The 19th International AIDS conference kicked off Sunday amid a U.S. lag in reducing new HIV infections, the condition that has led to 35 million deaths worldwide.

Vinacomin hikes electrical production; People turn back on modern markets; Chinese goods sold under Vietnamese brands; Vietnamese product campaign needs a boost; Industrial parks introduced in Tokyo 

The national trade deficit reached US$58 million in the first seven months of this year, representing only 0.09 per cent of total export value, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the ASEAN Secretariat will co-chair the 12th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Water Resource Management.

The activities by foreign businessmen of collecting farm produce in Vietnam would be put under strict control, once a circular on the issue, being drafted by MOIT is promulgated, slated for the third quarter of 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Applying good agricultural practices (VietGap) to vegetable farming has improved the lives of the members of HCM City's Phuoc An Cooperative, according to its chairman.

VietNamNet Bridge – A quiet cemetery in Doi Coc hamlet is similar to any other, but the perfectly lined rows of white tombs hold thousands of abandoned dead foetuses villagers brought back and buried.

The public debt crisis in Europe has dealt a strong blow to Vietnamese garment companies which have been sitting idle because of no orders.

London is cool most of the summer, but it comes scorching days sometimes, especially when the Olympics wind down in the city.

Quang Tri martyrs cemetery gets facelift; Men held for smuggling 50 airguns into VN; Laos honours Vietnamese scientists; Passengers miss flight due to airlines staff’s miscalculation

VietNamNet Bridge – An ASEAN-India Car Rally, endorsed and partly funded by the Government of India, will roll into Viet Nam in December through the Moc Bai border gate in southern Tay Ninh Province.

Danish gymnastics team Fjeldsted-Harndrup GFH will hold nine shows around the country from Friday until August 5, introducing a range of modern and traditional gymnastic genres to the Vietnamese people.

Japan’s women’s volleyball team defeated North Korea 3-1 in Saturday’s final to retain the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament (VTV-Eximbank Cup 2012), while the Vietnamese girls lost 3-2 to South Korea to finish fourth. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty years ago, when Nguyen Quang Lap's play Mua Ha Cay Dang (Bitter Summer) was performed for the first time, it immediately achieved critical acclaim and popular recognition.

Although Heroic Mother Tran Thi Xua of Ben Tre Province lost her only son to the American war, she is never alone, having been supported by local organisations since that time, and honoured each year on War Invalids and Martyrs Day

VietNamNet Bridge – Both judges and the audience were touched by the performance of Le Tran Nhat Tien, a 9-year-old boy from the central province of Ha Tinh, in a show of the Do Re Mi television singing contest for kids on July 22.

While state-owned studios vacillate over a long duration in making a movie, private producers are much more aggressive in completing their projects.

Several reservoirs in the central region were built many years ago and are now in a badly downgraded condition and highly unsafe during the storm season, as they may burst at any time.

Vietnam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem, ended up in fourth place with a total of three points at the 2012 ACP Golden Chess Classic in the Netherlands, which officially wrapped up July 22.

Lionel Messi’s former trainer, Arseni, and two of his colleagues Xavier and Oscar from Barcelona FC have arrived in Vietnam for the Qatar Aspire Academy’s ‘2012 Football Dreams’programme.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant was not among the top faces of the Top Model Fashion competition at the Miss World 2012 beauty contest. However, she did well in the interview.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of in Thua Thien-Hue Province resumed its operation from 4.40pm on July 24, after over one day being closed because of a gayal.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese sailors who were seized by Somali pirates arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport at 3pm yesterday. All of them burst into tears at the airport.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the draw result on July 23, Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is in group D, with Parupalli Kashyap of India and Yuhan Tan of Belgium.

VietNamNet Bridge – The East Sea (including the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos) were carved on nine bronze censers in the early 19th century, confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands and waters.