British hospitals use red trays in a programme to combat malnutrition, but may have chosen the worst possible colour, according to a study Wednesday linking the tinge of tableware to food enjoyment.

 Agricultural exports decline; SMEs to get support from eco-consulting centre; FDI hits nearly US$10.5 billion in six months; US pursues tra, basa fish investigations; Mixed reaction to VN trade deficit figures

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 125,000 children are expected to register for first grade next month, an increase of 11,000 that places primary schools at risk of overcrowding,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are looking for room to grow in the banking sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A centipede of 32 cm long crawled into a house near the Da Nang Airport a few days ago. This centipede may break the world record as the longest one.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The training course in Japan of the Vietnam women's national team is likely to be replaced by a course in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in late August.

The British and Vietnamese audience had an opportunity to enjoy a fashion show of traditional and modern designs by Vietnamese designer Hoang Hai amid London at the "Vietnam Open Festival 2013" on June 22-23.

"For the first time Vietnamese experts have excavated the shipwreck dating back to the 13th century. This is the oldest wreck in Vietnam waters," said the former director of the Vietnam National Museum of History.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Anh Vien sealed another hat-trick of swimming gold medals in the ASEAN Schools Games (ASG) yesterday, June 25, in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese badminton pair Le Thu Huyen and Pham Nhu Thao has successfully brought home a silver medal from the women’s doubles competition at New Zealand’s 2013 Fernbaby Auckland International.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Marine Police boat JujakHam, from South Korea, joined Viet Nam Maritime Police Zone 3 to conduct exchanges and fire prevention, combat training and rescue within the waters of Ba Ria-Vung Tau yesterday morning.

While Vietnamese products flood the supermarkets owned by Vietnamese or Chinese, they rarely can be seen at the US owned hypermarkets, or they are available there under the others’ names.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department and the Aviation Security Centre of Tan Son Nhat International Airport have seized 1.1 kilogrammes of heroin.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vo Thi My Xuan, Miss South Mekong 2009, will appear at the court on June 27 on charges of providing prostitution services and to face penalty from 3 to 10 years in prison.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Anh Thao, Director of the Radio - Television Station of Thai Binh Province, has been suspended from work for 15 days to review his responsibility in diffusing information about the storm Bebinca.

 European officials meeting in Luxembourg have struck a deal to cut subsidies for big business farms and boost young farmers as part of a major overhaul of the EU's much criticised Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) due to start next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists of Vietnam and Germany have announced their discovery of a new species of shrub frog in Cao Bang province in northern Vietnam.

In the latest survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab, in 2012, 37.3 million Internet users worldwide became victims of phishing. Vietnam is among the countries with the highest number of phishing victims.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that in the recent personnel scale upgrade examination for public servants, about 30 percent of the participants failed, most of them are officials.

 NA leader meets with Vietnamese diplomats; Vietnamese, Lao armies cement ties; People's Army leader visits France; VN, RoK maritime police hold fire fighting exercise

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Indonesian leaders are due to lift bilateral relations to a strategic partnership level during President Truong Tan Sang’s visit to Indonesia from June 27-28, ushering in new cooperation opportunities

The sales volume of new single-family houses in the United States rose in May to the highest level in about five years, evidence of the recovering property market, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses which cannot declare bankruptcy, have become the “zombies” which operate under disguised marks, cheat partners and evade tax.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Viet Nam are in Group A together with arch rivals Thailand for the ASEAN Women's Football Championships which will be held from September 9-22 in Mandalay City, Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok yesterday focusing on promoting bilateral relations