The rainy season has arrived in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands, and people living along the Ea Rớt River in Đắk Lắk Province, again, risk their lives using handmade rafts and cables to cross the river.

 Trần Minh Tiến, owner of a shop in Long An Province, said he sells some 10 kinds of goods made from natural and environment-friendly materials such as grasses, bamboo and coconut fibre, replacing products made from plastic.

 Sông Lam Nghệ An (SLNA) beat Nam Định 3-2 in the 18th round of the V.League 1 yesterday.

 Midfielder Trần Minh Vương of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has won the award for best V.League 1 goal in June from the Việt Nam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF).

 An international website for expats across the globe has named Viet Nam as one of the friendliest countries in the world. Internations.org surveyed 13,000 people living in countries away from their home to ask which is the best place to retire.

 Tận Hưởng Bản Sắc Việt (Savour Việt Nam), a photobook highlighting the beauty of the country and the people, has been released in HCM City.

  The central city rejected a proposal to build a 7km cable car route spanning the Thu Bồn River and connecting Hội An and Duy Xuyên District.

 The number of traffic accidents, traffic-related deaths and injuries in Việt Nam dropped in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year.

 Authorities in Hanoi have asked the Government for permission to conduct a pilot plan which allows them to supply other agencies with information from its citizen database in exchange for a fee.

 Hanoi People’s Committee chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has asked authorised agencies to crack down on illegal sand mining activities in Phuc Tho District.

 Issues relating to the management of apartment buildings and the quality of non-public kindergartens dominated the question and answer session as the 15th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up its sixth meeting yesterday.

 The State monopoly in the rail industry has diminished competition and pushed the sector to the edge of crisis, economic experts said yesterday.

 Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Government Inspectorate of VN to respond in writing to complaints about environmental violations from residents who live near the Da Phuoc Solid Waste Treatment Complex in HCMC.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors are interested in BOT projects, but few investors dare to pour money into the sector because of unstable policies.

 Vietnam has attracted companies renting industrial property due to low cost as well as strategic location, strong economic growth and development of the middle-class, according to JLL Vietnam.

 The Vietnamese delegation has actively contributed to the discussions at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which wrapped up on July 7 in Geneva, Switzerland after three weeks of sitting. 

 Vietnamese boxers are competing with professional boxers from the Republic of Korea at the Vina Boxing Cup 2018, held in the southern province of Dong Nai on July 7.

 Trung Nam Solar Power JSC on July 7 kicked off construction of a $216.5 million solar power plant in Thuan Bac district, the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan.

Vinsmart and the leading Spanish technology firm BQ recently signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote the production of smartphones branded Vsmart.

 The swine flu virus A/H1N1 has left a female dead in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long after a male patient died at a medical centre in Tran Van Thoi district of Ca Mau province earlier this month.