China successfully launched a maritime satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time.

VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of foreigners coming to work in Viet Nam has forced the Government to give more favourable conditions to highly qualified foreigners and minimise the use of manual workers.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh said setting up a perfect legal framework to effectively manage the gold market, and stabilizing the VND are the key goals of the monetary policies for the immediate time and long term as well.

Japan helps modernise obstetrics hospital; Bac Ninh brings love duet songs to schools; Insurance officials arrested for embezzlement; Passengers aged over 60 enjoy discounts

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese seafood exporters now on the tenterhooks, because more and more European and American importers ask for lower prices or give up the contracts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The short-term projected shrimp hatchery areas in Quang Nam province have encroached on the roads, damaged the forests and polluted the environment.

Wall Street rallied on Monday, helping erasing all losses after the Standard & Poor's downgrade on the U.S. rating, as investors were hunting bargains after a roller-coaster week.

Global food prices at near record high levels in tandem with continued volatility put the poorest people in the developing world on the edge, the World Bank said on Monday.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange recovered on Monday, as weaker- than-expected U.S. economic data and declines in the greenback lured investors back to the gold market.

VietNamNet Bridge - After Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Airlines, the privately-owned Air Mekong has entered the discount ticket race.

VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien yesterday, Aug 15, asked local officials to further strengthen measures to curb the spread of Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD) in HCM City and neighbouring provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Potentials in trade and investment co-operation between Viet Nam and Germany remain strong, which means both sides should further pursue these areas, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told outgoing German Ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security in the coming time will work harder for stronger national security and public order, minister Tran Dai Quang told press agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's sovereign debt rose to US$32.5 billion in 2010, an increase of 16.7 per cent from the end of 2009, according to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Finance last week.

Party leader Trong encourages intellectual development progress; Leaders congratulated; Army stands by Laos; HCM City, Vientiane boost cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge - The USS George Washington aircraft carrier on August 13, arrived in international waters bordering Vietnam’s waters to the north during its visit to several Asia - Pacific countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Higher demand for food including pork and rice will be met with increased supply in the second half of the year, two government ministries affirmed yesterday, Aug 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Government to allocate more funds to 16 flood-control and irrigation projects due for completion in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Government should restrain the import of luxury goods to help curb the nation's trade deficit, economists said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite rainy weather, cyclists continued to pedal along the second stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tour – An Giang Plant Protection Cup, and yesterday, Aug 15, the win went to Nguyen Truong Tai of Domesco Dong Thap.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Song of the Month award went to Con Sau (The Caterpillar) composed by Duong Duc Tam in August's Bai Hat Viet (Vietnamese Song) programme.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former Dong Thap player Samsung Kayode has signed a contract with Spanish Atletico Madrid, one of the most successful clubs in La Liga.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese circus performers achieved great success at the 2011 International Summer Circus Festival (Circuba 2011) which concluded in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to increase connection fees for calls made from mobiles to landline telephones, from VND270 per minute to VND415 per minute as of October 1.

Delays in developing tourism projects in central Thua Thien-Hue province have been prolonged for so many years that the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) proposed some of them be scrapped. VIR takes a closer look at the state of play.