VietNamNet Bridge – A painting exhibition named “Virus” by young artist Duc Phuong opened in Hanoi on August 17.

Businesses do not intend to borrow money at this moment, because they hope the interest rates may drop further in the near future. However, they have been warned not to expect the interest rates to go down further.

 A female Japanese journalist was killed Monday while covering clashes in Syria's Aleppo, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that three other reporters were missing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring love for the country has opened in the central province of Quang Ngai, by the Vietnam Fine Art Association and the Quang Ngai agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the newly-formed tropical storm Tembin, another storm called Bolaven has just appeared in the Pacific Ocean.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Ministry of Public Security, Nguyen Duc Kien was arrested and prosecuted for committing illegal business.

 Ancient coins discovered in Quang Binh; Activities promote Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange; HCM City artists show lotus's glory; Dance show tells life of performers

 VietNamNet Bridge – The minimum wage is scheduled for rising from January 1, 2013, but the change will be delayed from March to June 2013 if local businesses still faced difficulties in the second half of 2012.

Hinews.cn, an online newspaper of Hainam province, China recently published an article entitled “Vietnam army says it can take troops to Beijing, the marines prepare to fight.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Book Center has named the 14 top specialties of Vietnam. The list is the results of the first program to seek Vietnam’s top specialties, which was launched in 2010.

 Apple on Monday became the most valuable company in history after a surge in its stock price, beating the record set by Microsoft in December 1999.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noting the names of parents on ID cards is inappropriate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, said a senior official of the Ministry of Justice.

 2012 National Boxing Champs opens in Dak Lak; The Linh to sponsor women's football; U13 PVF team to compete in Japan; Asian Wushu Champs attract 350 athletes

 Around 2,000 poor labourers to work in the RoK; $48,000 gifts for mountain schools; US$150 million for disaster management project; South Africa, Vietnam to sign deal on rhino horn trade prevention

 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $10.9 million grant to Oakland-based East Meets West Foundation to improve sanitation and hygiene in rural Cambodia and Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Biologist Dang Ngoc Minh and his six-member team have spent months mapping out a plan to fight the poisonous red tide that occasionally colours kilometres of water along the coast near the central city of Da Nang.

Nam Cuong Group, the investor of expanded Le Van Luong road, claimed the construction of USilk City apartment buildings as the reason causing the sinkhole on the road. Meanwhile, the investor of USilk City laid the blame on downpours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 120 male and female fencers from 6 cities and provinces are competing at the 3rd National Junior Fencing Championships in the northern province of Hai Duong from August 19-28.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of August 20, a hundred motorbikes were punctured on Kim Ma Road, Hanoi, owing to nails. Street cleaners and local people collected ten kilos of nails on the road.

 South Africa and Vietnam are set to sign a landmark deal to help stem rhino poaching and the illicit trade in rhino horns, activists and a government official said Monday.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with CAMA, will bring Japanese rapper Coma-chi to Hanoi on Thursday and to Hoi An City on Saturday and Sunday as part of Hoi An-Japan Festival 2012.

The Veterinary Agency has submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development--the draft amendment to Circular 33 on hygiene and food safety at raw meat trading firms, said Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan on August 21.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications is considering charging new mobile phone subscribers at least VND40,000 (US$2) to start using phone services, said department of telecommunications deputy director Nguyen Van Tru.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will continue to provide its short- and long-term technical assistance to develop Vietnam’s atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 77,087 foreigners from more than 60 countries and territories are working in Vietnam, of whom 24,455 are unlicensed, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).