The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone), the second-largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, has started piloting its 4G and MobiTV services July 1.

Only 20 per cent of workers at industrial zones have stable accommodations, prompting an urgent need to improve living conditions for labourers there, a senior official told a conference in Hà Nội July 1.

HCM City plans to limit vehicles on several downtown streets on weekend evenings in the future, according to the Department of Transport.

Many fishermen in the central province of Khánh Hoà are becoming prosperous by catching and selling young lobsters to breeding farms.

 Nón or Conical Hat, a contemporary dance show featuring Vietnamese traditional music will be held in Hanoi next month for the first time.

Livestock husbandry and forestry plantation have maintained good growth, but agricultural production slowed over the last six months, a senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

Việt Nam has failed to issue a national certificate of quality for organic produce, creating obstacles for local producers pioneering in developing organic agriculture.

Việt Nam hopes the Permanent Court of Arbitration will issue a fair and objective decision on a petition filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to disputed areas in the East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – When someone falls from a motorbike during an accident in Viet Nam, passersby often do not stop. It’s unfortunately commonplace.

 Five years after staying silent in the market, sugar stocks rose with high liquidity, thanks to better sales from local firms and higher demand in the world market.

Students took their first two national high school exams in mathematics and a foreign language.

The serviced apartment market in Hanoi, which has experienced little fluctuation in recent years, is poised to see an increase in both supply and demand.

  Tan Thi Su, an ethnic H’mong girl who is founder and director of the travel company Sapa Limited O'Chau, was listed on the Forbes Vietnam “30 under 30” 2016 featuring 30 faces working in different fields under the age of 30 in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – By July 20, any government agency that still uses paper meeting invitations will be reprimanded, said HCM City Vice Chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen. This is a move to promote e-government in the city.

 With their skillful hands, women at a “Binh an diem hen” class can turn humble papayas  into beautiful flowers.

A dramatic 59% of young people revealed they want to study abroad as they will receive a better education and more recognisable degrees in a recent survey released on June 23 by educational portal EasyUni.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many unique computer cases were displayed at an exhibition last weekend in HCM City, during a hand-made computer case competition held by Intel Vietnam.

In 2015, China topped the world in terms of steel output (803.8 million tons), exporting 111.6 million tons. Meanwhile, Vietnam ranked seventh in the world and the first in South East Asia in steel imports (16.3 million tons).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs World 2012 April Liufriu will be one of the judges of Mrs Vietnam World 2016, which will take place on September 10 in Las Vegas, in the US.

 Almost every Co Tu village has a guol house in the middle. In the Co Tu language, ‘guol’ means communal. So, the guol house is the house that people in a village share for community activities.