VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is to clean up its environmental act with a new tax on products ranging from plastic bags to pesticides.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange extended its winning streak into a 10th session on Monday, settling above 1,600 dollars per ounce, as concerns about the eurozone debt crisis

VietNamNet Bridge –One of Hue City's most endearing images is that of the beautiful girl wearing an ao dai (traditional robe) and a conical hat, singing folk songs while floating down the Huong (Perfume) River on a wooden rowing boat.

The United States and the People’s Republic of China are locked in a quiet but increasingly intense struggle for power and influence, not only in Asia, but around the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks still have not released the reports on the business performance in the first six months of the year. However, sources have said banks surely made fat profits during the period.

VietNamNet Bridge – Locals report that they have spotted two tigers on the loose in Dong Nai province (near Ho Chi Minh City) but while military officials maintain they are actually tigers, forest officials say they could be dogs.

VietNamNet Bridge – International Grand Master Le Quang Liem will compete in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Germany on July 21-31.

Cuba celebrates with Indochinese friends; PM meets World Bank director, outgoing Belgian ambassador; Praise for VN expert help in Cambodia

VietNamNet Bridge – An alcohol production company shut down four years ago floods neighbouring homes with black smelly water every time it rains.

VietNamNet Bridge –PetroVietnam managed to bag two gold medals at the Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament, which ended in HCM City on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of photographs featuring Vietnamese landscapes is on display as part of an exhibition titled Dialogue with Geological Heritage at the Ha Noi Opera House until July 24.

Local residents and soldiers living in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago are expected to be mostly self-sufficient in food when a project launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is completed next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - For a long time, Hue has been famous for many beautiful and ancient landscapes, and one of them is the Perfume River. 

The issue of the East Sea again drew public attention last month. To complicate things, the conflict almost certainly will be a magnet for the involvement of the United States as a global power.

VietNamNet Bridge - Half of the more than 32 million ATM cards issued by banks in the country are not used, according to the Viet Nam Bank Cards Association (VBCA).

The United States strongly supports the efforts made by Greece to counter the debt crisis which has hit the country, said visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – To prepare for the Miss Universe 2011 in September, the first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010, Vu Hoang My is working very hard.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the popular sight in both rural and urban areas was rooftop TV antennas. But the number of urban families still using this equipment to receive over-the-air TV broadcasts on a handful of channels has dipped considerably.

General David Petraeus the commander of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) handed over the command to his successor the U.S. General John Allen in Afghan capital Kabul on Monday.

Vietnam urged to fix false commercial practice; Excess of rice export firms unnecessary, says association; Vietnam economic zone draws $12 bil. investment; Food agency dispels rumor about harmful coloring; Vietnam plans first fuel pipeline      

Chinese keep flocking to Vietnam to collect farm produce, which has pushed the domestic prices up and putting hard pressure on the inflation. Meanwhile, officials still say that this is a “sensitive” matter which is difficult to be dealt with.

Japanese government is preparing to suspend cattle shipments from Fukushima this week amid a growing tally of cows that were fed rice straw containing high levels of radioactive cesium.

VietNamNet Bridge – The bridge will be covered by glass to become an exhibition center, while the alluvial ground under the bridge will be covered by stone embankment to become a park for art, a Vietnamese French urban architect suggested.

VietNamNet Bridge – It seems that BlackBerry is planning a return to the Vietnamese market after it once stirred up the market two years ago, sources say.

Rebekah Brooks, former CEO of British newspaper arm News International, was released on bail early Monday hours after she was arrested over phone-hacking scandals.