VietNamNet Bridge – The inventor of a special garbage incinerator and electricity generator, a farmer in Thai Binh province, has dismantled his work following a ban by the provincial science and technology department.

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014 report released by the United Nations Population Fund  in Vietnam and the Ministry of Health, reveals that having midwives at the bedside of each pregnant woman in the world can save millions of lives.

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As the central bank has threatened to impose stiff fines or punishment on bank shareholders who have share proportions higher than the permitted levels, many bankers are believed to be selling parts of their shares to reduce ownership ratios.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in China has said that 13 Vietnamese fishermen seized by China have been freed and are on the way back home.

At 18:30 on July 16, China’s oil rig 981 was 41 nautical miles from its previous position and out of Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, about 163 nautical miles southwest of China’s Hainan island.

 Vietnam will unceasingly create the best possible conditions for Japanese companies to operate efficiently in the country, President Truong Tan Sang told JBIC Governor Hiroshi Watanabe in Hanoi on July 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national foreign language teaching program will not succeed unless the targets and implementation are changed, the component projects are redrawn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to create a new Hanoi-HCM City air route that would reduce the current flying time.

Pham Tuan Huy, a student at the HCM City National University’s High School for the Gifted, has for the second time won the gold medal gold at the International Math Olympiad.

PetroVietnam Insurance Company will advance $1 million of compensation to Taiwanese Formosa Group for its losses in the riots at the Vung Ang Economic Zone in mid-May.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to CNN, Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi tops the five most gruesome destinations in Southeast Asia. 

VietNamNet Bridge - After sweeping through the Philippines at a Level 13, hurricane Rammasun is expected to hit the northern provinces of Vietnam such as Quang Ninh and Hai Phong on July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is working on a plan to send a sapper unit and a second-level field hospital to south Sudan as part of its effort to perform UN peacekeeping missions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Law enforcement forces uncovered 29,338 drug cases in 2013, arresting 44,983 offenders and seizing 797.1 kg of heroin, 69.7 kg of opium, 171.3kg of synthetic drugs and 390,000 tablets of ecstasy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tycoons have spent extravagant sums on their mansions, in a country with per capita income of just over $1,100 a year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While authorities say that environmental pollution from industries in craft villages is a result of low awareness among villagers, residents complain that local authorities solutions are ineffective and have many shortcomings.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To help the Chinese public and the Chinese people understand the truth, Chinese scholar Li Linghua has published evidence about the origin of islands in the East Sea and the wrong and dangerous U-shaped line of China.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s electronics industry has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years owing largely to the foreign direct investment sector, and the country is striving to boost supporting industries to further bolster the sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A group of Vietnamese designers, in coordination with international colleagues, have designed an ingenious eco-friendly greenhouse, which will be featured at the World Expo Milano 2015 in Italy.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol distributors have raised the petrol prices five times this year. Vietnamese now have to pay VND4,000 higher for every liter of petrol than consumers in the US.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has reached a cooperation agreement with the Japan Football Association (JFA).

For the first time organisers of the renowned Toyota Concert Tour will bring this much awaited show to Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak this August in response to the 2014 Tay Nguyen National Tourism Year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Each Miss Vietnam possesses a unique beauty that appears subtly different due to changes in aesthetic concepts.