PM Dung affirms close Vietnam-Japan ties; Legal experts analyse lawsuit mechanisms; Japanese FM honours Vietnam’s Japan Alumni Chairman; President Sang tours Quang Ninh island districts; Senior leaders pay tribute to fallen soldiers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran artists have expressed some anxiety about the quality of sculptures by young artists at a recent seminar organised by the Viet Nam Fine Arts Association in Ha Noi.

Vietnam should prepare to take its case against China to the international court of justice, even though it has moved its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig out of the country's waters, the two-day conference held in HCM City heard on Saturday.

 The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) has severe reservations about China's actions which have adversely impacted the international situation, said IADL President Jeanne Mirer on a recent working visit to Vietnam.

 Polish leaders have hailed Vietnam’s rising international status, affirming that Vietnam is always considered Poland’s important partner in Southeast Asia.

 Na Hang is a mountainous district of Tuyen Quang Province where Na Hang Lake is located. With its primitive and mysterious beauty, Na Hang Lake has become a wonderful tourism destination.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the northern mountain commune of Bat Xat of Lao Cai Province, the Black Ha Nhi ethnic people live in 8 out of 16 villages, making up 54% of the commune’s population.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Van Don, who lost an arm in an accident while grinding rice, still pulls his wagon full of rice husks 10 km every day in the southern province of Long An.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Enterprise Development Department Ho Sy Hung spoke with Hai Quan about a development plan to support SMEs

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Korean tenor Park Sung-min married Vietnamese pianist Trang Trinh, it cemented his relationship with Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – To get the right to collect garbage in some certain areas, the owners of garbage-collection cooperatives have to pay billions of dong to buy the “areas” from their predecessors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people with HIV in Viet Nam has fallen to under 0.3 per cent, said National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs Vice Chairman Dang Thuan Phong at a conference on Thursday.

 Opportunities await rice exporters; Vietnamese auto industry aims high by 2020; Foreign funds seek to invest in local tech firms; Vietnam looks to restructure transport sector by 2020; Major coastal apartment and resort projects in Danang stalled

 VietNamNet Bridge – A unique get together between world famous Vietnamese mathematician Ngo Bao Chau and visual artist Ly Hoang Ly has ended up in a display in downtown Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam continues to sell its high-quality crude oil at high prices and buy crude oil cheaply from other countries for its domestic refinery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – American pianist Anne Chamberlain, who already inspired Vietnamese audiences in 2010 and 2013, will join a concert with Vietnamese musicians at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on August 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Photographer Millott Ash (Melbourne, Australia) captured Vietnam from a different perspective through panoramic photos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Civil Aviation Authority, Lai Xuan Thanh, spoke to the Viet Nam and World Economy newspaper about measures to ensure greater flight safety in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The café market has witnessed many changes over the last few years with the appearance of foreign brands, many new street cafes, an increased presence of locally owned chains and cafes that do not sell coffee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 70 percent of games are developed specifically for smartphones, while thousands of new games are downloaded every day. With such growth, the future is bright for the mobile game industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists have uncovered scores of artefacts left by the Sa Huynh people, who lived in the central region thousands of years ago. They will soon be on display in Quang Ngai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kobe beef noodle, King crabs, turtles and Dong Tao chicken feet are unique and expensive dishes in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of 16 big travel agencies from Japan will take part in a fact-finding trip in Vietnam next month to seek out business prospects and work with potential local partners over measures to promote travel

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Le Dong has been a part of the nation's oil and gas industry since its inception and played a major role in its development. "I am a drop of the country's oil and gas reserves," he said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three bilingual poetry collections by Vietnamese poet Mai Van Phan were among the 10 bestselling poetry collections from Asia on Amazon.com in the middle of last month.