Farmers in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are protesting a slaughter project proposed to be built in their neighbourhood due to concerns about pollution and the loss of farming land.

The southern province of Binh Phuoc plans to ask the Government to grant intangible cultural heritage status to the traditional buffalo-fighting festival in Quan Hon District.

Ha Noi will reorganise the system of loudspeakers at the ward level in July, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a bustling capital city where the traditional and contemporary meet, underground music is taking its first baby steps.

 The website of Mixed Martial Artist Junkie has unveiled that Tran Quang Loc from the southeast province of Dong Nai, Vietnam is headlining a major MMA event this August 5 in Macau, China.

 Phung Le, PhD, HCM City University of Technology was cited a top 100 Asian Scientist for her research creating biofuel out of agricultural waste such as rubber seed oil, ground coffee beans and fruit.

 Defence officials from member countries of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) discussed outstanding regional security issues at the first debate of the ASEAN Security Policy Conference (ASPC) that opened in Manila, the Philippines, on June 29. 

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on June 29 for Chairman of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore Khaw Boon Wan. 

 Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an estimated 5.73 percent in the first half of this year, Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) told a press conference in Hanoi on June 29. 

 Vietnamese is ranked fourth among 301 languages being used in Australia, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ report on population survey in 2016.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will visit Germany and attend the G20 Summit in Hamburg from July 5-8 at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

 A national conference for Party officials to study the three resolutions related to the economy adopted at the fifth plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee was opened in Hanoi on June 29.

 Vietnam’s National Assembly is willing to work closely with the Republic of Korea’s parliament to help accelerate the two countries’ strategic cooperative partnership, said NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu.

 The Vietnam Embassy in the Republic of Korea has promptly carried out citizen protection measures concerning the recent murder of a Vietnamese citizen in the country, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on June 29.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Vu Van Dung has handed over the post of Chairman of the ASEAN Committee in Pretoria (APC) to the Indonesia Ambassador. 

 The People’s Court of the central province of Khanh Hoa on June 29 gave a jail sentence of ten years to Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh on the charge of conducting anti-State propaganda. 

President Tran Dai Quang and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on June 29 expressed particular interest in strengthening commercial cooperation, agreeing on investing more than $10 billion in both country.

VietNamNet Bridge - FPT CEO Truong Gia Binh, known by the international press as Vietnam’s Bill Gates, told Nikkei that FPT is ahead of India in the digital industry. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang San, a student at the Hue City High School for the Gifted, says some of his innovative ideas appear in dreams or come to him unconsciously.

VietNamNet Bridge - It can take many years to reclaim a new market for Vietnam’s farm produce, but even when the markets open, fruit producers still struggle because of trade barriers.