VietNamNet Bridge – The latest study showed Thai consumer confidence has strengthened to a 9-month high in June.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 140 chess players, including 65 females, from 14 cities and provinces, are competing at the 2012 National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships from July 5-10. 

VietNamNet Bridge – As an ASEAN member, Vietnam will join efforts with other ASEAN nations to help maintain peace and stability in the region, said spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on July 5.

More than 660,000 candidates across the country finished the first phase of the 2012 university entrance exams for Groups A, A1 and V, which took place July 4-5.

Phu Quy Island is situated about 56 nautical miles from the coastal city of Phan Thiet ( Binh Thuan Province ) to the east – southeast.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has paid working visits to three Baltic States: Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

There are more retailers leaving shopping malls than the retailers setting up their new business there. The weak demand and continued loss have forced them to give up the business.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hat Lot is a special market in the northern mountain province of Son La, where insects are sold as food.

Healthier diet could prevent deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – What do the farming-parents most like and what do they fear most when accompanying their children on the trips to Hanoi to attend the university entrance exams?

A factory making ATP for export and a copper factory were built on an area of five hectares in Quang Ninh province. However, the local authorities had not heard about the two factories until local people complained about the pollution.

Vietnamese scientists have invented the technology which allows to use leaves, barks and natural materials to dye cotton and silk cloth, which would replace the current dyeing technology using toxic and environment polluting chemical substances.

An Giang is famous for unique festivals such as Ba Chua Xu, Chol Chnam Thomay, Dolta festival and ox racing as well as tourist destinations such as Sam Mountain in Chau Doc, Cam Mountain in Tien Binh, Tuc Dup Hill...

Petrolimex suspected of tax avoidance; PM approves plan to buy up rice surplus; VinaCapital owns 100% stake in VinaProjects; Slowing demand challenges businesses; Vietnam halts licensing of foreign ships         

The first ever Vietnam-Latin America trade and investment forum at ministerial level, which opened in Hanoi on July 5, is expected to help bring relations to a new level and on a par with their long-lasting traditional political ties.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has set up a project to preserve and develop the gong culture through 2015.

Rock Viet show spotlights capital's hottest; Documentary based on Vietnamese folk "frog";  Japan acoustic duo to play extraordinary show;  Acoustic Bar set for whole day of music

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in southern Binh Phuoc Province has detained a poacher to investigating the killing of 18 black-shanked doucs, an endangered, extremely rare species of wild monkey, in Bu Gia Map National Park.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many children in Ha Noi are losing their recreation venues as traders encroach on their playgrounds. As a result, many are forced to play on the sidewalks or become absorbed in on-line games.

Employers dodge social insurance payments; Dong Nai collects social insurance debts; Hoi An water cut-off scares away tourists; 180 workers hospitalized for food poisoning in HCM City

British physicist Peter Higgs who proposed the existence of Higgs boson in 1964 hailed the findings of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Wednesday, calling it "an occasion for celebration."

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam would like Japan’s Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice to continue helping upgrade its legal system in terms of civil, economic and procedural laws, as well as personnel training.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening its friendship and cooperation with Nicaragua , said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

A bailout package worth 9 trillion dong has been suggested to rescue the ca tra (catfish) industry. However, doubts have been raised that this would not help save the industry, because the bailout package would only benefit enterprises, not farmers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of northern Hai Duong Province on Tuesday fined three local enterprises VND130 million ($6,200) for violating the environment law.