At the request of the Vietnam Football Federation, two football clubs owned by arrested mogul Nguyen Duc Kien have assigned their executive managers as their temporary representatives while Kien is suspended from football-related activities.

 With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.

 New education plan signed between Vietnam and Cambodia; Fire burns down communal market; Diplomat's 100th birthday marked; Central region toddler dies from bee stings

An Airbus 321 of Vietnam Airlines had its sliding pontoon burst open when the plane just landed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City on August 25, when a passenger naturally opened an emergency door to “get off the plane easily.”

 The newly-crowned Miss Sport Vietnam, Lai Huong Thao, will represent Vietnam at Miss Supranational 2012 beauty pageant from Tuesday until September 15 at the TV Event & Convention Center in Warsaw, Poland.

The 15th day of the lunar seventh month or Ram Thang Bay (Ghost Festival) will fall on Friday, August 31. To serve the festival, votive papers and paper-made items for the dead have flooded many streets in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang's Le Huynh Duc has been voted Best Coach for the 2011-12 V-League season, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tram Gian (One-hundred-compartment) Pagoda would be restored to its original state, a representative from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Cultural Heritage Department said yesterday.

 While the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drafting a plan on rice purchasing for temporary reserve to boost farmers’ profits, local farmers have cast doubt on the program.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the National Cultural Heritage Council a request for national ranking of 11 cultural relics in 12 provinces and cities of Vietnam.

 Eight former CEOs of Vinashin appeared in court in Hai Phong August 28, for an appeals hearing for their offences and intentional wrong doings against state regulations that caused serious economic and social consequences one year ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 11 Vietnamese athletes will participate in three events of the London 2012 Paralympics, which will open on August 30.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam football team has employed a physical strength coach in their preparation for the Southeast Asian Football Federation Cup later this year.

 Party leader welcomes Singaporean guest; Vietnam, Cambodia cement legislative ties; Vietnam, Cambodia enhance cooperation in border area

 The first recorded human voice that travelled from Earth to Mars and then back to Earth was released Monday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.

 Mitt Romney on Tuesday secured U.S. Republican Party's presidential nomination during a roll call vote at the party's national convention, and will challenge President Barack Obama in the coming presidential election.

 Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers on Tuesday called on global oil producers to increase output, saying these developed countries stood ready to take action to ensure market supply.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Vu Ha Van of Yale University, who is also a member of the Scientific Council of Viet Nam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Fulkerson Prize 2012

VietNamNet Bridge – A set of books including maps which indicate Hainan as China's southernmost island was made public by the Viet Nam Buddhist Shangha at the headquarters of the Giac Ngo (Enlightenment) newspaper in HCM City yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and HCM City authorities broke ground for construction of the country's first metro line yesterday, Aug 28.

HCM City has shown its determination to develop the IC industry by kicking off an ambitious IC development program.

The summer travel season was unsatisfactory for travel firms with inconsiderable turnover growth. They also do not expect much from the September holiday which is coming in some days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television (HTV) has introduced special programmes this week to mark the 67th anniversary of National Day on September 2.

After the arrest of Kien, one of the most influential businessmen in Vietnam, rumors have been spread that a lot of other “big guys” have also been detained by the police, which have stirred up the finance market.

VietNamNet Bridge – History teachers at high schools complain that their students sit nodding in history lessons. Meanwhile, culturists and historians have warned that Vietnamese people may become “history illiterate.”