N.C.T, a 32-year-old man, and his partner, a 38-year-old man, are waiting at the District 11 Preventive Medicine Centre to receive free antiretroviral drugs.

 Indexes for 2017 second quarter reflected Vietnam’s increasing dependence on FDI), said the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) in its recent report on the performance of the economy in the quarter.

 Representatives from 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries are expected to meet in Hakone town, west of Tokyo, Japan on July 12.

 Vietnam has surpassed Malaysia to become a bigger source of earnings for Japanese firms, according to the Bank of Japan (BoJ).

 The Vietnam Border Guard High Command and Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration held talks in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 11 to review their coordination in ensuring border security and set tasks for the coming time.

Rotterdam is keen to expand multifaceted cooperation with Vietnamese localities, particularly HCMC, in planning, building and management of port infrastructure, navigation training, and logistics services.

 The first Fashionology Festival 2017 is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20-22 with the participation of nearly 500,000 visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnam still doesn’t have a real robot industry, several enterprises have created useful products for the market.

Reports from 63 local education departments show there are thousands of 10/10 scores at the high school finals, an ‘abnormally’ high number compared with 68 exam papers which had a 10/10 score last year.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the number of foreign tourists continues to grow at a high rate, travel firms have been advised to disperse travelers to many tourism sites to avoid overloading.

VietNamNet Bridge - Inspection tours by the General Directorate of Environment at 19 thermal power plants have found that regulations on environmental protection have been violated at many plants. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The poor quality of resettlement houses and weak management capacity of the State offices have affected the lives of many displaced residents.

 Hanoi Railway Station will have a nicely-furnished VIP lounges for first-class passengers and passengers on board all trains will be offered meals of the same quality as airplane food.

 There have been 1,000 babies born via in vitro fertilization at Phuong Chau International Hospital since the hospital’s In Vitro Fertilization Center opened in 2011.

 To take effect from July 10, interest rate cuts by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to support economic growth and control inflation were given a great deal of thought, Governor Le Minh Hung has said.

Authorities from the rural district of Que Phong in the central province of Nghe An have asked all commune officials to ensure that locals don’t breed leeches in their jurisdictions.

 Vietnam Youth lost 0-3 to Japanese Students in their second match of the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup on Monday.

The sixth ASEAN+3 Junior Science Odyssey (APT JSO - 6), themed “Renewable energy for life,” is being held at Haa Lac Hi-tech park in Hanoi. 

 People are ignoring flood and heavy rain alerts, which has resulted in huge losses to life and property, said Van Phu Chinh, chief officer, Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.

A treetrunk coffin dating back to the Le Dynasty (15th century) was discovered by workers at an irrigation site in Thinh Loc commune in the central province of Ha Tinh.