and seek business opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese workers have improved their labor capacity in the last 15 years. Pure productivity grew 2.3% while sectoral shifts accounted for 1.7%, according to the latest Economic Insight: South East Asia report.

According to tax authorities, the estimated amount of taxes collected from the transfer of Big C supermarket chain from Casino Group of France to the Central Group of Thailand is about VND3,600 billion ($161.4 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang city has to change their policy on recruiting talents because som people it sent abroad to study have not returned to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - A plane from Hanoi to Can Tho on June 21 morning had to land in HCM City as the cockpit glass was cracked at an altitude of over 10 km, according to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first 5 months of 2016, Vietnam spent US$140 million for the import of Chinese pesticides, or nearly $1 million a day, according to statistics of the General Customs Administration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 28-year-old man from Quoc Oai district, Hanoi, has to have 20 extra teeth extracted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An bullet of unknown origin went through the roof and hurt the leg of a woman in the central province of Quang Tri. The local authorities are investigating the incident.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the sea temperatures increase, a large area of coral off Con Dao Island has been bleached white and is no longer living. In some areas there is whitening of up to 70% of coral.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economic experts have recently discuss opportunities and challenges of the retail market in Vietnam as foreign giants have been pumping money to acquire the market share.

Sugar, palm oil and rubber, the three crops that Hoang Anh Gia Lai of Doan Nguyen Duc grows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, have seen prices increasing in the context of a lower global supply due to climate change. 

 Ho Chi Minh City has announced the introduction of a credit support package for startups worth VND1 trillion ($45 million).

 Vietnamese tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, jumped up five places from 877th to 872nd place in the latest world rankings.

  The import of completely built-up (CBU) autos from India in May jumped more than 20 times from February to over 3,500 units with an average price of only 112 million VND (4,870 USD).