VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister’s decision to close natural forests has raised people’s hopes that the Central Highlands’ forests would be protected.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Nga Nhi came first at the 2016 high-school entrance exam in Hanoi. She also earned top scores at the entrance exams to the three most prestigious high schools for the gifted in the capital city.

Foreign investors are increasing their search for biomass power projects in Vietnam, a development encouraged by the country’s recent feed-in tariff system.

 Households around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake in the capital city of Hanoi will have their doors and balconies repainted to ensure they match the area’s natural beauty.

Article 292 recently stirred up controversy as it was stated that any services offered online or via telecommunication networks without prior permission would be deemed illegal.

 Staff at the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, the Ramsar site in Dong Thap Muoi (plain of reeds) in southern Long An Province, has just caught some lù đù fish (Sciaenidae).

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) on July 5 organised a regular press conference in Hanoi to clarify major issues in the first six months and highlight important events in the second half of this year.

 Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Deta province of Kien Giang is hosting a map and document exhibition, giving locals an insight into Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

 Vietnam - US relations' development to comprehensive partnership

MobiFone has begun a pilot project to provide a new 4G service in certain parts of Hanoi, HCMC and Danang.

Vietnam Food Administration has granted permission to the company to resume sales of 13 kinds of drinks after it received legal certification, said Nguyen Khoa My, Public Affairs and Communications Manager at Coca-Cola Vietnam.

Nam Dinh Textile and Garment Corporation, which was ever known as Nam Dinh Textile Plant, the biggest of its kind in the Indochinese area during the French colony will be soon relocated to another place, giving the way for a urban area.

 One month ago, models, singers and artists who love taking and spreading nude photos on the Internet had to say goodbye to their hobby after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to ban such activity.

The initial damage Quang Binh Province suffered from mass fish deaths is estimated at $120 million as of June and could mount to $178 million by the end of this year, the provincial People’s Committee said yesterday.

 Torrential rainfall of up to 250mm has blanketed the northern region since last night, putting localities on high alert for landslides and flash floods.

 The Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department has warned pink- eye (conjunctivitis) could break out in July, with the change from prolonged hot weather to rainy days.

  Government debt reached more than VND1.5 quadrillion (US$66.7 billion) last year, expanding nearly 70 per cent during the 2010-15 period, the Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday.

 The 2016 national high school examination concluded on July 4.

 Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam has won a Bronze Lion for its ad campaign “Devalue Rhino Horn” in the PR Lions category at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

HCM City wants to build a monorail line running from the Phan Van Tri -Nguyen Oanh crossroad (Go Vap district) through Quang Trung Software Park to Tan Chanh Hiep station (District 12) which will cost an estimated $376.6 million.