VietNamNet Bridge – The top chess players of Vietnam will be sent to the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey from August 27 to September 10.

 Blaze destroys shoe company in Ninh Binh; HCM City marks 51st anniversary of AO/Dioxin Disaster; Medical team to treat poor in Laos; Tiny tots learn about school sanitation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Art Agency has made public the list of songs written before 1975 that are allowed for circulation in Vietnam on its website.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The management of car parks at tourist attractions in the ancient city of Hue has seemed rather casual, as busses are charged different fee rates at different car parks, without receipts issued in the right manner.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Asia Record Organization (ARO) on August 1 recognized 10 Vietnamese dishes for their gastronomic importance to the region at Faridabad, India. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 200 members of the community of homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals and heterosexuals participated in a bicycle parade in Hanoi in the morning of August 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Minh, who won third prize at the Northwest Guitar Festival 21 in the US, will return to Vietnam to participate in “Back to Basics”, an event for guitar lovers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Malaysian citizens bought jewelry worth nearly VND200 million ($10,000) in Da Nang city before they were arrested.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After implementing the closed-door policy for a long period of time, China has begun to compete with other countries and raise big claims in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lai Huong Thao, 21, from the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh became Miss Sports 2012 at the final competition on August 5 in Da Nang city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many documents dated back to the 18th and early 20th centuries, which are published in the Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) Yearbook, demonstrate Vietnam’s uninterrupted management over this archipelago.

 Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday cut the ratings for 15 Italian banks, citing a potentially deeper and more prolonged recession in Italy than originally anticipated.

 N Korea leader on official visit; US calls for peace, stability in East Sea; MONRE awarded Ho Chi Minh Order

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministries of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have agreed to the proposal to grant quotas to import sugar. However, the argument about the sugar import has not finished yet.

 On August 3, the National Academy of Music in Vietnam announced its decision to take disciplinary action against two singers Anh Tho and Trong Tan, for failing to meet their commitment to perform in Laos.

 The closing ceremony of the 4th International Festival of Traditional Martial Arts was held last night, August 3, in Quy Nhon District in Binh Dinh Province.

Shares gained value over the course of last week on the HCM City Stock Exchange, with the benchmark VN-Index rising 1.22 per cent over the previous week, concluding Friday's session at 418.21 points.

 Viet Nam Waste Solutions Inc. (VWS), the developer of the Da Phuoc solid waste-treatment plant in HCM City's Binh Chanh District, has unveiled the design of a green waste-treatment plant in Long An Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite not winning an Olympic medal, Hoang Xuan Vinh set a historic record for Viet Nam, finishing in fourth place in the men's 50m pistol event yesterday, Aug 5, in London.

 Almost 100 people were hospitalized for food poisoning after attending a wedding party in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 5.   

 Some artists are endeavoring to build the popularity of the traditional art of cheo (northern-style operetta) by updating it for contemporary audiences, but some experts think this is causing cheo to lose its traditional and unique features.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Corp (HAGL) last month spent $15 million to buy back its own stocks from Credit Suisse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China is ready to promote maritime connectivity with ASEAN, said its Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying on August 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has written an article on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on August 8.

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday denounced the shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin as a "senseless act of violence," and expressed condolences for the victims.