After spending more than 15 months orbiting Earth on a mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force's X- 37B unmanned, reusable space plane finally returned to the ground on Saturday.

Y replaces Phung in U-20 standings; Minh out of Indonesia Open; VN volleyballers in last sixteen; Phuoc wins silver in swimming; National U22 footballers train in Thailand; U13 Vietnam win bronze at AFC U13 women’s champs

“Dung Dot” screened at Asia Film Festival 2012; Lao students attend beauty contest in Hue; Vietnamese-born blind woman impresses US Master Chef jury; 2 illegal TV channels in Binh Dinh stop operation; Ancient toilet found in Vietnam

Over 100 football bettors detained in raid; Get-together for Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan; Urbanization rate set at 38 percent by 2015; 11 Vietnamese women cheated in Macau; HCMC to use $18 mln water pump to ease flooding

Myanmar parliamentary chief to visit Vietnam; Corruption remains serious: Deputy PM Phuc; Vietnam seeks further UNESCO assistance; Former Indonesian ambassador to Vietnam honoured; Vietnam, Morocco sign investment pact

While coral reefs are getting exhausted in many coastal provinces in the central region, the Ran Trao coral reefs have been safe thanks to the community’s special protection.

Training centres for university entrance exams, in the past crowded with students as testing time neared, have been losing ground to online courses.

Tourists to the ancient capital of Hue will have the chance to enjoy the real life of the old city rather than just viewing relics or landscape as they usually do.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ban Pho commune in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai province is well-known for brewing maize alcohol, which has a special taste.

Most cartoons shown on television are foreign-made, with few of them produced by local companies because of a lack of funds.

The continued interest rate reductions are thought to put a hard pressure on the dong/dollar exchange rate. However, economists do not think that the dong would depreciate sharply this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – In HCM City, many high-tension stations have become restaurants, construction material warehouses, parking lots, ornamental gardens, etc.

One of two foreign-language schools that were sued by Tri Viet Publishing House in HCM City last year for pirating its TOEFL and TOEIC textbooks has issued a formal apology and paid compensation of US$18,095 to the publishing company.

Hanoi is an attractive city partly due to its architectural works. The mingling between ancient oriental architectural designs and French architecture has created Hanoi ’s own architectural space, which will exist forever in time.

Representatives from the UNESCO Committees in the Asia-Pacific region attended their consultation meeting in Thanh Hoa province on June 16 to gather member countries’ opinions on the UN organisation’s priority areas in the coming years.

HCM City needs to create a new and appealing incentive mechanism to attract investors to the Sai Gon High-Tech Park, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Van Lang has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – “A husband goes about with a young girl and neglected his family, resulted in family tragedy, but with only one love potion, he will break up with his girlfriend to return home with his wife.”

Interest rates for short-term deposits had remained high for a long time before being adjusted lower than those for medium- and long-term ones.

RoK, Vietnam aim for US$20 billion in trade turnover; State enterprises unable, unwilling to restructure; Bank shareholders repeat violations; Taxi fares cut amid fuel price drop; Quang Ninh plans to halt sluggish projects

Greece took advantage of a fatal defensive error of Russian defenders to harvest a 1-0 win and a berth in the quarterfinals at Euro 2012 here on Saturday.

Phuoc Tich Village is famous nationwide for the craft of making pottery. The village was established over 500 years ago with the initial name of Dong Quyet and subsequently renamed Phuoc Tich during the Nguyen Dynasty.

Chinese merchants have been present everywhere in the Vietnamese territory to cultivate, collect and fish aquatic creatures and farm produce.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is listed in the top cities of air pollution in Asia. The city also faces pollution of water, food, noise, solid waste and pollution at craft villages.

After the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air has also offered the airfare discounts for travelers. Air carriers have been closely cooperating with travel firms to stimulate demand for mutual benefit.

The tough business climate and tight capital sources continue to take a toll on firms.