VietNamNet Bridge – In the last few days, Da Nang coastline has been ‘attacked’ by masses of jellyfish, which have made the beaches here less safe for tourists.

South Korea’s food-making conglomerate Daesang has bought nearly full stake in Duc Viet Food Joint-Stock Co. at $32 million in a move to make inroads into Vietnam’s meat processing market with high growth potential.

The Ministry of Health on July 28 issued a decision to impose VND433 million fines on Coca-Cola Vietnam for administrative violations on food safety and to withdraw a batch of Samurai drinks from sale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspecting the office of a travel firm in Da Nang, local police detected and seized many posters that named Vietnam’s East Sea as China Beach.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local netizens were upset after seeing a clip of two foreign tourists, a man and a woman, swaying and then taking off their pants on Bui Vien Street, called the Street of Foreigners in Saigon.

Fallen trees on the street, houses without roofs, and pedestrians knocked by wind were among the images shared on social networks after Mirinae, the first typhoon of the season, hit northern Vietnam on July 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 10,000 fans will participate in the Fun Beach Festival, a music festival, at East Sea Park in Da Nang from August 12 to 14.

A baby girl was born at 8:10 am Thursday morning at the Obstetrics Department of Hue Central Hospital, the first baby born through a surrogate mother at the hospital.

Ninety per cent of students sitting this year’s national university entrance exams scored 5 out of 10 or less in English when combined with their score in high school graduation exams, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Typhoon Mirinae, the first to hit Vietnam this year, has caused human and property damage in the north of the country after it rolled into the mainland from the midnight of Wednesday.

 The Vietnam Report announced the names of the 20 most reputation banks and insurance firms in Viet Nam on July 27.

 The socio-economic situation in the first six months of 2016 reaped positive outcomes with the macro-economy being stable, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reported at the first session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on July 29.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) deputies approved on July 29 a resolution on the State budget balance for 2014 with 82.59 percent of them having “yes” vote.

 The new Government wants to maintain a peaceful environment and create optimal conditions for national development, said Pham Binh Minh, who has been re-elected Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam.

 The 36th ASEAN Police Chiefs (Aseanapol) concluded on July 28 with the signing of the Aseanapol Communication and Coordination Protocol for Crisis Management (ACCPCM) after a 10-year hiatus.

Newly-elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has suggested measures to develop agriculture in the context of global integration.

 A tropical depression developed in the east of the Philippines may intensify into a storm and enter the East Sea in the next few days.

VietNamNet Bridge - Formosa, the Taiwanese investor, which is building a steel complex in Vung Ang Economic Zone in Ha Tinh province, plans to build an oil refinery in the second phase of the project development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 fans will be able to catch the final performance of 365, one of the best known boy band in Viet Nam, during their farewell tour in HCM City this weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The remnants of a royal garden of the Nguyen dynasty, located east of the Hue Imperial complex in the central city of Hue, are being excavated.