Germans Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann beat reigning FIVB world champions Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti of Brazil to win the gold medal of men's beach volleyball at London Olympics on Thursday.

 Mohammed Maqrif is elected president of Libya's national assembly on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Japanese companies are fixing a number of soaked spots and water leaks recently detected on the ceiling of Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Thiem Tunnel, the most modern tunnel in Vietnam

Vietnam now has the opportunity to become the biggest rice exporter in the world, since Thai rice has become less competitive in terms of prices. However, the No. 1 position does not bring benefits to rice growers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan has signed a deal with New York-based Wilhelmina Models which should be a great platform for her to develop her international modeling career.

VietNamNet Bridge – HiPT has abandoned its mobile phone Hi-Mobile just after one year of developing the brand. CMC Group has not made any formal statements, but its BlueFone is nearly dead. 

The number of students committing suicide because they fail the university entrance exams has been increasing year after year, which is really alarming to the society.

It’s unclear where the hundreds of thousands of tons of sludge generated every day from the dredging of canals or the construction of infrastructure items will go.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietkings) has made public ten fruits of the highest economic value in Vietnam. These kinds of fruits are not only delicious and popular, but also meet the criteria for export.

 Google on Wednesday started to try a new search feature which would enable its web search engine results to integrate information from users' personal email accounts such as Gmail.

Gold reverts to VND42.3 million; Large-cap stocks continue to buoy markets; VietJet Air fined for organising bikini show on plane; VND10.7 trillion in taxes exempted or delayed

 VietNamNet Bridge – At Da Hoi village in Tu Son district of Bac Ninh province, nests of overhead electric wires have become threats for residents of the biggest steel producing village in northern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Walking, riding bicycle, singing, chanting poems or playing chess are among the hobbies of old people in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of made-in-China maps showing incorrect national boundary lines related to China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam have been found at a hotel in Lang Son Province, authorities reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aviation authorities have imposed a VND20 million ($960) fined on private carrier VietJet Air (VJA) for organizing a bikini show on its flight on August 5, 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Raw meat preserved at room temperature will only be allowed to be sold within eight hours of the time of slaughtering, according to a new circular issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Lua of Vietnam has been defeated by Olympic defending champion Carol Huynh, a Vietnamese-Canadian, in the women’s 48kg category at the Summer Olympics being held in London.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hollywood director Phillip Noyce will judge the 48 Hour Film (48HFP) Project Viet Nam 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new product by director Luu Huynh will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada this year. It is also an entry for the People’s Choice award.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) announced that the annual Craft Village Fair 2012 will be held at Hoa Binh Square, Nam Dinh Province, on September 25-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people suffering from pink eye disease (conjunctivitis) has increased in northern provinces and cities due to the rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will be the first country in Southeast Asia to learn about Japan’s cutting-edge robot technologies and see a demonstration of lifelike androids being held in Hanoi on August 13.  

 Stamp salutes late leader; Top film ‘quickies' to screen; Exhibition celebrates history's rebels; Cuban band brings rhythms to Caravelle Hotel

Instead of pouring more money into businesses to become big shareholders, a lot of big businessmen are trying to sell stocks in an effort to preserve their capital.

 At least five government soldiers and a civilian were killed while more than 20 others wounded in a gun battle inside a state-run university late Wednesday in the southern Philippines, a military official said Thursday.