When accessing Gmail.vn, Vietnamese Internet users were so surprised when they were led to a website of Baidu, China’s biggest Internet service firm.

Some individual investors have urged the State Securities Commission (SSC) to make an urgent intervention to stop the slide of the stock market. Meanwhile, experts believe that the market needs to perform its way.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop singer Duc Tuan will perform in Manila in a concert on August 28 to celebrate Viet Nam's 67th Independence Day, which falls on September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of angry people pitched tents to besiege a molipden ore processing factory in the northern port city of Hai Phong. This factory cannot run because of the siege.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 80 per cent of the country's pharmacies reach international standard, however, not all are evenly distributed, said Nguyen Tat Dat, head of the Drug Administration of Viet Nam's Trading Management Division.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Jeffrey Immelt, head of President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, in Hanoi on August 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The most attractive cultural features of ethnic groups in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) will be presented during the second Central Highlands Cultural Days event organised in Hanoi this month.

It seems to be more difficult to ask someone to pay debts nowadays, when all businesses and people are bogged down in the economic recession. Therefore, it requires special tricks to recover debts.

After a two-day private meeting with the 2012 Olympic delegation, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training’s head Vuong Bich Thang assumed responsibility for Vietnam’s poor performance at the Olympic Games.

National Highway 20 is being upgraded to serve the transportation of bauxite from Tan Rai bauxite factory in Lam Dong province. However, this road is in a terrible condition at present. VietNamNet’s Quoc Quang reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Also protecting themselves with helmets, Lo Lo ethnic children in Coc Xa hamlet in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang compete in fierce races on home-made “motorbikes.”

 British Telecom eyes Vietnam market;  Vinacomin to export coal to South Africa, Cuba; Firms overlook provisional funds in first-half reports; Urban railway contractor sacked; Shrimp exports to fall short

 The Ministry of Education and Training has ordered all schools in Vietnam to increase teaching time for traffic safety regulations and integrate learning of traffic rules with extra curricular activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2012 National Youth Shooting Championships are taking place at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi from August 23 to 30.

 Ha Noi to rein in street vendors; Vietnam, Cambodia youths boost exchange; Tonnes of spoilt pig's intestines found in Bac Ninh; President praises military workers' business acumen

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi began filling up the sinkhole on Le Van Luong Road on August 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A nearly intact vestige of an ancient Cham tower has been unearthed in Phong Le village in Cam Le district of Da Nang city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After an explosion, a big hole suddenly appeared at the house of Mr. Bach Khoang Vu in Ninh Dan commune of the northern midland province of Phu Tho in the early morning of August 23.

 Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a new corporate logo, the software giant's first such facelift in 25 years, in attempts to project an impressive image ahead of the launch of a wave of major new products later this year.

The southern province of Kien Giang has said Phu Quoc international airport will be put into operation in December this year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Practitioner Nguyen Manh Quyen won the first gold medal for Vietnam at the Asian Wushu Championships in HCM City, on August 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a downpour on the afternoon of August 23, lightening struck K3 Zone in Gia Trung Prison in Mang Yang district of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, killing two and injuring 20 others.

 A hands-on French education method or the “La main à la Pâte” programme will be piloted at junior high schools in five districts in the 2012-2013 academic year.

 Photo exhibition celebrates Cambodia-Viet Nam relationship; National music and dance festival wraps up; Shipyard may be preserved as museum of labour movement; Tokyo to host “Vietnam-Japan Meeting Programme 2012”

 U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with major indexes on track to break a six-week gaining streak, as the latest batch of data painted a gloomy picture for the global economy.