VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group and its newly-appointed general director Tran Manh Hung to accelerate the outfit's restructuring process.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 101 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China from August 16-24.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment has recently recognised five centenary trees in the Lam Kinh relic complex in the central province of Thanh Hoa as national heritage,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange will proceed with their fourth lawsuit against American chemical companies that produced the toxic defoliant sprayed by US forces during the American War.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drinking water fountains will be set up at railway stations, airports, tourist attractions, other public places and a couple of main roads in HCM City in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has found a way of resolving its debts after the Government asked the Ministry of Finance to issue zero-coupon bonds with 12-year terms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty works by Phu Nam are on display at Tu Do Gallery downtown at solo exhibition ‘Homeland,’ taking visitors on a journey to discover the landscapes of the water lands of the Mekong Delta.

In the last working day of the meeting in August, the National Assembly Standing Committee will hold interpellation against the Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese scientists from the leading research institute have affirmed that E5, the biofuel made in Vietnam, can be used for the old-generation engines, the popular ones in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Being knowledgeable and passionate about coffee, lawyer Nguyen Quoc Minh left Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat to build a weasel coffee farm at the cost of over VND42 billion (over $2 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chua Chan Mountain is the second highest mountain of the South region at 800 meters above sea level.

 Domestic powdered milk firms buoyant; Banks yet to give gold custody services; City builds special zone for Japan engineering SMEs; Bank restructuring takes center stage at M&A forum

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Resolution of the cabinet meeting in July 2013, the government agreed to issue a separate resolution on the issuance of international bonds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An one-year-old boy in southern Ben Tre Province' Mo Cay Nam District died from hand-foot-mouth disease at Nguyen Dinh Chieu General Hospital on Thursday, Aug 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Mekong River Delta bicycle race will begin in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12, featuring 19 domestic teams as well as the amateur American representatives Tamouh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four American Nobel laureates arrived in central Binh Dinh Province yesterday, Aug 11, to attend the 9th "Meeting Viet Nam" event – a scientific symposium which starts today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sixth round of national motor racing championship for 125-135cc engines opened in Binh Duong on August 10, attracting 96 professional and semi-professional motorcyclists from 30 clubs nationwide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son flew to Norway on August 9, representing Vietnam at the 2013 Chess World Cup.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed the government to allow all the foreigners, who have the visas to stay in Vietnam for 3 months or more, to buy houses in Vietnam. No limitation in the number of houses on the subjects would be set.

 Researchers have identified 25 new mutations on six key genes associated with severe forms of childhood epilepsy, according to a large-scale international study largely funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Vuong Thach, director of HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera insists that ‘Art Festival Autumn Melodies’ will be upgraded into an biannual international arts festival for professional symphony, ballet and opera concerts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thua Thien-Hue will launch a tourism stimulus campaign on the occasion of Phu Bai Airport reopening on September 20, which is two months earlier than expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh won a bronze medal to push himself up to No5 in the world rankings following success at the World Badminton Championships which closed yesterday, Aug 11, in Guangzhou, China.

VietNamNet Bridge – The title race was thrown right open this weekend as league leaders Ha Noi T&T only managed a goalless draw away to Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) in the 19th round of the Eximbank V-League 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares made significant gains on the HCM City Stock Exchange last week to break the 500 point barrier, but stocks tumbled in Ha Noi as liquidity remained low.