The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has got a license to invest an additional nearly US$3.5 million in Miraka Limited Company of New Zealand.

Modern industry in Vietnam mainly revolved around assembling parts and components, said Dr. Pham Xuan Duong, permanent deputy head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Economic Affairs.

Vietnam and Japan on July 9 signed a record of discussion on sustainable natural resource management project that will be carried out in five provinces in the northern and Central Highlands regions.

The two chairmen of the Joint Committee on Demarcation and Boundary Markers on the Vietnamese – Cambodian Border agreed on a series of issues in Phnom Penh during their three -day meeting that wrapped up on July 9.

Vietnam's Ly Hoang Nam and his Indian partner Sumit Nagal advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon boys' doubles event.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 9 gave directives for the continuation of Resolution 13 to develop Vietnam's infrastructure to meet the demand of a modern, industrialised country by 2020, which was approved by the Central Committee in January 2012.

Australia has confirmed it will provide Vietnam about A$90 million (US$66.8 million) of aid in fiscal 2015.

Vietnamese people should consider tourists their family, Deputy Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a ceremony held on July 8 to mark the 55th anniversary of the tourism sector.

The heat in the country's large cities lures thousands of Vietnamese to the beaches in the central region during their summer holidays. However, large crowds at well-known destinations, such as Nhat Le in Quang Binh and Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa, discourage local backpackers from visiting.

Vietnam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.