VietNamNet Bridge – Amateur Nguyen Duc Kien beat 13 other contestants in the 7-9 year-old category at the Thailand 6th Mozart International Piano Competition to win first prize.

VietNamNet Bridge – An 11-hectare centre for chemical trading will be built near Phong Phu Industrial Park in HCM City’s District 8 to replace Kim Bien Market, known as the “market of death” for its sale of toxic, and sometimes, banned chemicals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The touching Vietnamese folk song Nguoi Oi, Nguoi O Dung Ve has been performed for the first time ever by a group of diplomats from the Canadian Embassy in Viet Nam and famous singer Tung Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Globalisation and technology are transforming universities and colleges worldwide, leading to different approaches in research and education, including in Viet Nam,

 Vietnamese girls successfully defeated powerhouse South Korea 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the SMM 18th Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship yesterday in Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T jumped to the V. League’s second place after their 2-0 win over Dong Thap yesterday (July 29) in an early match of the round 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The UNESCO-recognised Cu Lao Cham Biosphere Reserve is located in Tan Hiep island commune, Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Escape Music Festival, one of the country’s biggest electronic music dance events, will be held in Vung Tau on August 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former football star Ha Bon diligently seeks souvenirs of Vietnamese and world football despite being almost 80 years old. In his small house in Nui Truc Street in Hanoi, which is popularly called ‘the football museum’,

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a former wetland in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta, Xeo Quyt was a revolutionary base in 1960-1975 during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).

To celebrate a century of Dada, an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, Ha Noi Doclab will bring a performance of video in the background to semi-improvised music, entitled Dada Live,

Experts have described increasing damming in the Mekong River in China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia as a major threat to water security in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, calling on the Government to take prompt measures to deal with the situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Architect Tran Ngoc Chinh, Chairman of Viet Nam Urban Planning and Development, spoke to the newspaper Kinh Te & Do thi about the need for tough policies in urban planning and management.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight photographers will showcase their best work at an upcoming Ha Noi Book Centre exhibition at No 4 Dinh Le Street, Hoan Kiem District.

VietNamNet Bridge – A joke about a customer going to a tattoo shop to get tattoos all over her body to clarify the various body parts has gone viral after a series of medical errors involving wrong-site surgeries have recently occurred in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 10,000 fans will participate in the Fun Beach Festival, a music festival, at East Sea Park in Da Nang from August 12 to 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 fans will be able to catch the final performance of 365, one of the best known boy band in Viet Nam, during their farewell tour in HCM City this weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The remnants of a royal garden of the Nguyen dynasty, located east of the Hue Imperial complex in the central city of Hue, are being excavated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to launch a pilot programme on using technology to control and trace the origin of pork in an effort to ensure consumer health and benefits.

VietNamNet Bridge – Relevant offices of Viet Nam and Laos are jointly investigating a large-scale po mu forest destruction ring, said an official from Quang Nam Province People’s Committee.