Vietnamese-German youth Trong Hieu beat his female rival Bich Ngoc to win the Viet Nam Idol contest last night, after receiving the overwhelming majority vote from the audience.

 Jan-Jul auto, part imports put at US$3.4 billion, Local leader at Hong Leong Bank Vietnam steps down, New tra fish development scheme sought, Hanoi finds investors for supermarket projects, Bank credit outpaces deposits, lending rates

 The Vietnam Fisheries Trade Union (VFTU) has raised its voice condemning Chinese ships’ recent attacks on Vietnamese fishing vessels and fishermen.

 Three members of a family went missing and five others were injured when their wooden house in Thong Nong district, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, was buried in a landslide on the night of August 2.

July 28, 1995 marked an important integration milestone for Vietnam and went down in the history of ASEAN as Vietnam became the seventh member of the regional organisation that is now considered one of the world’s most dynamic groups.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung attended the ASEAN+3 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM ASEAN+3) and the East Asia Summit Senior Officials Meeting (SOM EAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 3.

During an official visit to South Africa, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai met with Minister of Science and Technology Grace Nadeli Mandisa Pandor, CEOs of Reutech and Karan Beef groups.

VietNamNet Bridge - While many laws still lack legal documents guiding the laws’ implementation, other legal documents misinterpreted the spirit of the laws. 

 Japanese police have arrested the CEO of the failed company MtGox, which was once the world's biggest exchange of the virtual currency, bitcoin.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Dao Hong Tuyen, the boss of Quang Ninh-based Tuan Chau Group, known as the “Lord of Tuan Chau Island”, has offered 1,000 free hotel rooms in Tuan Chau resort for flood victims in Quang Ninh.

 The north central province of Quang Binh yesterday permitted Oxalis Company to extend implementation time of the most expensive tour in Vietnam to explore the world largest cave Son Doong in 2016.

 Hai Ly fishing village in Hai Ly commune, Hai Hau district, Nam Dinh province was established a long time ago. The village now has more than 100 fishing boats, whose owners go fishing everyday to earn their living.

 Asian shares started August lower as disappointing economic data from China weighed on investors' confidence.

Traffic accident kills three policemen, Coach, truck collide, injuring nine, Bomb detection project kicks off in Ha Tinh, Company fined for illegal game release, Mekong Delta’s largest-ever social housing work breaks ground

 Heavy monsoon rains in India have killed more than 100 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in relief camps, India's home ministry has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The beauty of Vietnam stretching across the roads throughout the country appear vividly through the lens of travellers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A vegetable farm in Cu Chi District in Ho Chi Minh City has organized classes for tourists who want to work as farmers and chefs. More than 1,000 foreign visitors join the classes each month.

 The Ministry of Finance intends to take out a loan of VND30 trillion (US$1.37 billion) from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to finance the State budget deficit.

  After the first jointly produced TV drama Nguoi cong su (fellow worker), Vietnam Television (VTV) and Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Television will turn out the second drama “Khuc hat mat troi” (the sun’s song)

 Public debt volume, credit package for transport infrastructure, access to credits for social housing, and enforcement of new laws on investment and enterprises have gained public concern over the past time.

 The chairman of the SHB Bank, Do Quang Hien, says he incurred big losses sponsoring a "friendly" match between Vietnam and English Premier League runner-up Manchester City.

Universities where curriculum development is done in collaboration with enterprises show a jump in employability, Siep Littooij of the International Projects Desk at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands said

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the semi-final of the women's individual 200m medley of the 2015 World Swimming Championship in Kazan, Russia, yesterday, Aug 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa defeated Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) 2-1 in the 19th round of the Toyota V.League 1 in Thanh Hoa Stadium yesterday, Aug 2.

 The Hoa Binh People’s Committee has approved the construction of the Bao Tho Quoc te Hoa Binh ecological resort project with investment capital of VND2 trillion ($92 million) in Dan Ha commune, Ky Son district.