VietNamNet Bridge – The Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open 2016, commencing next week, might be the last international event in which national number one badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will play on the home ground.

VietNamNet Bridge - Figures released by the State Bank of Vietnam and financial reports by commercial banks show that total charter capital of 35 Vietnamese commercial banks reached VND331.069 trillion by December 31, 2015.

 Thai Son Nam District 8 in 2nd win at futsal champs; An wins stage, That keeps yellow jersey; Viet Nam win second match at regional tourney

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for prompt inspection of reported waste dumping by the Hung Hiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company,

 Nguyen Thị Nhan has won Vietnam’s 10th slot to compete at the upcoming Brazilian Paralympic Games later this year.

 Nguyen Trung Kien and Dinh Thi Hue lost to Singaporean rivals in the final moments of the Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships’ U18 mixed doubles final on July 11.

 The central city of Da Nang has proposed that a collection of 11 cannons unearthed at the Dien Hai Citadel between 1979 and 2008 be recognised as a national treasure.

VietNamNet Bridge - The sharp increase of the Japanese yen has caused losses for Vietnamese businesses.

Seven credit organisations have committed to providing the Mekong Delta region with 28.5 trillion VND (1.25 billion USD) to implement 73 socio-economic development projects.

Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairson July 12 issued a statement calling on parties in the Philippines’s lawsuit against China on disputes in the East Sea to fully respect legal and diplomatic processes following the ruling issued by the PCA.

The State Department of the US affirmed that the ruling made by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea is an important contribution to the shared goal of a peaceful resolution.

 The Permanent Court of Arbitration yesterday ruled that China violated the Philippines’s sovereign rights in exploring resources surrounding the Reed Bank in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi early on July 13 to pay an official visit to Mongolia and attend the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Ulan Bator.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang have asked Romania to continue supporting the just stance of Vietnam and ASEAN in addressing the East Sea issue by peaceful means on the basis of international law.

Many schools have ignored the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) instruction that the 2016-2017 academic year starts no sooner than August 1 and no later than August 25, and have asked students to return to school in July.

 Foreign experts have issued a warning to the Vietnamese government about its over-reliance on coal to make power, without clear mechanisms to attract investors into renewable energy projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - The heavy reliance on import materials remains a problem for Vietnam’s cashew industry, though it remains the top cashew exporter in the world. 

 Vietnam has successfully attracted and effectively used official development assistance (ODA) capital resources.

VietNamNet Bridge - iPhone 5S, a smartphone launched three years ago, was among the bestselling phones in the last six months in Vietnam.

People living in coastal areas affected by the pollution from Taiwan’s Formosa Steel Plant at the Vung Ang Industrial Zone in Ha Tinh province will receive support in vocational training and be prioritized in labor exports.