VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Writers' Association will launch a translation centre next month to help promote Vietnamese literature abroad, according to the association's chairman Huu Thinh.

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is considering promulgating the standards for software association, requesting software developers to cooperate to make the plan on exchanging e-documents among state agencies realistic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste are discharged into the environment daily in HCM City because of a shortage of treatment facilities as well as lax management, according to city authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A biennial competition that shows off the talent and skills of the DJs in the country – the Viet Nam Digital DJ Battle 2012 – will take place at the Windsor Plaza Hotel from August 15 to September 8.

 The International Labor Organization (ILO) warned on Friday that cutting wages in a bid to boost competitiveness and cut unemployment may turn out to hurt economic growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After three years of touring Europe, My Village circus show returned to Hanoi on August 10, to charm hundreds of audience people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Having private aircraft, possessing islands, traveling in a Rolls & Royce, owning yachts and attracting the media like the portraits of the showbiz world – this is the common portrait of the Vietnamese millionaires.

Despite the economic recession, securities companies still could earn big money in the first six months of 2012, thanks to the upward trend of the market and the stable income from brokerage fees.

 Those who are visiting Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh must make plans to come to the nearby Eo Gio for a number of reasons.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 milky flowers trees in the coastal city of Nha Trang will be chopped down in September, to be replaced by flamboyant, a local official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is calling for the issuance of land use rights and home ownership certificates to be sped up nationwide and the process of granting certificates to be completed by next year.

Raw meat sold in 8 hrs rule comes under scrutiny; Less capital means more Chinese-sourced power; Dung Quat suspension causes huge fuel shortage; HCM City to build export support centre

 The Prime Minister has asked State commercial banks to reduce interest rates on loans for farmers in the livestock and fisheries sector while also giving them more time to pay back debts.

A patient from the central province of Phu Yen recently died at the HCM City Tropical Hospital for having parasites in his head, Dr. Dinh Nguyen Huy Man, head of the hospital’s testing ward, told VietNamNet on August 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's depleting forests, put to the sword by illegal logging, encroachment, mining and hydropower projects as well as bad management, have been struggling of late with yet another threat – the agriculture sector,

 HCMC association promotes Vietnam-Japan friendship; An Giang police seize smuggled cigarettes; Lawyer injured in acid attack, says cop did it; HCM City targets school zone traffic jams

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Ai Tran, from the southern province of Ca Mau, is only three years old but she looks like a 60-year-old woman.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty girls were selected for the 2012 Miss Vietnam finale in the qualifier round of the northern region last week.

Senior fashion designer Minh Hanh is the only one Vietnamese designer who is invited to attend the international garment and textile festival of the “Les Métamorphoses” exhibition at French museum of Bargoin from September 12 to 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese xiangqi (Chinese chess) players are competing with rivals from 143 countries around the world at the second World Mind Sports Games in France.