A circular stipulating the procedures and conditions for establishing 100 percent foreign owned securities companies is expected to come out after September 15. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country saw a rise in the number of foreign visitors in recent years, but there remains a lack of qualified tour guides to support the sector, according to tourism experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “I only wish to preserve the soul of letters. All titles are meaningless to me,” said Mr. Duong Van Ngo, 82, the most senior and the last public letter-writer in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From October, Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transports will begin issuing new driving licenses made of PET (a type of plastic), with digitized personal information, to local drivers.

 Ha Noi introduces price stabilisation plan; Insiders blast new personal tax law’s long delay; Deflation likely to continue in second half; Seafood exports hit by economic recession; Farmers distrust domestic seed, make their own

 German-Vietnamese gymnast Marcel Nguyen has scored 91,031 to bag a silver medal in the Artistic Gymnastics men's Individual All-Around event at the London 2012 Olympics.

 The early 20th century Chinese map that confirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelagoes, is now on display at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi.

 Vietnam will rely on the latest advances in technology to ensure that its first nuclear power plant meets the highest possible safety standards, said deputy minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien.

 Four top managers of online marketplace muaban24.vn have been arrested for alleged online trading scams and tax evasion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of the central province of Nghe An and drug-related crime investigation police have smashed one of the biggest drug trading rings in Vietnam, which transported narcotics from Laos to Nghe An.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Metropole Nomade” is an art-exchange project initiated by the “Metropole” group of artists in Paris, France. This project will be implemented in Asia, Europe and Latin America from 2012-2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Nguyen Viet Thang, Chairman of the Vietnam Fishery Association, said that China’s sending of 23,000 fishing boats to East Sea is the use of fishermen to invade the waters of other countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taking abuse for the right of free speech, three bloggers set up a club to write and publish articles against the State.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of August 1, tens of people stopped their vehicles on the road to pick up VND200,000-500,000 ($10-25) banknotes on a road of Xuan An ward, in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists from the Viet Nam Archaeological Institute and Tuyen Quang Museum unearthed several relics in Son Duong District of Tuyen Quang province in an excavation early this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has set new parking fee rates that have come into effect from August 1.

 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington remains committed to an "effective and swift" political transition in Syria as envisioned by UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan, who announced his resignation on Thursday.

 AO/dioxin to be cleared from Da Nang airport; Hanoi’s five-star hotel on fire; Ha Noi invests $4.8m in prenatal screening; New centre aims to improve railway safety

 Documents made public on Thursday showed that Apple has applied for a patent on iPad Smart Cover with an embedded secondary display designed to enhance the functionality of the tablet computer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students from poor families will be able to delay paying tuition fees at the beginning of the new school year, while some graduates who have not been able to repay student debts will get loan extensions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Popular singer My Tam is the first Vietnamese singer to become an official partner of Youtube.com, her company MT Entertainment said on Wednesday.

An official of the National Finance Supervision Council has affirmed that most of the bad debts are being incurred by two subjects – state owned enterprises and private “big guys.”

 U.S. researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online on Thursday in the journal Cell Metabolism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drumbeats and the clang of gongs accompanied spectacular performances of traditional martial arts on Wednesday night at the opening of the fourth International Festival of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant at 2012 Miss World pageant are among the top 40 contestants in the Beach Beauty competition, who will compete in the finale today, August 3.