Vietnam competes in Asian athletics event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight Vietnamese athletes are taking part in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, which kicked off at Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium in Pune, India on July 3.

Vietnam, France step up cooperation in space technology

 VietNamNet Bridge – France is willing to continue its financial support for Vietnam as well as the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in space projects.

Vietnam, India boost ICT cooperation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and India have signed two memorandums of understanding to boost bilateral cooperation in information and communications technology (ICT).

After retirement, many big bosses still go to jail

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the last month, up to four former officials of state-owned corporations were arrested and prosecuted for their violations of the law when they were in office.

Death sentence delivered to three drug dealers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three drug dealers got the death penalty and two others from the same ring were sentenced to life imprisonment after a two-day trial ended yesterday, July 4, in northern Bac Ninh Province.

Vietnam drops in FIFA rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national men’s football squad has dropped 12 notches to 145th in the latest July rankings of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA).

4kg of gold seized at Vietnam-Laos border gate

On July, the border guard commander of Quang Binh said that local border guards seized 4kg of gold that was illegally transported from Laos to Vietnam via the Cha Lo border gate in Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh.

Hundreds of cars free of tax arrears

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Customs has released its conclusion on 722 Daewoo Matiz and Kia Morning car that were declared as small vans to evade taxes in 2009.

Bonus marks for Vietnam Heroic Mothers at university exams

According to new regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam heroic mothers, revolutionary activists before January 1, 1945 will have two bonus marks if they take part in the university entrance examinations.

Hope for kickboxing at Asian Indoor Games

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam expects to bag medals in kickboxing at the ongoing 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in the Republic of Korea after three out of its four athletes qualified for semi-finals on July 4.

The journey from Vietnam of 11 kg of radioactive material

 VietNamNet Bridge – The special goods was safely transported from the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute to the Bien Hoa airbase and finally brought to a Russian military plane.

Binh Duong: Wild animals rescued from officials' farms

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of July 3, the police saved rare animals raised in two farms in Ben Cat district in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Hanoi tests high-quality public schools

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi has established a new model of public schools – high-quality schools, with the first 18 schools.

Conjoined twins born by normal delivery method

 VietNamNet Bridge – Welcoming the first baby, doctors of the Kon Tum Province Hospital were surprised to find out the second baby being conjoined with the first at the abdomen and in the breech position.

No medal for Quang Liem at AIMAG 4

 VietNamNet Bridge – The standard chess category of the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG4) ended on July 3 and Vietnamese players did not win any medal.

Phan Dang Di launches new movie project with foreign fund

Actress Hai Yen, who is international known for “The Quiet American,” “Story of Pao,” “Adrift,” and “The Floating Lives” will return to the big screen in the new movie by Phan Dang Di – “Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories.”

Quang Nam removes 20 hydropower projects

 VietNamNet Bridge - Under the direction of the Prime Minister, the central province of Quang Nam is considering to remove and suspend 20 hydropower projects.

Vietnam tourism and the failure of huge projects

 VietNamNet Bridge - Numerous tourism projects have been revoked, making the picture of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in Vietnam gloomier.

Vietnam establishes air force - naval brigade

The newly-established 954 air force-naval brigade can perform the following tasks: military transport, reconnaissance, aerial, water-surface and on-the-ground observation, search and rescue at sea, on land and rescue and flood prevention.

Southern hub embraces CNG bus fleet

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to reach 350 in 2015,

Cua Dai wins TripAdvisor accolade

VietNamNet Bridge – Cua Dai beach in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked one of the 25 most beautiful beaches in Asia by readers of the popular travel website Trip Advisor. Voters placed the beach,

Hanoi begins collecting road maintenance fee from motorcycles

The fee is VND50,000 per year with motorcycles of less than 100 cm3 and VND100,000 for motorcycles of over 100 cm3. This is the lowest level in the framework of road maintenance fees issued by the Ministry of Finance.

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 5/7

 Jetstar adds flights to Da Nang; Vietnamese caravan begins off-road trip to Tibet and Mount Everest; Da Nang, Nha Trang popular; Hue sets next target

“Vietnamese Song” comes back with new version

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bai Hat Viet or Vietnamese Song television contest will be back in 2013 with many exciting changes.

Sensational Tu seals gold in style

 VietNamNet Bridge – Van Ngoc Tu successfully defended her title of the women's U52kg kurash event at the ongoing Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday, July 4.