Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem remains unbeaten at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany, after drawing with Georg Meier of the host country in the first match of the second round on July 27.  

ASEAN naval chiefs brought up the conflicts in the East Sea and recommended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to take the initiative to ensure marine security at the fifth ASEAN Naval Chiefs’ Meeting (ANCM-5).

The predictions have come true--the marks got by students from the university entrance exams are not high due to the difficult exam questions.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on July 27, nominated ten candidates as chairpeople of the NA’s specialized committees and councils.

VietNamNet Bridge – After two months, the rice exporters who cannot meet the requirements stipulated in the Decree No 109, will be weeded out. To date, only 20 businesses have been recognized as meeting the requirements to become rice exporters.

IOC President Jacques Rogge officially invited athletes all over the world to come to the London Games with one year to go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Taxation will speed up plans to outsource personal income tax accounting to make the work faster and more accurate, according to department IT section deputy director Nguyen Thi Thuan.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese contestant at Miss Asia USA 2011 pageant Phan Thi Mo has arrived in the US and participated in some events.

The United Nations' food agency on Wednesday began aid airlifts to the Somali capital Mogadishu where thousands from drought-hit southern Somali sought help, a spokesman for the organization said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Software parks were the key to developing the information technology and communication sector but they lacked united management and detailed strategies, an IT forum heard recently.

With less than one week towards a possible calamitous U.S. debt default deadline, the White House said that a debt limit compromise is essential and possible, adding fresh pressure to the stalemated debt ceiling negotiation process.

Some 460,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in July, bringing the total number of visitors to the country in the first seven months to 3.43 million, up 17.3 per cent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam is seeded No 7 at the August's World Badminton Championship after a draw on Monday in London, England.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Ngoc Anh will share the stage with her younger brother, Anh Khang, for the first time in the capital this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge –A Sino-Nom calligraphy training programme will open this September at the Temple of Literature.

National sovereignty is sacred and imprescriptible. In this field, all countries and nations are equal, said Prof. Phan Huy Le, Chairman of the Association of Historical Sciences of Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam bagged two silver and five bronze medals at the Asian Karate Championship in China, which ended on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The appeal hearing for Cu Huy Ha Vu, 54, who has been given a 7-year jail term for writing many articles against the Vietnamese State and Government, will be opened on August 2, said the Supreme People’s Court.

Businesses have complained about the overly high new land leasing fees which would put a heavy burden on businesses. Meanwhile, local authorities have tried to dodge the laws to save local businesses before the government saves them.

US company to design 79-storey tower in Hanoi; Thu Thiem Tunnel opens on November 22: city committee; Kidnapped forest officers rescued

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Norway will be even opener after Friday's twin attacks which claimed 76 lives.

VietNamNet Bridge – A local private publishing house has plans to file a lawsuit against a number of foreign language centres, private bookstores and universities in HCM City that are allegedly pirating its books for commercial purposes.

VietNamNet Bridge – After lashing the Philippines, tropical storm Nock-Ten entered the East Sea yesterday evening with winds of 88-102 kilometer per hour and gusts of up to 132 kilometers per hour,

VietNamNet Bridge – Hunting shark for their fins is popular in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh because Viet Nam has not prohibited the practice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environmental pollution and road construction for bauxite transport were among the hot issues queried about the most by local media at a news briefing hosted by Dong Nai Province last week.