Badminton World Federation (BWF) is expecting new faces to challenge traditional powerhouses and new group stage format to shine at the coming London Olympic Games badminton competition starting in less than two weeks.

Food processing companies have accused sugar companies to restrict sales to push the prices up, insisting the Ministry of Industry and Trade to grant quotas to import sugar. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese students have been placed ninth in the final rankings of the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) after winning one gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Vinaphone has become the first mobile operator in Viet Nam to provide in-flight mobile-phone services on domestic and international air routes.

Members of the People's Council in HCM City criticised the city yesterday for wasting money by investing in the Quang Trung Software Park in District 12, saying the project has not been cost effective.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pani Yathotou has received in Vientiane a delegation from central Quang Ngai Province led by Deputy Permanent Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Minh Toan.

Finland is better off with a stable euro currency and the country remaining in the now 17-member single currency eurozone, local media quoted Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen as saying on Sunday.

This has been a tough year for Vietnamese mobile phone brands, with many having to suspend production or even close down, unable to compete with their international rivals and troubled by the continuing economic slump.

Outbound tourism remains in good health, with millions travelling out of the country each year despite the protracted economic woes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japan considers Vietnam a leading partner in term of official development assistance (ODA) and will continue to provide the aid at a high level, said Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba.

Many hospitals nationwide have planned to raise medical fees to the highest level allowed under current regulations, regardless of their differences in quality of services or medical infrastructure.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fleet of 30 fishing ships came to a fishing ground belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on July 15, 78 hours  after setting out to sea from the island province of Hainan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An burst back into title contention after a 5-2 drubbing of Hai Phong in the V-League 21st round yesterday, July 15, on their home turf in Vinh City.

Ministry mulls amending fuel trading law; Ministry optimistic with export turnover of first six months; Experts say many firms unaware of risk management; SMEs may get $58 million in aid; PM allows EVN to offset previous losses

Vietnam has for the first time scored a victory against a lawsuit directed towards its global exports on the evasion of anti-dumping taxes, according to the Vietnam Competition Administration (VCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A guitar club in Hanoi gathers for street performances every Sunday afternoon at Ly Thai To Flower Garden, besides Hoan Kiem Lake, where local passers-by have chance to enjoy or even join in the melodious atmosphere.

Severe clashes broke out Sunday afternoon and overnight in a number of southern neighborhoods of the capital Damascus, mostly in the neighborhood of Tadamun, in what witnesses said the fiercest fighting to have occurred in the capital

VietNamNet Bridge – In the July session, which opens today, July 16, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will discuss the plan to establish the fishery management force.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to send Vietnamese workers back to Libya.

Automobile manufacturers believe that despite the great advantages, electric cars would not be favored in Vietnam in the near future.

The plan by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to collect fees to reduce the number of personal vehicles in circulation has not been legalized yet. However, automobile joint ventures have suffered from the plan.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 15 hosted separate receptions for Japanese Foreign Minister Gemba Koichiro, who is in Hanoi for the fourth session of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee.

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Japan's Waseda University and the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre have completed work on a scaled down replica of Hue Citadel's Can Chanh Palace.

Miss Vietnam 2010 runner-up Vu Hoang My has completed her 1’30’’ video clip to be presented at the upcoming Miss World Pageant in China.