VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My’s gown is praised on online forums on beauty pageants as one of the best designs at the Designer Award competition of the Miss World 2012 pageant in Shanghai on July 26.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representative Vu Hoang My, at the Miss World pageant wore a yellow ao dai to attend a charity party on the evening of July 29 in Shanghai, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is unbelievable that Vietnam’s top rower Pham Thi Thao, who is competing at the London Olympics, cannot swim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts of the Vietnam Construction Association said that underground space is a valuable natural resource that needs to be explored to become “the second space of modern cities.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – This force is being established in September and will be the main force in maritime patrol and dealing with vessels that violate Vietnamese law.

 The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government expected to borrow 592 billion U.S. dollars from the market to fund its operation in the second half of this year, fresh evidence of the budgetary pressure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreigners holding Vietnamese flags were interested in performances of a Vietnamese cultural festival at Spitalfields mall in London.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A giant whale skeleton which is worshiped at Tan Temple on the island district of Ly Son, Quang Ngai province, will be restored.

Constituents of many provinces expressed their worry over China’s provoking acts in the East Sea. They asked the Party, the NA and the Government to step up pressure based on international law to defend Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The name China Beach appeared from an American television film. In this film “China Beach” was the name of Da nang’s My Khe beach. Since then, many tourism websites have used this name.

 Severe shortage of teachers, inadequate facilities and lack of teaching equipment in pre-schools are a major problem in many parts of the Mekong Delta region.

Going to Ly Thanh, we saw white storks hovering over trees under a hill. Coming closer, we heard noisy sounds made by thousands of birds of many species, from storks to cranes, orioles, night herons, mynahs, mynas, etc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A single female prisoner has given birth to a baby at the Binh Phuoc General Hospital on July 26.

 FAO helps Vietnam ensure food safety; Last injured fisherman returns home from Hong Kong; Prisoner gets pregnant, gives birth; Police seize two tiger bodies carried in car

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of article about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.

 Hue is not only famous for many historical and cultural relics and splendid landscapes, but also has a number of outstanding dishes. One traditional specialty of Hue is com hen (clam rice).

 Hoi An City has launched a Haiku poem contest in Vietnamese language to promote ‘Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange’ which is being held for the tenth time from August 22-26 to mark 39 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

 A historical drama titled Vuong Thanh Trieu Le (Reign of Le Dynasty) performed by Idecaf Theater attracted a huge audience on July 29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 President Truong Tan Sang left Russian capital city of Moscow late on July 30, concluding his five-day official visit to Russia.

 Members of super motor clubs from Hanoi, Thai Binh and Haiphong have got together in the northern city of Haiphong to show their love of powerful motors.

 Upon setting foot on Truong Sa (Spratly) Island, one can’t help but feel pride in the nation and be deeply affected by the great sacrifice that our martyrs made there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Hanoi have arrested 26-year-old Dang Tran Hoai, who had raped a little girl, killed her 4-year-old sister, and stabbed a man who is the victims’ relative.

The shares of many enterprises have been delisted from the stock market recently. Experts have warned this could be the start of a delisting wave which would be stronger in the near future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – July 28, 1995 marked an important milestone in Vietnam’s regional and international integration when the country became the 7th member of ASEAN in a solemn admission ceremony in Brunei,

 Compliments sent to new Mongolian Parliament chair; Vietnam, Cambodia enhance front cooperation; Central Highlands Steering Committee delegation visits Laos