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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese children's choir Sol Art has won the Audience Prize at the 8th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival which took place in Wernigerode, Germany.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of vocational schools have been built just to be left… idle, because Vietnamese students don’t like going to vocational schools.

 Two Australians race on mini-motorcycle in Saigon’s center

 VietNamNet Bridge – Suspecting her husband as an adulterer, Bien made her husband unconscious with a narcotic and chopped off his penis to revenge him.

The Ministry of Public Security has asked the police of Binh Phuoc province to urgently report about the case in which the Binh Phuoc Livestock Company accused the environmental crime prevention police agency of abusing power..       

Several officials of the southern province of Hau Giang, including Mr. Nguyen Van Thang, former deputy chief of the Anti-Corruption Steering Board, have been disciplined by the provincial Party Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the age of 44, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, 44, in Trung Ha village, Cam Kim commune of Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, has had up to 16 years of sleeplessness because of a bizarre disease.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two chemical producing factories in the northern province of Hai Duong have been operating without licenses, causing environmental damage to the farming district of Kinh Mon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage left Ha Noi yesterday, July 23, for the US, aiming to reach agreement on a new framework for bilateral ties during their visit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 20-year-old student in Ha Noi who climbed Mt. Fansipan 12 days ago is still missing, according to police.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh Town, northern Yen Bai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearby waste dumping station every day for the past ten years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's leading internet security firm, BKAV, is calling for concerted efforts to fight with online attacks to Vietnamese websites.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vu Xuan Tien's target is to watch the match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur on September 1, but everything depends on the organizer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Have you ever seen the film The Beach? And, if you have, have you ever visited Phi Phi Island in Thailand where the film was shot?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate on Friday announced that the Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) had made significant investment mistakes that had wasted a lot of money.

According to a report from the General Department of Taxation, arrears of tax in the first half of 2013 reached VND64.632 trillion ($3.23 billion), up 32 percent compared to 2012 and 30 percent over the same period.

U.S. space agency NASA released color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two of its interplanetary spacecraft last week that show our planet and its moon as "bright beacons" from millions of kilometers away in space.

The presence of foreign celebrities in Vietnam brought big money to some businessmen and helped them polish their businesses’ images. However, cooperating with the “stars” is always a very costly, and sometimes costly, game.

 Ways sought for homebuyers to access stimulus package; Saigon Newport expands wharfs, warehouses; M&A deal value surges five times

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of works done with his hands and fingers by stalwart Bui Quang Anh is on show at a painting exhibition he has organised along with another veteran, Trinh Thanh Tung, at the HCM City-based Tu Do Gallery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The presence of McDonald’s, the world largest food service retailer, could force other key players in Vietnam’s fast-food market to restructure.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Ministry of Information and Communications launched a media competition yesterday, July 22, based on environmental protection and climate change within the ASEAN community.

The investor of Nhon Hoi oil refinery – PTT of Thailand – next week will release the results of three international bidding packages, which are an important step for the launch of the oil refinery project in Nhon Hoi, Binh Dinh province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve hours after vaccination against hepatitis B, a baby girl died at the Hospital of Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province on July 21.