The Phong Nha-Ke Bang Tourism Centre has just announced to close several tourist points in the site to ensure safety for visitors amid rising floods in the area.

 A tourist has died, while another has gone missing while swimming off the coast in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfare Dao Ngoc Dung has called on authorities of Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces to investigate a case in which a housemaid was allegedly mistreated by her owner.

Fifty two origami art works made by Vietnamese artists are being showcased in Hanoi. They depict a variety of real animals and mythological figures with wings, such as birds, dragon, and unicorn.

 President Tran Dai Quang on July 23 signed a decision on the suspension of Truong Minh Tuan from his position as the Minister of Information and Communications.

Vietnam has been excluded from multinational groups’ global production chains because of its weak supporting industries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot scheme to issue construction licences in HCM City has not performed as well as expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi residents are struggling to find houses because the city lacks social housing projects, with some projects currently being halted due to a lack of capital.

 As of late July 22, many communes on the bank of Tich River in Hanoi's Quoc Oai district were still deeply under water, with many roadsblocked and many villages isolated.

A building complex being illegally constructed in Yen Bai Commune in the mountainous district of Ba Vi was knocked down on Friday (July 20), only two months before its expected completion date.

Vietnamese ride-hailing businesses are still struggling to grab market share even after the departure of Uber from Southeast Asia and complaints about the top ride-hailing app Grab.

 The development of artificial intelligence needs closer links between the Government, universities and businesses, a workshop heard in HCM City on Saturday.

 The plan for the merger of the Ha Noi and HCM stock exchanges has been submitted to the Government for review, according to the Ministry of Finance.

  An additional three billion bank stocks will start trading on the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) this week, HOSE announced.

  The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has approved a plan to remove or simplify 257 business conditions under its management.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing necessary documents to submit the CPTPP to the National Assembly for approval by the end of this year.

 In the first six months of 2018, there were 150,010 flights operated by domestic carriers including Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (Vasco), a year-on-year increase of 9 per cent.

The HCM City People’s Committee has petitioned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to restrict the granting of new licences to exploit groundwater. 

 Suboi, Viet Nam’s queen of hip hop, on Thursday introduced her new single N-Sao? on Beats 1, a music radio station owned and operated by Apple Inc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal mining has caused not only losses of natural resources but also environmental problems in the Central Highlands provinces of Vietnam.