VietNamNet Bridge - Profit margin of retailers slumped dramatically in the first seven months of the year, while sales moved up on rising consumer price.

Wooden furniture exporters now have products, but cannot sell them, they have orders, but dare not sign contracts. Vietnamese products have become less competitive on the international market because of the high interest rates.

Two men die after eating poisonous insects; Additional buses put on to meet additional demand over the holiday; Vietnamese gambler tortured, dies in Cambodia; Viet Nam is Asia's fastest growing bond market

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of girls who are called “beauty queens” has soared in Vietnam in recent years. Some joke that Vietnam is now in disorder of beauties and they can see a beauty queen whenever they leave their houses.

Russia would export arms worth some 9 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, a leading Russian arms exporter said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Giang Plant Protection 2 team produced a strong performance to help Ho Huynh Van An seize the yellow jersey from Nguyen Truong Tai of Domesco Dong Thap in the fourth stage

Young Vietnamese model Jessica Minh Anh, who is also the director of UK agency J Model Management, is ready to take high fashion 44m off the ground in the very first fashion show to be held on London's iconic Tower Bridge.

VietNamNet Bridge – Injured karateist Nguyen Hoang Ngan will not defend her kata (performance) title at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games' in November in Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister Vu Duc Dam, Chairman of the Government Office, promised to carry out further reformation to administration procedures so that the government serves people better. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A project launched by the United Nations on Tuesday will see the central city of Hoi An develop into Viet Nam's first eco-town.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung bid farewell to the German Ambassador to Viet Nam, Rolf Peter Gottfried Schulzen and Irish Ambassador, Maeve Collins before they ended their terms in Viet Nam yesterday.

Random blood samples collected from 2,500 people of the Vietnamese Kinh ethnic community, as well as from other Asian ethnic groups of China, Japan, India and Pakistan are under test for a vital global genome research project. 

VietNamNet Bridge – About VND9.2 billion (US$450,000) was awarded to 34 innovative anti-corruption ideas at the first-ever Viet Nam Anti-Corruption Initiative Programme (VACI) held yesterday

VietNamNet Bridge – As HCM City residents and businesses dump huge volumes of waste every day, authorities are exploring ways to generate energy from waste.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Nguyen Vu Tu yesterday, Aug 17,  paid a consular visit to 122 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested on May 30 and 12 others who were rescued from a recent storm

Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thai Binh said that the ministry will seek government’s assessment to adjust the functions of governmental agencies and the cooperation between them for better state services.

Phong Phu Ha Nam win U-19 Champs; HTV to broadcast Premier League; World Masters to hit Phan Thiet; Sharpshooters aim at SEASA

VietNamNet Bridge – Private hospitals ought to be given a larger role in combating HIV/AIDS, experts told a conference held in HCM City yesterday, Aug 17.

Hai Phong must focus on infrastructure: PM; Police committed to protecting national sovereignty; Northwestern region urged to boost economic development

The Vietnam-US Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/dioxin took a field trip to the heavily AO-contaminated province of Dong Nai yesterday as part of a project to build centres on reproductive health and rehabilitation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Publishing houses are rushing to trade e-books, believing that in the long term, e-books would bring the revenue much higher than normal books.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police are cracking down on thieves who chop down the capital's precious sua trees.

Wall Street ended a choppy session mixed as technology sector dragged, while Gold futures closed at another record high.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will make plans for six of seven tourist regions of the whole nation for submission to the Government for approval within the next two years.

Japan helps Vietnam preserve ancient villages; Food safety to be boosted for festival; Hanoi theatre experiments with English; My Style fashion show in Designers House; Hanoi to mark National Day with various activities