VietNamNet Bridge – “In HCM City, I always see men gather in groups in coffee shops, restaurants or pavement beer shops to drink before or after the office hours. Vietnamese men are too lazy,” commented Alex, an Australian.

 International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge declared the 30th Olympic Games close on Sunday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An amateur cast will perform contemporary hit songs in a Broadway musical-inspired revue in Ha Noi tonight entited L'Avenue.

According to many critics the Vietnamese film industry lacks real talent because of too much focus on the physical attributes and celebrity of actors and even singers.

Only some 61 foreigners have received their value-added tax (VAT) refunds at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport as of August 6, 2012, said the airport customs agency.

More and more abandoned businesses have been found in big cities or key industrial production centers of the country. Meanwhile, state management agencies cannot eliminate the businesses and revoke investment licenses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many motorbikes that were manufactured in the 70s and look like scrap iron are still in circulation in Hanoi.

Albeit reporting impressive 26.6 per cent revenue and 22.9 per cent profit hike in 2011’s financial year, FPT just posted VND1.465 trillion ($546 million) revenue in the first six months of 2012.

Despite many people tightening their belts in the currently tough economic climate, Vietnam’s rich are still splashing out on luxury food. 

Viet Nam should clarify which products the support industry should focus on developing. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A boy in the southern province of Vung Tau is now in need of people’s help to have a normal face.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Hanoi on August 10 handed down a five-year sentence and four-year probation to Le Thanh Tung on a charge of "carrying out propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam".

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnam’s animated film industry is at its infancy, many Vietnamese people are working for European and American animated film companies.

 The Nung An ethnic people in Phuc Sen Commune, Quang Uyen District in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang are famous for their traditional blacksmith craft.

There are 46 foreign invested operational securities companies in Vietnam.

At the U Minh Ha national park in the southern province of Ca Mau, Nguyen Tan Truyen has been well known as the man who loves monkeys like his children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a new academic year approaches, many provinces and cities are worried they will not have enough kindergarten and primary school teachers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The garden-house of Princess Ngoc Son, younger sister of Vietnam’s last king Bao Dai, is a favorite destination of tourists in the former capital city of Hue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sandals in my hands, I wade in the waters of Sam Son Beach, under the sparkling stars. Thousands of waves crash on my legs as I walk through the shallow water.

Tension has been rising in the East Sea, with China’s escalating acts. To provide more information for the readers, VietNamNet held online talks with Prof. Carl Thayer, from the Center for Australian Defense and Strategic Studies.

Packaging industry faces competition; Livestock, aquaculture to get support to overcome difficulties; Garment sector needs to seek new markets; Industrial park seals $25m credit deal

Railway patrollers have to walk at least 20km per day, 26 days per month to check railway safety. After 30 years doing this job, when they retire, they walk a total path that is equivalent to four times around the earth.

Vietnam needs to adopt more environmentally-friendly ways of managing and disposing of solid waste, which is forecast to continue increasing due to the country's continued rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.

While small banks want to keep the inter-network cash withdrawal fee unchanged, big banks have been insisting on sharp increases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign people from all over the world who find beauty in the lotus are encouraged to join a photo contest.