VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation police have arrested the former chief accountant of Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Nguyen Thi Bich Loan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A police officer who beat two journalists reporting on a land eviction case in the northern province of Hung Yen has been demoted.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 18 percent of multistory buildings in HCM City have sufficient parking space, said the Ministry of Transport’s inspectors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Winning her berth by accident, Van Ngoc Tu will be the first Vietnamese judo martial artist in 16 years to participate in the Olympics.

Thousands of candles glowed and lit in martyrs cemeteries and monuments in districts throughout Ho Chi Minh City on July 26.

Experts believe that the bad debt ratio of the whole banking system by the second quarter of 2012 would be much higher than 8.6 percent, the figure released by the State Bank of Vietnam by March 31, 2012.

Climate change is likely to slow Vietnam’s economic growth and vulnerable sectors are liable to suffer huge losses, said a report released in Hanoi on July 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides three soldiers, four civilians have been identified involved in killing rare monkeys in the Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the first three months of 2012, Vietnamese cinemas earned VND273 billion (around $13 million). This is an impressive figure compared to previous years, a seminar reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s contestant at the Miss World pageant 2012, Vu Hoang My, contributed three rocks representing three regions of Vietnam (North – Central Region – South) to the World Rock Garden exhibition.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the morning of July 26, many websites of travel firms still introduced Da Nang beach as China beach. The Ministry of Information and Communications said to shut down these websites.

 There would be no recovery for the Italian economy this year, considering an erosion of domestic demand and a worsening global economy, Italy's largest industrial association Confindustria said in a report released Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A South African tiger at Trai Bo tourist site in Dien Chau district of the central province of Nghe An on July 24 delivered three babies, including two yellow and one white tiger.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tran Hung John, a young Vietnamese American man, is walking from the north to the south of Vietnam without taking any money along to prove to the world the hospitability and friendliness of the Vietnamese people.

Over nearly 40 years since Vietnam’s reunification in 1975, more than 140,000 people have been killed or injured by explosive remnants of war (ERW).

Passengers will have the opportunity to buy cheap tickets on offer from Vietnam Airllines over three days this August as part of its autumn promotion programme.

A seminar on the potential and prospects of tourism in Vietnam has been held in Israel with the aim of boosting Vietnam’s tourism and promoting images of its people and land to international markets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many old western maps show that Vietnam has established its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos for over five centuries, said a local researcher.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only 11 of 18 members in the Vietnamese athletic delegation at the 2012 Olympics are allowed to take part in the opening ceremony this Friday, July 27.

The increasingly high number of Vietnamese people going abroad every year for business and travel purposes is believed to create a vast market for insurers to exploit.

 A central Vietnamese farmer is breathing easier now that doctors in Hue have removed the leech that refused to budge from his throat for 20 days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Floods caused by Typhoon Vicente, which has faded in Vietnam’s northernmost mountain areas after passing through China’s Guangdong province, has left at least six people dead and four others missing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered nine provinces and cities to increase inspections on coal mining in a bid to crackdown on illegal coal mines in the area.

 PM promises quicker disbursement of WB funding; Milan pledges to step up cooperation with Vietnam; Vietnam, Cambodia trade unions boost ties; Defence leader greets outgoing Singapore diplomat

A new set of postage stamps on the theme of the 2012 London Summer Olympics has been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communication.