While domestic businesses are getting exhausted because of too many big difficulties, foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) still keep optimistic about their business performance.

Being built over two years ago, but Phu Huu port in HCM City, is deserted. There is no ship landing at the port because of the lack of a passage. The port owner has to spend nearly VND40 billion (US$2 million) for maintaining the port.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the table, the fish dish was decorated sophisticatedly and lively. The fish body was fried but the fish head was still alive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Users of cell phones at petrol stations will be fined up to VND5 million (US$240) under a new regulation that will take effect on August 5.

Tens of thousands of students who will be travelling to Ha Noi for their first year at university next month are likely to be left searching for accommodation because the construction of two dormitory buildings has fallen behind schedule.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to increase the number of people using mobile phone services to 90 percent of its population by 2015 and 95 percent by 2020.

 Exhibition features border, island sovereignty; Vietnamese photographer wins fashion contest prize; Efforts to modernize ethnic houses frowned on

 Word on the street is that actors Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker will soon be back on the screen as the mismatched cops in "Rush Hour 4".

The five percent electricity price increase has pushed the input costs of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) up by 5-10 percent.

 U.S. space agency NASA on Tuesday confirmed its most advanced planetary rover, Curiosity will land on the Martian surface at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) on Aug. 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from Times Square, New York City.

 Finland funds climate change mitigation project in Quang Tri; Truck strikes bus stop, leaving one dead; Frenchman robs $150 camera in HCMC, sentenced; Cities told to crack down on medical advertising

 Foreign investors will be able to own up to 100 per cent of a domestic securities company under a new decree issued by the Government.

The number of Vietnamese people traveling to China recently has dropped sharply because of the economic downturn and the tensions on the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation parks of Phu Quoc, Tam Dao and Bach Ma are listed as the wildest places in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City customs officers seized a container of elephant tusks at ICD Phuoc Long Port in HCM City. The container contains 158 tusks, weighing nearly 2.5 tons, worth around VND100 billion ($5 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese representative at the 2012 Miss World pageant is very hot in colorful swimsuits. My and other contestants took photos and were filmed in swimsuits on July 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese tourists to China has fallen by 20-30 percent in June-July because of economic recession and the tension in the East Sea, travel firms said.

 South African Chad le Clos won the gold medal, but so did Michael Phelps, who also made Olympic history in the Aquatic Center at the London Olympic Games on Tuesday night.

 The Department of Planning and Architecture in HCMC reported that city leaders were working on a detailed plan to extend the city center area towards the Saigon River, and incorporate more area from other districts.

 Collisions of Clamor and Calm, the gallery’s summer group exhibition of works by Do Hoang Tuong, Nguyen Manh Hung, Tran Van Thao, Lien Truong and The Propeller Group is opening at the Galerie Quynh with some amazing works on show.