Scientists say 80% of the phenol and cyanide in the sea water will decompose in three months, but it will take at least 50 years for the marine ecosystem in the four provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

 Vietnam will take part in the Finswimming World Junior Championship in France from July 4 to July 11 in Annemasse City.

 Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao won the mixed doubles event at the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on Sunday.

 Familiar images of the countryside of Vietnam and of people’s daily activities appear on truc chi (bamboo pulp paper) when it is illuminated by led lights.

VietNamNet Bridge - Why can a lot of hydropower projects obtain licenses from agencies even though the power plants leaf to deforestation, violate forest protection laws and damage biodiversity?

 The flow of trade between Vietnam and the rest of the world is set to enter a prolonged period of disruption after voters in the UK opted to exit the EU.

VietNamNet Bridge – Notre-Dame du Langbian Monastery at 2 Huyen Tran Chua Street in the Central Highlands city of Dalat is a unique monastery in Vietnam. 

Fines for traffic violations on highways will be increased in an attempt to reduce traffic accidents, transport experts said.

 The HCM City Public Transport Management and Operation Centre plans to replace 500 old buses with new ones running on 28 routes by the end of the year.

 Vietnamese-German DJ and producer Chi Thanh, a Grammy nominee, will release his latest music video (MV) featuring deep house in Vietnam this month.  

 President Tran Dai Quang has requested heads of Vietnam’s diplomatic missions abroad to continue improving the efficiency of economic and cultural diplomacy, and popularising the image of the Vietnamese land and people in their host countries.

 Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, welcomed Doraisamy Raja, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India, in the city on July 4.

China’s plan to carry out military exercises in an area that covers Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) in the East Sea has once again seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

 Vietnam’s general police department opened a training course in Ho Chi Minh City on July 4 on drug investigative techniques and strategies to help Cambodia improve its anti-drug capability.

 Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holding Inc (ANA) has completed the purchase of an 8.77 percent stake in Vietnam Airlines, becoming a strategic shareholder of the national flag carrier.

 About 125 Vietnamese golfers from many countries worldwide competed at the Golden Lotus, an annual expanded golf tournament held on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia on July 1-2.

VietNamNet Bridge - While some economists believe that Vietnamese businesses cannot grow because of heavy taxes, others believe that taxes should not be blamed.

The best way for candidates to receive a professorship is to increase the number of internationally published articles, especially in prestigious journals of ISI (Information Science Institute) and Scopus. However, Vietnam has been behind in this.

Improving enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights is now high on the Government's agenda as part of its efforts to uphold international IP commitments, especially those in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.

 Young people aged from 15 to 24 accounted for 47 per cent of the unemployed in the second quarter, the General Statistics Office announced on June 29.