VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champion Do Minh Quan is on track to defend his title at the national tennis championship after he overcame tough opponent Nguyen Hoang Thien to book his place in the semi-finals.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese martial artists have won three gold medals at the pre-Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Kempo Shorinji Tournament at the Gelanggang Gymnasium in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have agreed to instruct the two governments to bring bilateral relations to a new height towards the formation of a strategic partnership.

VietNamNet Bridge – Rights related to freedom of belief and religion are widely respected and guaranteed as outlined in the Vietnamese Constitution and acknowledged by the international community.

VietNamNet Bridge – Qatar's Aspire Academy U-19 team will participate in the HCM City International Football Tournament which is scheduled to kick off at Thong Nhat Stadium on September 20.

3G network, provided by Vietnam’s major telecom firms, has made pornography content more accessible for the youth in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A glimpse of Viet Nam's history and its diversified culture will be depicted in a traditional arts performance that debuts in HCM City on September 23.

Tokyo stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index reversing yesterday's giant to close down 1.14 percent at a 29-month low, as renewed fears about the fiscal health of the eurozone sent its currency lower . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – First-prize for the national Eco Picture Diary Contest has been taken by 12-year-old Nguyen Phan Van Linh who will represent Vietnamese school students in the international contest in Paris in December.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city plans to build more schools for students with disabilities during the 2011-12 school year if funds are available, according to the Department of Education and Training.

Art on sea life on display in HCMC; Vietnam joined cultural festival in Switzerland; Website on world wonders debuts Vietnamese version; Another ancient tomb found in Hanoi’s Ciputra; Silk portraits of women on display in HCMC

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has approved VND8.8 billion ($427,000) for building a waste dump in suburban Me Linh District's Thanh Lam Commune.

Many foreign insurers enter Vietnam, helping diversify the country’s insurance product range and improve the competitiveness between insurers, according to the market consultancy Research and Markets. 

Tens of thousands of families in Gia Lai provinces, who have been living on the Ba River side, now do not have running water because the Ba River – the main water supply source – has become dried and polluted. T

Thousands of parents have left their home villages for big cities. As their children now to go to universities, they have to look for the jobs in cities to earn money to fund the children’s studies.

A preview trailer of the franchise vampire film "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" was released Tuesday.

Vietnam and the German state of Brandenburg hold great potentials for cooperation in clean energy and vocational training, said a senior official.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they were convinced that "the future of Greece is in the eurozone," according to a statement issued by the Elysee Palace

 The Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011, also known as the Summer Davos, opened in Dalian City of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Wednesday morning.

A total of six NATO soldiers were injured in Taliban's coordinated attack that broke out on Tuesday in Afghan capital Kabul that left 13 people including six militants dead, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said

Pham Chi Lan has urged relevant ministries to consider installing non-tariff barriers to control the imports, which she believes a very important thing that needs to be done in preparing for the implementation of free trade agreements (FTAs).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday it will begin testing next year for six more kinds of E.coli bacteria in raw ground beef and tenderized steaks in order to protect the safety of the American food supply.

Microsoft released on Tuesday a test version of Windows 8 to developers, posing to regain ground of the tablet market dominated by Apple and Google.

VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Samson Kayole has to play for Hanoi T&T for three years since he cannot afford to pay over VND40 billion ($1.8 million) of compensation to this club, though Aletico Madrid - the famous Spanish FC – recruited him.

The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group, or Vinacomin, has announced plans to withdraw capital from the Viet Nam Aviation Insurance Joint Stock Co and officially set in motion plans to pull out from its non-core business this year.