VietNamNet Bridge - General Electric has gained a contract with domestic partner for providing its wind turbines in Vietnam, setting a milestone for the firm to penetrate into renewable power industry in this Southeast Asian country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send four representatives to compete at the 2011 World Swimming Championship in Shanghai, which begins today, July 16, and ends on July 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – The high growth rates in overseas remittance volume reported by commercial banks show that kieu hoi is returning after a period of decline due to the global economic crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – The draft review report on elections for the 13th National Assembly (NA) and local People's Councils showed that voting proceeded legitimately and democratically.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite not winning the penultimate stage of the National Women's Open Cycling Tournament - the An Giang Television Cup, veteran Phan Thi Thuy Trang from the An Giang Plant Protection team retained the yellow jersey on July 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Quan of Ha Noi won gold medal and set a new record in the boys' 100m surface (diving with a snorkel) with a time of 38.64 seconds at the National Youth Finswimming Championship in Da Nang yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Guitarist twins Phuong Thu and Phuong Thao will mark their comeback to the music scene with a concert at HCM City's Phu Nhuan Culture Centre next week.

“Tales in the City – Community Voices”; Idol Music Event 2011 in Vietnam; Chamber Music and Ballet Suite “Monsoons”; Painting exhibition “Miscellaneousness”; The Project: Graffiti in the Alley; Music Night of Pham Duy

The lower house of Italy's parliament on Friday approved a austerity budget worth over 70 billion euros (about 98 billion U.S. dollars) aimed at securing public finances and reassuring global markets on the country's financial solidity.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th century witnessed the rise of two trading ports: Pho Hien in the northern region, or Dang Ngoai, and Hoi An in central region, or Dang Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge - China has insisted that the East Sea territorial dispute must be dealt with bilaterally amid the push for multilateral solutions by Southeast Asian officials who will convene in a regional forum this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Clothes are air everywhere, electric wires interlace, walls are cracked and mossy… Old apartment blocks make HCM City untidy.

Phillip Noyce to judge film contest in Vietnam; Hanoi museum puts on city life exhibition; Art programme to honour war invalids and revolutionary martyrs; Vietnam wins second prize at the Int’l Mozart Competition in Thailand 

VietNamNet Bridge - Small tour operators are peeved that airline companies are not co-operating with them by offering discounted tickets and allowing bulk bookings where the names of passengers can be filled in later.

France helps build major waste factory; War-time bomb uncovered in Vietnam kindergarten; Health inspection teams to contain epidemics; Sex-for-grade teacher ‘mismanages phone’: board; Heavy rains lash North Vietnam 

VietNamNet Bridge - A sludge treatment project worth VND500 billion in HCMC’s Binh Chanh District hasn’t even started almost 10 years on, due to slow site clearance and an incomplete 1/2000 land plan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty patriotic personalities and intellectuals on July 13, sent a petition on defending and developing the country in the current situation to the National Assembly and the Politburo.

VietNamNet Bridge - Germany has raised the possibility of exporting nuclear technology for the first time after deciding a total exit from atomic power by 2022.

Microsoft on Thursday introduces a hacking alert system to its Windows Live Hotmail email service alongside banning common passwords.

200 industries affected amid credit crunch; Imports to Vietnam must have certificates of origin; Nearly 1mil. foreign arrivals visit Hanoi in H1; Vietsovpetro discovers oil near Bach Ho field; Gov’t passes changes to air pact with Australia    

VietNamNet Bridge – The new coach of the Vietnamese national football squad Falko Goetz will continue using young players at the upcoming games against Qatar in the qualifier round of the World Cup 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, Chinese low-cost clothes flooded the Vietnamese market, where they did not meet any redoubtable rivals. However, the situation has become quite different.

The United States must not default on its obligations, and policymakers should strike a debt ceiling deal in a timely manner and improve the nation's fiscal sustainability, President Barack Obama said Friday.

HBO's miniseries "Mildred Pierce" on Thursday dominated the nomination for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards with 21 nods.

VietNamNet Bridge - Leading brands and well-known software makers maintained their rankings and reputations as awards for "Best IT Solutions (BIT) Cup" and "Best ICT Products" were given away by the PC World Viet Nam magazine on Tuesday.