Local procuracy signs warrant to arrest Tuan ’dog’; G4 countries support Dak Lak welfare projects; Detention extended for journalist-torching wife

The clashes between Egyptian security forces and young protestors in the Tahrir Square in central Cairo has injured 1,036 Egyptians till Wednesday, Heath Minster reported.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance is proposing to levy new taxes on used foreign luxury cars in an effort to curtail imports.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fish seller has accidentally picked up 85 ballots meant for a commune legislative election in the southern province of Ca Mau, leading to suspicion that the voting was rigged.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three women in the southern province of Tay Ninh received stiff prison terms yesterday for their involvement in a human trafficking ring.

The world No. 2 Novak Djokovic defeated Australian teenager Bernard Tomic to book a semifinal berth first in the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championships on Wednesday.

Vietnam, Lao localities reinforce cooperation; Vietnam-US relationship promoted; 2011 Vietnam-Cambodia Trade, Investment Fair; Promoting education cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark

VietNamNet Bridge – The income gap between the country’s richest and poorest groups has increased from 8.9 times in 2008 to 9.2 times last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

Nearly 600 Egyptians were injured in overnight riots till Wednesday morning in central Cairo, the most violent incidents since the 18-day protests ousted the former president Hosni Mubarak, state news agency MENA reported.

The Greek parliament approved a key austerity bill on Wednesday amidst nationwide massive protests, but many problems remain for the country to overcome the debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Designer Vo Viet Chung will bring 30 designs to a fashion event in Thailand. The fifteen latest designs, inspired by clothes in southern Vietnam in the past, are made from traditional silk.

Fifty-three out of 76 vocational schools and colleges in a nationwide pilot programme have been granted training quality standard certificates from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' General Vocational Training Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has pioneered the development of the Payment for Forest Environment Services (PFES) programme, which aims to protect and preserve the country's natural heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the following pictures, Vietnam’s biggest city looks ugly because of disorder advertising boards.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City based Golden Ace Company has rolled out a 399 L.E. (Limited Edition) iphone 4, which is inlaid with gold, gilded edges and a key board decorated with hand cut diamonds imported from Austria. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Construction Department deputy director Nguyen Quoc Tuan spoke with Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about resident service fees in Ha Noi apartment buildings.

Cuban state TV on Tuesday night showed pictures of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro chatting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was recovering from a surgery in Havana.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam coach Falko Goetz debuted his first competitive match with a comfortable 6-0 win over Macau in the first round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, Asian Zone qualifiers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The highly toxic weedkiller paraquat, banned in most countries because it is lethal to humans, is readily available in Viet Nam, to the dismay of health officials.

National Para Games attract 700 disabled to HCM City; Twenty six from VN to compete for Takraw cup; Viet Nam wins four Korean martial arts gold medals

VietNamNet Bridge - Agencies, associations, social organisations, businesses and consumers must become aware of the new Vietnamese law on consumer rights' protection that will become effective on July 1, a ministry official has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State in 2009 overspent by around VND114 trillion (US$5.5 billion), equivalent to 6.9 per cent of the country's GDP and within acceptable levels as set by the National Assembly.

VietNamNet Bridge - Greater investment incentives are needed to get more industrial zone workers into personal residences.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called on relevant offices to speed up legal procedures in handling unsettled corruption cases during the remaining months of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Television Film Studio has acquired the legal rights to the book Duong Van Minh: The Last President of the Sai Gon Regime by author Nguyen Tran Thiet.