VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s First Mrs World Doan Thi Kim Hong on August 7 flew to the US to work as a jury member of the Mrs. America 2013 due to take place from August 18-28.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the National Committee for Search and Rescue, because of Mangkhut, the sixth storm this year, one died in Hai Phong and three others went missing in Ha Tinh .

 The owners of a train that derailed in Canada last month leaving dozens dead has filed for bankruptcy, the company said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special inspection team, led by the Deputy Minister for Transport Nguyen Van Cong, has been set up to discover the cause of an accident that saw nine people drown last Friday, on the Soai Rap River in HCM City.

 Heavyweight publishers came out swinging against a bid by the US Department of Justice to rein in deals Apple can make with e-book providers.

VietNamNet Bridge – On August 16, the Cuc Phuong National Park will receive 71 Vietnamese pond turtles from the zoo of the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands and the Munster Zoo in Germany.

Tran Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh Province, on August 6 welcomed a foreign tourist group after they successfully covered an exploration tour of the Son Doong Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday refused to answer questions on the power price hike although local reporters insisted on making the related information transparent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 50 artworks by Vu Dung, Tran Hong Suong, Vo Vu Thuy Linh and Vo Cao Dinh on Monday came on display at HCMC Fine Arts Association, bringing varied tastes for visitors with different themes, styles and materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of August 7, while watching the 6th storm on the coast of Do Son, Hai Phong city, a 16-year-old boy was washed away by big waves.

 The government of Argentina Wednesday declared two days of national mourning for the 10 fatal victims of an explosion in an apartment building in the northern city of Rosario.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Website Goal has organized an additional poll to choose the best football player in Southeast Asia instead of recognizing Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as the winner in accordance with the originally published rules.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On August 6, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security announced the decision of the Politbureau on appointing Lt. Gen. Bui Van Nam as the Vice Minister of Public Security.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Tourism Administration missed the opportunity to advertise Vietnamese tourism to the world when "The Running Man" Vu Xuan Tien went the UK last week.

 Downpours of up to 300mm were expected to blanket northern provinces and the central province of Thanh Hoa as tropical storm Mangkhut made landfall.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new regulation set up by the city’s education department--that schools must not organize summer classes, has made parents wait around.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of reservoirs and dams built in the central region in the years before 1990s have become seriously damaged. Local residents have been living in the fear that the dams may get broken in the rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many of the 12 commercial banks licensed to hold properties in trust still have not begun providing services. Meanwhile, the banks willing to provide the services are not allowed to do this.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professors Sheldon Glashow and David Gross as Nobel prize winners will host talks in two leading universities based in HCMC on August 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile network operators have expressed their worries about the information security problems OTT (over the top content) app users may have. But how high is the risk?

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has issued an exhibition plan with the theme "Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam - The Historical Evidence."

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese troupes, Arabesque from Ho Chi Minh City and Tri Minh’s Quartet from Hanoi, have been invited to perform at the prestigious Center StageSM programme in the US in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Computer Emergency Respond Team VNCERT has voiced its concern about the relevant units’ weak capability of responding to the large scale DDoS attacks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has given its approval to the importing of frozen "white organs" such as rectums, chicken crops and penises.

 Almost half of Americans say they eat fast food at least weekly, although more than seven in ten Americans think fast food not good, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday.