VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People's Court yesterday, July 30, decided to keep the main judgements made last April by the Hai Phong City People's Court related to a high-profile land eviction in the city's Tien Lang District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s world heritage Phong Nha Cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been certificated as one of world’s best destinations by the US famous tourism website TripAdvisor.

Two chess grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son will attend the World Cup 2013 (held in Norway from 10-8 to 5-9) with funds from the fund for talented of the Vietnam Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of July 30, the training ship Kojima of the Japan Coast Guard docked at the Tien Sa Port in Da Nang City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a press release of the Admiraltei Verfi shipyard, the first Kilo 636 submarine of the six submarines for Vietnam will be handed over to Vietnam in November 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star My Tam has the highest number of votes in the competition to seek the Vietnamese representative at the MTV EMA 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Forest Police Force will be in charge of patrolling and managing forests, under new plans proposed to the Government by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded the 2013 Vietnam Environmental Award to the Nung ethnic community in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang for their solutions to protect, use rationally

 VietNamNet Bridge – Casinos in Vietnam must have a registration book to track their visitors. In the case they let Vietnamese players gamble, they will be fined from VND180 to VND200 million ($9,000-10,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the dark days of the stock market, more and more open end investment funds have been set up. However, it’s still too early to say about their performance.

EDC of the Education Publishing House remains the only company which has joined the e-textbook market with its classbook products, though a lot of enterprises once revealed their ambitious plans to digitalize textbooks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Quan, considered one of Viet Nam's most talented lacquer artists, is showcasing his latest works in an exhibition in HCM City.

The biggest private iPhone 5 distributors in Vietnam have affirmed that the current price of iPhone 5 16GB at VND16 million won’t decrease in the time to come, at least until the next generation of iPhone series hits the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 13,000 blood units, or almost 6,000 litres, have been collected across 15 provinces and cities during the successful Red Journey that concluded with its final blood donation festival in Ha Noi on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Further excavations on the eastern wall of Tra Kieu Citadel, in central Quang Nam Province, are expected to reveal more information of the former Champa Kingdom (4th-11th century).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Just within two months, the Gia Lai province has released the decisions to revoke the licenses granted before to 13 hydropower plant projects because the projects are believed to have negative impacts on the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the Bau Cai Forest in Binh Thuan Province about 130 kilometers from HCMC, Thay Thim Temple was built in 1879 for worshiping a rich, kind hermit and his wife who are both respectfully called Thay and Thim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Australian Embassy in Hanoi has announced its 2013–14 Direct Aid Program (DAP), worth an estimated AUD159.1 million to targeted northern and central provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27 handed three batches of goods containing a total of 17 kilos of Pseudoephedrine, a precursor substance to produce heroin, to the Division of Drug and Crime Control for further investigation.

 VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Mr. Murray Hiebert, Deputy Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies about President Truong Tan Sang’s recent visit to the US.

 Children who are breastfed longer are more likely to have a better understanding of language and a higher intelligence (IQ) later in life, a U.S. study said Monday.

According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, by July 15, 2013, Vietnam paid foreign debts and aid worth VND56.2 trillion ($2.81 billion), equivalent to 53.5 percent of the yearly estimate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A blend of cinema techniques and cai luong (reformed opera) initiated by the director of Ha Noi Cai Luong Theatre has become a new attraction.

 Da Nang to open Vietnam’s first cable car line; Viedam opens mold R&D center at SHTP; Local firms keen to make strong investments in Laos; Vietnamese consumers less optimistic: Nielsen

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 9th International Physics Science Conference themed ‘Meet Vietnam’ opened on July 28 in Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh.