VietNamNet Bridge – China’s recent acts in the East Sea have created three unexpected outcomes for Beijing: its playing card was unmasked, other countries have been awakened and the international community has heightened vigilance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The life of soldiers and residents in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago is changing day by day, with phone service, modern clinics and pagodas.

US levies anti-dumping tax on VN wind towers;  PVN introduces oil, gas projects to Japanese investors; Fishermen celebrate bigger catches this year; Cash-strapped firms get tax relief

 VietNamNet Bridge – The well-known fashion designer has introduced his latest collection, using lace and cotton as main materials, with tropical colors.

 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, loaded with the most-sophisticated instruments ever used to explore another world, touched down on the Red Planet early Monday morning, on a quest for signs of whether the Red Planet has evidence of past

Real Phu Quoc fish sauce products have gradually disappeared from the market, and even from its homeland. They have been retailed only to travelers, who still love the traditional product.

 Art performance highlights Vietnam-Cambodia friendship; Vietnam promotes culture at Berlin Beer Festival; Exhibit spotlights Malay weddings;  Thousand-year-old tower discovered

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors in the southern province of Dong Nai have fined 70 companies a total of VND700 million (US$35,000) for illegal mineral and sand exploitation that has contributed to pollution in the area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The top chess players of Vietnam will be sent to the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey from August 27 to September 10.

 Blaze destroys shoe company in Ninh Binh; HCM City marks 51st anniversary of AO/Dioxin Disaster; Medical team to treat poor in Laos; Tiny tots learn about school sanitation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Art Agency has made public the list of songs written before 1975 that are allowed for circulation in Vietnam on its website.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The management of car parks at tourist attractions in the ancient city of Hue has seemed rather casual, as busses are charged different fee rates at different car parks, without receipts issued in the right manner.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Asia Record Organization (ARO) on August 1 recognized 10 Vietnamese dishes for their gastronomic importance to the region at Faridabad, India. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 200 members of the community of homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals and heterosexuals participated in a bicycle parade in Hanoi in the morning of August 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Minh, who won third prize at the Northwest Guitar Festival 21 in the US, will return to Vietnam to participate in “Back to Basics”, an event for guitar lovers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Malaysian citizens bought jewelry worth nearly VND200 million ($10,000) in Da Nang city before they were arrested.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After implementing the closed-door policy for a long period of time, China has begun to compete with other countries and raise big claims in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lai Huong Thao, 21, from the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh became Miss Sports 2012 at the final competition on August 5 in Da Nang city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many documents dated back to the 18th and early 20th centuries, which are published in the Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) Yearbook, demonstrate Vietnam’s uninterrupted management over this archipelago.

 Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday cut the ratings for 15 Italian banks, citing a potentially deeper and more prolonged recession in Italy than originally anticipated.