VietNamNet Bridge – It is likely that the European Union (EU) will recognize Vietnam as a market economy when negotiations of the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement (FTA) end.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coach Arsene Wenger and his players began their Asia Tour 2013 on the evening of July 11 on a special flight. The team will come to Indonesia before they come to Hanoi on July 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, 20 percent of the country’s population is living in very unhygienic conditions.

U.S. stocks soared on Thursday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to their all-time closing highs, boosted by Federal Reserve Chaiman Ben Bernanke's recent dovish speech which eased fears of an early stimulus pullback.

 Tighter consumer protection sought; HCM City tuition fees to rise while medical service fees held; HCM City’s labor demand on the rise; Overseas Vietnamese backed

 PM tells Delta to promote ‘large-scale' production; Co-operation with India to stay strong; Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament to visit Vietnam; President Sang’s China visit drives development: Ambassador

 At least 62 people were killed and 139 others wounded in a wave of violent attacks across Iraq on Thursday, police sources said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While preparing to shroud their "child," a family in Krong Cho District, Gia Lai province received a phone call from the “child,” saying that he was "still alive."

When the lamps are turned on, karaoke music suddenly stops, dozens of waitresses in bikinis who are flirting with clients hastily seek a shelter is the popular scene whenever the authorities storm karaoke bars or restaurants in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The list of players for the Arsenal Asia Tour 2013 has been made public, which lacks some faces like Santi Cazorla, Thomas Vermaelen, Nacho Monreal, and Abou Diaby.

After six months of construction, the Ba Na Resort in Da Nang city has inaugurated the first wax museum in Vietnam, showcasing 25 celebrities. By the end of this year, the number of wax statues will increase to 43.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of July 9, at Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City, the U.S. police handed over a man named Huynh Van Nga to the Vietnamese authorities.

Hanoi has decided that it can pay the salaries 20 times higher than the usual levels in order to attract talents. This is one of a series of new policies laid down by the city’s authorities after the Capital Law took effects on July 1.

 Denmark will disburse up to US$100 million in non-refundable official development assistance for Viet Nam in 2013-2014, a diplomat says.

 Vietnam's top badminton Nguyen Tien Minh breezed through to the quarter-final round of the Yonex OCBC US Open GPG badminton tournament on July 11 in California.

 Top scorer Gaston Merlo converted twice and winger Huynh Quoc Anh added another goal to help SHB Da Nang trounce QNK Quang Nam 3-0 in the National Cup quarter-finals yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Seventy-nine people were poisoned in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province on Wednesday after eating horse-blood pudding at a local wedding.

 A claim that contractors' capacities to complete projects on schedule had to be given more weight when considering tender prices stirred debate in the NA Standing Committee meeting yesterday.

 As many as 200 outstanding young overseas Vietnamese from 24 nations worldwide returned to their homeland to join the 2013 Vietnam Summer Camp as of July 11.

 As many as 150 senior officials and directors across Vietnam will be trained in leadership skills and management of human resources in Singapore this year.

 Four Vietnamese students won two silver and two bronze medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2013 which has been held in Australia from July 4-14, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – That is the comment by TRAFFIC on the sale and use of rhino horns in Vietnam today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) has completed the audit and business valuation for its first issue of shares to the public (IPO) in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam on Monday requested related parties to accelerate the development of Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai to ease the burden on the operational Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of rare animals have been rescued, raised and released back to nature by the Cu Chi Center for Wildlife Rescue.