VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the big economic difficulties, Vietnamese families still allocate big budgets for their children’s study. This has made the educational service sector so lucrative that everyone wants a share in it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) may be “jobless,” because it may have no debt to trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese designer Vo Viet Chung will introduce his latest collection Hue khoi xu Nam Ky at Silk Heritage fashion show at 8 p.m. on August 2 at The Grand Ho Tram Strip in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lacks a comprehensive strategy to cope with coastal erosion, which is recognised as one of the major consequences of rising sea levels, experts have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Companies that do not have a representative office in Viet Nam but allow Vietnamese users access to Facebook and Google, must adhere to Viet Nam's regulations and laws on the management, provision and use of Internet services

VietNamNet Bridge – The export turnover of agro-forestry and aquaculture products is expected to reach US$15.59 billion for the first seven months of this year, down 1.6 per cent year-on-year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The land here is as black as charcoal, while the documents about the land have been marked “confidential.” The strange land area is in Tien An Commune of Tien Phuoc district in the central province of Quang Nam.

The “Comprehensive Partnership” between Vietnam - U.S. is mainly an agreement describing step by step progress on a wide range of areas, commented Prof. Carl Thayer of the Center for Defense and Strategic Studies of Australia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 international tourists have registered for trial adventure tours in Son Doong Cave, according to the Director of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Le Thanh Tinh.

 Vietnam runs 200m USD trade surplus in July; Goods and services retail sales up 12 percent; Work starts to upgrade north-south highway; Steel, cement sectors to pay more for power

Hanoi of the old time with traditional craft villages in the Old Quarter is restored at an exhibition at Dong Lac Temple - 38 Hang Dao, Kim Ngan Temple 42-44 Hang Bac and the Heritage House at 87 Ma May.

VietNamNet Bridge – The market fell sharply again last week, primarily due to strong selling pressure in blue-chips, including property developers Vingroup, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Vietinbank, Vietcombank,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past four days, people in Que Son district of Quang Nam province were very worried because of the attack of worms into their houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang needed to assess the quality of its water resources and reserves to build a strategy to protect the resources in the context of climate change, experts said at a workshop on July 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese singer Khuat Duy Vinh won the third prize worth 20,000 EUR at the 12th international contest for young pop singers, New Wave 2013, that concluded in Latvia’s Yurmala City on July 28.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

 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.