VietNamNet Bridge – Investors cheered good business results of large-cap companies which helped boost shares on both national stock exchanges last week. This uptrend is expected to advance into this week's trading.

 Project adds vital nutrients to daily foods; Five injured in level crossing crash; Quang Nam doctors make baby mistake; Capital told to build bus stations

 Health authorities in the U.S. state of Texas have issued a measles alert due to a sharp increase of cases this year.

 VietNamNet Bridgez – People's Artist Bach Diep, one of Viet Nam's first female film directors of Revolutionary Cinema, died of cancer on Saturday. She was 84 years old.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese team has become the ABU Robocon champions. Vietnam 1 has won second prize while Vietnam 2 and Indonesia have shared third prize.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tran Anh Tuan won the first silver medal in weight-lifting event for Vietnam at the Asian Young Games which is being held in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grand Master Le Quang Liem could not maintain his advantage of winning the first leg of the Chess World Cup’s third round against Russia’s Alexander Grischuk and was defeated by his opponent in the return leg on August 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A poignant documentary titled Ky Uc Viet Nam (Memoirs of Viet Nam), featuring Viet Nam in the years 1964-81 by Japanese film makers will be broadcast tonight, Aug 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since 1957, this is the first time that glass paintings - the unique folk painting art of the South – are introduced in a major exhibition.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the 300 years since its establishment, Ho Chi Minh City has become a center of business, science, technology, culture, arts and entertainment, but still retains its quintessential traditional features.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T took a big step in the race for the championship title after a 3-2 victory over Thanh Hoa in the V-League.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Approximately 55 tons of gold has been put into circulation through bidding, which has helped narrow the gap between the domestic and the international prices. But the gold demand is still very high.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From August 22 to 26, a vessel of the Australian Royal Navy named HMAS Ballarat will visit Vietnam to strengthen ties between the two countries and the two navies.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As the only foreign team which played baseball in a powerful country, the Vietnamese team made surprise wins and ranked 9th among 18 teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Ho Minh Lam, the nephew of forest man Ho Van Thanh, burned down the hut of Thanh and his son in the jungle.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On August 15, the Russian authorities continued to carry out the procedures for deportation of illegal workers, including 24 Vietnamese.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A whale shark of 4.2 m long, weighing 780kg, was caught in the net of fishermen from Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province on August 15, about 145 nautical miles from the shore of the Tonkin Gulf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On August 16, people of Chau Thuan village in Binh Chau Commune, Binh Son District, Quang Ngai Province, discovered the 2nd ancient ship which was only 100m from the wreck found early this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Social Insurance office has asked insurance agencies to strengthen their management of hospitals and other medical institutes to promptly detect violations related to health insurance.

The love for science created a bond between Jack Steinberger with Tran Thanh Van and the country of Vietnam, which urged Steinberger to send a letter to the US President proposing embargo elimination for Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recently many young students have been telling each other: "There is a very Korean corner in Ha Noi, let's try it." This is because there is now a completely new Korean Cultural Centre

 Indian Navy divers have recovered the sixth disfigured and charred body from the ill-fated INS Sindhurakshak submarine which sank at Mumbai's naval dockyard, with 18 sailors on board,

 UN inspectors tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria arrived Sunday in Damascus as fierce fighting raged in the coastal heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's clan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When will Vietnam have a lobbying organization in the US which can help protect Vietnamese goods from unreasonable taxations?

VietNamNet Bridge – When the 10-year-old son of Nguyen Luong Nhuan overheard that his father was preparing to go to the library to receive new books, he quickly got out of bed and asked Nhuan if he could join him.