While the public and the media have showered praise on farmers who have made new machinery, the Minister of Science and Technology has called their achievements “modest”, and chided the public and media for describing them as “inventions”.

Failing the civil service examination, an unidentified person who had received a PhD in physics from France, and another person who had a master’s degree from a British university failed their civil service exams in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s premier shuttler, Nguyen Tien Minh is expected to progress further into the 2014 BWF World Championships and repeat his miracle created at last year’s competition in China’s Guangzhou,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Workers at economic and industrial zones in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are facing a serious housing shortage because enterprises do not want to invest in accommodation for them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's export turnover rose sharply last year and in the first half of 2014, but challenges in legal and administrative procedures and other risks remain for enterprises.

Disney show makes historic debut in HCMC; Artists unveil latest works at Galerie Quynh; Vietnamese singers ignorant of music theory; Ballet masterpiece staged in HCM City; Music video on patriotism released

Four Chinese on trial for credit card fraud; Multiple irregularities found in railway projects; Bird flu virus detected in northern province; No discovery of Melamine in Vietnam; Province wishes to be removed from high-income list

 Boeing, Microsoft boost co-operation with VN; Trade surplus hits $1.7b as exports see growth; Manufacturing boosts production index; Farm exports hit US$20.22 billion;

 VietNamNet Bridge – The four-day long holiday ending on September 2 is long-awaited. It marks the last summertime vacation, allowing the public to discover a range of products and services offered by travel companies,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cat Tien National Park offers visitors an opportunity to discover nature and contemplate the beauty of mountains, glass-plots, forests of high trees, waterfalls and diversified ecosystems with rare plant and animal species.

After reporting a profit of VND82.3 billion in the first half of 2014, Vietnam Airlines has continued to ask the government to give preferences to offset a loss of revenue it had incurred due to escalating tension in the East Sea.

Doctors at a hospital in north-west London have begun treating a Briton who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many university graduates in HCM City cannot find a job or are underemployed, according to the HCM City's Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health and the police of Khanh Hoa Province are investigating the death of three babies after cleft lip and palate surgery at the Military Hospital No. 87 in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Low-cost airline VietJet Air carried three million passengers from January to July, a 182% increase in capacity year-on-year, the carrier announced at its preliminary business review last week.

 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is due to take part in talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a summit in Minsk, capital of Belarus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regular members at casino clubs must have a minimum monthly income of VND15 million, while current players must show they have assets of an equivalent value.

 The US was "caught off guard" by air strikes against Islamist militia in Libya, a senior official has told the BBC.

VietNamNet Bridge – Government agencies have agreed on a proposed ban on the production of genetically-modified (GM) food as one of the business fields suggested for prohibition in draft amendments to the Investment Law and the Enterprise Law

VietNamNet columnist Viet Lam spoke with Prof. James Dale Bindenagel, former US Ambassador to Germany, and Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, Deputy Director of the Institute for the East Sea Studies, about China’s rise and Vietnam’s choices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Ministry of Finance has cut the general enterprise income tax rate to 22 per cent from 25 per cent from 2014 on and to 20 per cent by 2016.

 A national 26-strong team will leave for the Asian Bodybuilding Championships that open today in Macau.

 Nguyen Ha Dong, the maker of well-known game Flappy Bird, recently launched a new game that is selling extremely well on the Appstore in Vietnam.

 Hanoi T&T and Vissai Ninh Binh are facing tough hurdles at their opponents' respective homecourts in the second leg of the Asian Football Federation Cup's quarter-final round on August 26.

 International visitors to Hanoi are in high-spirits, captivated by the activities of street vendors, as they scurry about making preparations for the upcoming traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.