VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of steel enterprises have died actually, though none of them has declared bankruptcy.

The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Central Bank Governor, the Chief Government Inspector and the Chief Judge of the People’s Supreme Court will be interpellated at the National Assembly session in August.

VietNamNet Bridge – Disable, poor, unlucky students still try to attend the university entrance exams. The most valuable thing they bring with themselves to the exam rooms is the extraordinary courage.

Nokia says good-bye to local distributor; First foreign deal in pharma sector; First green hydro-power plant opens; Government to establish Department of Real Estate;Can Tho refinery reaches end game

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to reach US$10 billion by the end of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Quang Tri hosts ‘National Traditional Boat Race 2012’; Book about Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu published; Nestle runs healthy life photo contest

450-kg bomb found in Ha Tinh; Agency suspends program to send workers to Portugal; Slaughterhouses fail on hygiene standards; Violent wood poachers identified by police

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have expressed their concern on the announcement that local pop singer Dam Vinh Hung will release 500 real butterflies during a performance at his concert this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan has asked Thanh Hoa authorities to explain about the news that one commune in this province has up to 500 civil servants.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Forest Protection Sub-department in the southern province of Ca Mau on Sunday released a large number of wild animals, weighing 20 tons in total, into U Minh Ha National Park.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam won two first prizes at the 6th International Cinema, Television and Sports and Tourism Festival, which closed in Hanoi on July 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s futsal team Thai Son Bac defeated Singapore’s Touch N Go 4-3 in the final round to win the Tiger Cup in Guangzhou, China on July 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time--a fisherman in the southern province of An Giang caught a Mekong giant catfish of over 70 kilos.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese people own a debt of gratitude to the Cuban people for their support, sentiment and assistance in the past struggle for national independence and the current process of national construction and development.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has released the 2012 travel and tourism competitiveness report, stating that the bloc’s tourism industry is now on the right track.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Justice has completed a notarised information management programme to help improve information search activities and minimise risks revolving around incorrect documentation.

Improving macroeconomic fundamentals, including the return to single-digit inflation and an increase of almost 21 per cent y-o-y in retail and services turnover, have finally seen residential buyers beginning to explore the market for opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in HCM City have been facing health risks due to horrible smells emanating from the Binh Hung wastewater treatment plant - the one with the largest capacity of its kind in Viet Nam.

More than a half of the 3.4 million tons of rice exported in the first six months of the year was high grade five percent broken rice. However, the export prices of the products were at the lowest levels.

VietNamNet Bridge – Do The Tai of southern coastal Vung Tau City promptly pulls out a list showing his university and college preferences when asked about the ongoing university entrance examinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Familiar scenes of the modern urban life have inspired artists who join the group show “Nowadays” at Art Talk Café, 12 Quan Su Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – After catching public attention in Hanoi, Nguyen The Son’s “Houses Facing the Street” exhibition has traveled to Beijing, and then to Hong Kong. Son’s artworks are now on display at the Central Art Institute in Beijing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tuan Dao, a 24-year-old amateur photographer, took the pictures below in his sleepless nights in Hanoi. Let’s see a different Hanoi at night in Tuan Dao’s photos.

Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Spending for medicines accounts for 60 percent of the total medical expenditures. Owing to gaps in management of medicine price and filling prescriptions, medicine expenditure has become a burden for Vietnamese patients.