First photo exhibition displayed using high-definition television

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of photos selected from That Nhu Cuoc Song (As Real As the Life), a contest started nationwide in May, held last weekend at the Crescent Mall, HCM City.

Vietnamese students win medals at Int’l Mathematical Olympiad

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese students won three gold and three silver medals at the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad held in Santa Marta City in Colombia from July 18-28.

Tropical depressions near the East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, July 29, a tropical depression appeared south of Luzon Island of the Philippines, with wind power at level 6. The depression is moving to the Northwest at a speed of 15-20 km per hour.

IMF expects U.S. economy to grow by 1.7 pct in 2013

 Growth of U.S. economy will remain tepid through 2013, before accelerating in 2014, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday.

“Red journey” gathers golden hearts

VietNamNet Bridge – Participants in the first cross-country blood donation campaign, known as “Red journey”, who have helped collected over 10,000 units of blood for needy patients, were greeted in Hanoi’s My Dinh stadium on July 28.

Hoi An City twins with Germany’s Wernigerode

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient Hoi An City in central Quang Nam Province has become the first Vietnamese city to twin with a German counterpart under an agreement signed recently in the sister city - Wernigerode.

ASEAN criteria needed to boost higher education

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training on July 26 encouraged universities to try to meet the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) criteria for quality assessment.

Trade union starts 11th congress

VietNamNet Bridge – The 11th Congress of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) for the 2013-2018 tenure, opened in Ha Noi yesterday aiming to develop a stronger workforce,

Thai billionaire alleged to take over Melia Hotel

Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, 69, a businessman famous as a person who likes putting a spoke in others’ wheel, who got involved in many big hostile takeover deals, is believed to take actions to take over Melia Hotel in Hanoi.

President Sang concludes US visit

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage left New York on July 26, wrapping up their three-day official visit to the US at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

Floods, landslides blight northern VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities in many provinces in northern Viet Nam are suffering from flooding and landslides caused by prolonged heavy rain and are working to cope with the situation.

Deputy Director of hydropower plant swept away

 VietNamNet Bridge - While going from home to work, Mr. Vu Manh Thang, deputy director of Phu Mau power plant in Lao Cai province was washed away.

Vietnam continues to claim benefits for Agent Orange victims

On the morning of July 27, Mr. Tran Ngoc Tho, Chairman of the Association of HCM City Agent Orange Victims, said that Vietnam would continue submitting its petition to the U.S. Courts to reclaim the rights of Agent Orange victims.

Making sand sculptural works on Da Nang beach

On Sunday morning, hundreds of excited tourists joined the sand statue making contest on the beach of Da Nang. The castles, whales or the city’s unique bridges gradually appeared in the audience’s admiration.

FM highlights outcomes of President Sang’s visit to US

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang’s newly-concluded visit to the US has formed a new framework for the development of Vietnam-US relations in the new period, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told the press following the visit.

Lang Son: Couple goes into insolvency with tens of millions USD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lang Son Province Police on Sunday arrested a couple to investigate the act of appropriating property.

K + to broadcasts all matches of Premier League in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of K + (VSTV) has announced to broadcast the entire English Premier League (EPL) (380 games per season) in the three years from 2013 to 2016 in Vietnam.

Capital withdrawal process slows because managers fear for their seats

 VietNamNet Bridge – To date, 66 economic groups and general corporations have built up the enterprise restructuring plans to be submitted to the governing ministries and the Prime Minister. Of these, 44 plans have been approved.

San Art presents echoing nostalgia

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Echoing Nostalgia, Collecting Counter-memories’ on Thursday opened at San Art, a unique exhibition that immerses the audience in a space where the line between the past and the present is somewhat blurred.

Death toll rises to 39 in Italy coach crash

 At least 39 people died after a tourist bus crashed through a guard rail in southern Italy Sunday evening, local media reported.

Despite the ban, used computers still infiltrate into Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of used information technology products subject to the import ban regulation have still been getting through the customs agencies and available at the domestic shops.

Treasured heritage homes left to decay

 VietNamNet Bridge –A provincial People's Committee representative has condemned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for failing to address decaying houses in Ha Giang's Old Quarter.

Online labor demand on the rise: VietnamWorks

VietNamNet Bridge – VietnamWorks in its latest data revealed on Tuesday reported a significant improvement in online employment demand in the second quarter, particularly for the retail and wholesale, pharmaceutical and biotech and insurance sectors.

Da Nang City sues talents for breaking contracts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Keeping mobile phones “off”  and escaping from the city’s watch, a lot of learners of the Da Nang City’s Program on training and developing talents have broken the contracts signed with the city’s authorities.

In anti-dumping lawsuits, Vietnam is usually defendant

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises raised three trade remedy lawsuits against foreign exporters, while they were the defendants in a lot of lawsuits raised by foreign importers.