A paradox has existed: while power plants have capacity in excess and they have to sell electricity to China, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) still plans to purchase electricity from China in the upcoming years.

The environmental protection law will be valid as of January 1, 2012, or after five months. The environment tax, in the immediate time, will be imposed on eight categories of products which are considered to have big impacts on the environment.

A conveyor tube transferring coal from Mao Khe Mine to Ben Can Port in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's Dong Trieu District is expected to put an end to air pollution caused by coal trucks in the region from August, if implemented on schedule.

In the current difficult circumstances, when people fasten their belt and cut down budget on traveling, hotels do not have many guests and they have to push up the feast business in order to offset the low room occupancy capacity.

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VietNamNet Bridge –The total output of electricity for the rest of the year is scheduled to be 3 – 10 per cent higher than expected, meeting the country's power demand, according to the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam (ERAV).

Most of industries have reported the high level of inventory, saying that the big stocks are the consequence of high inflation. Experts have also warned that this is the first manifestation of the economic stagnation which needs to be settled soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents have been advised to use electric not mercury thermometers when taking their children's temperature or testing the heat of their babies' milk.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa Province has set itself the goal of building waste treatment facilities in every craft village, capable of treating more than 60 per cent of hazardous waste, by 2020.

New York's Lincoln Center was crowded Monday with hundreds of fans who managed to grab a chance to view the premiere of the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two."

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents have been advised to use electric not mercury thermometers when taking their children's temperature or testing the heat of their babies' milk.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people begin to believe that sea snakes are “super-aphrodisiac”. As a result, the prices for this creature which has a strong poison have soared.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rising inflation and other economic difficulties are pervading the entire retail market.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that both parties should use the ongoing debt limit talks as an opportunity to do something meaningful for the long- term debt reduction.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Baseball Federation was established on Saturday, the first of its kind in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the Ministry of Information and Communication (MOIC) has stopped licensing online games in Vietnam since July 2010, unlicensed games have still been rife in the domestic market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi That won the second stage of the National Women's Open Cycling Tournament, An Giang Television Cup, yesterday, July 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – About sixty ha of forest were destroyed by forest fires that broke out in Quang Ngai, Thua Thien-Hue provinces and Da Nang City last Thursday and Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – An online resource centre has been launched in Vietnamese and English to provide information on the progress of community-based projects.

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U.S. federal government officially announced that it denied the medical use of marijuana.

VietNamNet Bridge – A meeting was held in Hanoi on July 11 to mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Philippines (July 12).

Up to 700 books, documents and pictures of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the East Sea, particularly the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands are showcased at an exhibition which opened on July 8, in the central province of Quang Ngai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants to develop defence cooperative ties with Japan in an increasing practical manner, bringing benefits for the two countries.

Eurozone finance ministers met on Monday to thrash out a second bailout package to Greece amid concerns of spill-over of the debt crisis to Itlay, a much bigger economy in the single currency bloc.