VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) announced that the annual Craft Village Fair 2012 will be held at Hoa Binh Square, Nam Dinh Province, on September 25-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people suffering from pink eye disease (conjunctivitis) has increased in northern provinces and cities due to the rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will be the first country in Southeast Asia to learn about Japan’s cutting-edge robot technologies and see a demonstration of lifelike androids being held in Hanoi on August 13.  

 Stamp salutes late leader; Top film ‘quickies' to screen; Exhibition celebrates history's rebels; Cuban band brings rhythms to Caravelle Hotel

Instead of pouring more money into businesses to become big shareholders, a lot of big businessmen are trying to sell stocks in an effort to preserve their capital.

 At least five government soldiers and a civilian were killed while more than 20 others wounded in a gun battle inside a state-run university late Wednesday in the southern Philippines, a military official said Thursday.

 Surge in human trafficking; VNA plane lands in China due to bad weather; Kuwait funds rural development project in Vietnam; Nostalgic essay on traditional markets; Foreigners run sex rings under legal business: report

 An area of 29ha at Da Nang International Airport will be free from dioxin contamination by 2016, representatives from the Ministry of Defence of Viet Nam said at a workshop yesterday, Aug 8, on environmental remediation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A four-year-old autistic boy in Chu Prong district of the Central Highland province of Gia Lai has become famous for being able to read though he has never been taught reading.

 NASA said Wednesday that Curiosity rover has sent more remarkable images from Mars surface, including the first 360-degree view of Curiosity's new home in Gale Crater.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International collaboration has played an important role in developing higher education in Viet Nam in recent years, education officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight bills were discussed at a Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday, Aug 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vinh City Police in the central province of Nghe An have arrested two people who allegedly caused a fire on Quyet Mountain on Monday evening.

VietNamNet Bridge – After catfish, it’s now the brackish shrimp in Mekong Delta which is facing big difficulties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese football team has lost 89 points and is now placed 146th in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings for August.

 Four members of the Vietnamese team have bagged two silver medals and two certificates of merit at the 19th International Mathematics Competition for University Students in Bulgaria.

 Vietnam and the United States today launched a project to clean up dioxin contamination from the herbicide Agent Orange in areas of Danang airport where it was stored and handled during the U.S.-Vietnam War.

 VietNamNet Bridge – High jumper Duong Thi Viet Anh will compete today, Aug 9, in London.

Local residents in Duyet Trung commune of Cao Bang town in Cao Bang province have been bent over with a lot of problems – food shortage, dust and smoke, and the serious environment pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Yacht Festival intended to take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa this year has been rescheduled for mid-2013, announced the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Festival on August 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Laos and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have signed a number of bilateral cooperation documents.

 Party leader welcomes Czech communist party delegation; Baptists hold second congress; War veterans from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus visit Vietnam; Lao PM praises Hai Phong’s cooperation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kon Tum Prison, where 500 political prisoners were confined during the war of resistance against the French, has become a historical relic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Le Huynh Chau failed to move to the next round of the men's taekwondo 58kg category in the Olympics London.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony to mark the 45th the founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 17 years since the country joined the group in Hanoi on August 8.