VietNamNet Bridge – The online community is spreading a clip entitled “We sing about Truong Sa” to show national unity and patriotism of the youth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Along Ho Chi Minh Highway, correspondents took a lot of pictures of traps in the forest from Quang Nam to Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Tri and Ninh Thuan provinces in central Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Claire Castelli sang the French song A l'Autre Bout du Bout du Monde to rapturous applause at the French Cultural Centre (L'Espace) in Ha Noi last Saturday.

Investors profit from land misuse; Gov’t OKs personal tax law amendment; US imposes 60 percent tariff on Vietnamese wind turbines; Many auto firms sell products for no profit; Ministry to limit licences for rice exporters  

Though small and medium size hydropower--considered as recyclable energy, has been encouraged to be developed by the state; investors always have to struggle hard to earn money.

 Giant shoe arrives in Vietnam; RoK company sponsors Vietnamese student sports festival; Childrens' paintings win prizes; VN fireworks light Canadian sky

 WB funds urban upgrading project in Mekong Delta; Police hold 8 drug traffickers with 70 drug cakes; JICA assists Hanoi’s public transport

 A Russian Soyuz-U rocket carrying a Progress M-16M cargo ship blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, according to Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daily food ration of workers in northern provinces of Vietnam satisfies 90 percent of nutrition demand of male workers and 70 percent of female workers.

Only 23 fund management companies are still in operation out of the 47 companies licensed by the State Securities Commission (SSC).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nine out of 21 paintings of Vietnamese children sent to the Tianjin Culture and Art Festival 2012 in China won big prizes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer set an electric trap on his field to prevent rats from destroying his rice. However, that farmer was electrocuted by his own trap.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of shooting bikini photos on the coast or at a swimming pool as usual, the 2012 Miss World pageant organizers brought contestants to a desert. Contestants also took pictures in Mongolian costumes and rode camels.

   Around 400 hotels and restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City will join an ambitious campaign to adopt smoking-free areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have raided the headquarters of MB24, an online trading company based in Tu Liem District, following allegations the company had appropriated a large amount of money from customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local female bands will gather for an all-female performance at Ha Noi Rock City (HRC), 27/52, To Ngoc Van Street, Tay Ho District, on Friday night, from 8-12pm.

 Black Infinity will bring a frenzied rock performance for their fans at Hanoi Rock City at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bus drivers in the capital city have been urged to ensure they obey all traffic regulations, after statistics showed that drivers of public buses were getting an increasing number of traffic fines.

 The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the nation's economic activity slowed pace in the first half of this year, but it did not announce new monetary moves to bolster the weak economic recovery.

 “Could you do this trip twenty times a month?”

 Eight women badminton players disqualified from the London Olympics on Wednesday for deliberately trying to lose their doubles matches have been punished for infringing the spirit of their sport but not the rules.

 An exhibition of photographs depicting Agent Orange victims opened on August 1 at the War Remants Museum, supported by the Ho Chi Minh City Association for Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

 With a passion for theater and the wish to create an art space for the foreign community in Ho Chi Minh City, some expats have paid from their own pocket to make their own shows.

Misfortune never comes alone. A lot of businessmen had to sell their immovable properties to get money to pay workers. And now they have to sell the last valuable asset – cars – to get by.  

 Wrestling draw ceremony to be held on Saturday; VN football team gathers to prepare for AFF Cup; U15 football tournament kicks off in August