VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Summer Camp 2012 officially opened at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities in Hanoi on July 12.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Junior Chess Championships opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 12, attracting 600 players from 31 cities and provinces across the country.

The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said Thursday that it has debriefed a manager supervising product security at Roche China, following an investigation into possible adverse reactions of some Roche products.

VietNamNet Bridge – No one can say for sure that commercial banks would accept the loan interest rate of 15 percent per annum to be applied for the old debts, even though this is the instruction given by the State Bank.

Both the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) need to make further contributions to the region’s common goals of peace, stability, security and cooperation in the region.

Thua Thien-Hue win opener; National sports festival attracts 7,800 athletes; Dat wins U18 air pistol discipline; That claims cycling tour victory

VietNamNet Bridge – Ambassador Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh presented her credentials to Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace on July 11.

It is not easy for a particular vehicle to exist, to be honoured and loved for generations. However, a rudimentary and simple cyclo in Vietnam has done it!

After Vietnamese farmers tasted the bitterness from selling farm produce to Chinese merchants, it’s now Vietnamese wood chip exporters to suffer from the deals with Chinese, who have suddenly stopped collecting products.

The severe form of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) was the cause of illnesses and deaths of 54 Cambodian children since April, concluded the findings of a joint investigation on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only the passion for the job can retain the officers and keep them working at the zoo. Everyone here understands well that making friends with beasts is a very dangerous career.

In order to arrange enough money for their children to attend the university entrance exams, a lot of parents have to sell all buffalos, cows, pigs and rice.

VietNamNet Bridge – With 12 million people using social networks, or 60 percent of Internet users in Vietnam, developing apps on social networks has become a good job.

EVN dissolves hydroelectric affiliates; More import competition looms; Non-bank lenders face tax; Businesses ignore risk management; Chinese man buys huge land plots in Binh Thuan; Ironing out economic snags in Mekong Delta

Lao performers to celebrate friendship with VN; Old cannon found on riverbed; Artist explores his own ‘Mental Places'; Japanese beat-maker presents distinctive sound

A US$16.5 million contract on supplying materials and equipment to the Pleiku-Phu Lam 500kV power line was signed in Hanoi on July 11 by the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) and the US General Electric Digital Energy (GE).

Hanoi, Paris boost comprehensive friendship; Northwest urged to develop technology; Drifting Vietnamese ship towed to port; Deputy PM highlights religious freedom

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve men's teams will participate in the Return to Truong Son cycling tour from July 15-20.

VietNamNet Bridge – A school-based violence prevention project was launched in central Da Nang City on Monday by the Spanish NGO Paz y Desarrollo (PyD) and the central city's Department of Education and Training.

The Vietnamese Health Ministry’s Preventive Health Department has urged authorities in all localities bordering Cambodia to strengthen their health quarantine systems to prevent penetration of the unidentified disease

VietNamNet Bridge – The first working session of Vietnam’s national nuclear safety council kicked off on July 11 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is likely to achieve this year's target of sending 90,000 guest workers abroad despite the continuing global economic turbulence, a labour official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some of Ha Noi's poorer students will be eligible for tuition fee exemptions from the coming school year.

The 19th International AIDS Conference is set to be held in Washington D.C. on July 22-27, the first time in 22 years the United States will host the conference again.

VietNamNet Bridge – Making cities more efficient, eco-friendly and liveable was discussed by 200 Government officials, lawmakers, business leaders and city planners on Tuesday at a workshop in Ha Noi.