Deputy PM chairs first NCSDCI session; Vietnam, Vatican boost bilateral ties;  Committee urged to improve life in Southwest; More celebrations in Laos, Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 19 received Iranian ambassador Hossein Al-Vandi Behine and Mozambique ambassador Gamilien Munguambe, who have both recently assumed their roles in Vietnam.

Russia and China, two permanent members of the UN Security Council, wielded veto power Thursday over a western-proposed draft resolution, which demands extension of UNSMIS for a period of 45 days,

The Mekong Delta is renowned for its floating markets which are typical of the Phung Hiep and Cai Be districts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed eight provinces and some ministries to make research of the urban administration model.

U.S. space agency NASA announced Wednesday that astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth.

While the Vietnam Science and Technology Institute cherishes the hope that Vietnam would successfully decode human genome, thus enabling to improve the Vietnamese race, others have doubts about the feasibility of the project.

Dang seemed to be unlucky when his luggage was lost at the airport; however, he has won the gold medal at the 53rd International Mathematics Olympiad.

A young man has killed two monkeys and then showed off his “achievement” on Facebook. However, his savage action has been violently criticized, while he has been described as “emotionless cold-blooded person.”

Infrastructure investment still lags; ATM fees to be investigated; Retailers expand despite fall in demand; Laos calls for more HCM City investors; Investors may be asked to post completion bond; State audit unearths $1 bln budget loss

Literature, arts magazine debuts; Tre publisher launches digital bookstore; Ha Noi Pub Quizzers mount competition; Free Vietnamese lessons at Puku Cafe

VietNamNet Bridge – International cooperation in tertiary and post-graduate education has become a common trend in Vietnam and neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Nelson Mandela Day marked in Vietnam; Procuracy pays $10,500 damage to wrongly jailed woman; Copperhead snakes discovered on bus; Explosives ring busted by border guards

VietNamNet Bridge – Reducing expenses and borrowing money from relatives were key measures employed by small-scale farmers to cope with natural disasters and illnesses.

Bat Trang pottery, Ha Dong silk craft villages have been flooded with Chinese goods. Meanwhile, the Dong Ho painting village not only has lost its traditional career, but lost its name as well.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Vice Chair Le Hung Dung recently disclosed that VFF Chair Nguyen Trong Hy wanted to step down.

VietNamNet Bridge - A photo exhibition capturing the steadfast solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between Vietnam and Laos over the last 50 years opened in HCM City on July 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoi Son temple in HCM City was reduced to ashes on the evening of July 17. The loss is invaluable, said the temple’s manager, Reverand Thich Thien Hao.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the Vietnamese sports delegation went to the UK for the Olympics last week, the delegation of disabled athletes organized a launching ceremony to the Paralympic Games in HCM City yesterday, July 18.

Seventy-year-old Nguyen Van Minh walks slowly along Ha Noi's two-kilometre-long Nguyen Trai Street with an old knife in his hand. Every now and then, he pauses, using the knife to remove illegal advertising flyers

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve months after a law on protecting consumer rights was put into operation, few people had a good understanding of what it is – or even knew that it existed, a workshop was told yesterday, July 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Khanh Hoa province has proposed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize sovereignty steles on Truong Sa (Spratly) Island District as national relics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Culture was a tool that could be used for the growth of a nation's economy, two foreign researchers from UNESCO said here yesterday, July 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to continue to share experience and provide assistance to the country’s court sector in the coming time.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic Cham Bani people living in the central province of Binh Thuan began celebrations to welcome their new year with the traditional Ramuwan festival, which started on Wednesday.