VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 57,000 hectares of alternative forests were planted across Vietnam as of June 30, equal to 84 percent of the total area needed to be grown after forest land had been shifted to other purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has officially legalised sports betting, with bookies set to open after the amended Law on Physical Training and Sports takes effect on January 1, 2019.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has permitted the National Museum of Vietnamese History to co-ordinate with Quang Ngai Province’s culture department to salvage a shipwreck in the sea area 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of Vietnamese and foreign visitors gathered for the Viet Nam Tattoo Expo in Hanoi at the weekend.

Hundreds of kilos of dead fish have been found floating in Hanoi’s West Lake, the capital’s largest lake and a popular scenic spot, over the weekend, posing a health hazard to those living nearby. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The results of the public high school entrance exams in Hanoi and HCM City have been announced, giving great joy to those students who passed and their families.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019 will take place early next year in the tourism hub of Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Chu Mom Ray National Park’s use of advanced technology for management has reduced the number of illegal logging cases and forest fires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) lost to Khanh Hoa 4-2 in the 18th round of the V.League 1 on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam defeated the Philippines 5-0 in the third match of Group B of the AFF Women’s Championship held at the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam lost to Indonesia 1-0 in the fourth match of Group A of the AFF Under-19 Championship on Saturday.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform excerpts from its biggest art project in 2018, the musical De Men Phieu Luu Ky at the city’s Opera House tonight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lead singers of a revolutionary music trio will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their career with a live show in Hanoi on August 26.

The Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable that suffered a breakdown, cutting off all international connections through the AAG-SH1 branch of the line since June 16, is set to fixed by July 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s Party Committee’s Inspection Commission has issued warnings and taken disciplinary action against some senior leaders for committing violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A repatriation ceremony of the remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Việt Nam was held at Đà Nẵng International Airport on Sunday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Their homes next to the tracks are noisy, dangerous, and technically illegal, but the capital’s rail-side residents have built a close-knit community. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Generations ago, residents of Le Thuy District in the central province of Quang Binh developed unique chants to serve as the soundtrack to labour in the fields and at sea. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chief Inspector of Hanoi’s Transport Department Tran Nhat Quang speaks to Kinh te & Do thi (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about difficulties in curbing transport violations in the city.

guyen Bich Lam, director general of the General Statistic Office, from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to Vietnam News Agency magazine Kinh te Viet Nam & The gioi on the true meaning of the concept of an unobserved economy.