Vietnam has for the first time scored a victory against a lawsuit directed towards its global exports on the evasion of anti-dumping taxes, according to the Vietnam Competition Administration (VCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A guitar club in Hanoi gathers for street performances every Sunday afternoon at Ly Thai To Flower Garden, besides Hoan Kiem Lake, where local passers-by have chance to enjoy or even join in the melodious atmosphere.

Severe clashes broke out Sunday afternoon and overnight in a number of southern neighborhoods of the capital Damascus, mostly in the neighborhood of Tadamun, in what witnesses said the fiercest fighting to have occurred in the capital

VietNamNet Bridge – In the July session, which opens today, July 16, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will discuss the plan to establish the fishery management force.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to send Vietnamese workers back to Libya.

Automobile manufacturers believe that despite the great advantages, electric cars would not be favored in Vietnam in the near future.

The plan by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to collect fees to reduce the number of personal vehicles in circulation has not been legalized yet. However, automobile joint ventures have suffered from the plan.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 15 hosted separate receptions for Japanese Foreign Minister Gemba Koichiro, who is in Hanoi for the fourth session of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee.

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Japan's Waseda University and the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre have completed work on a scaled down replica of Hue Citadel's Can Chanh Palace.

Miss Vietnam 2010 runner-up Vu Hoang My has completed her 1’30’’ video clip to be presented at the upcoming Miss World Pageant in China.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is set to hold ministerial-level talks with Vietnam over a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) soon, said the RoK Trade Ministry on July 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung has made a fact-finding tour of Ibaraki and other prefectures in northeastern Japan to promote cooperation between Vietnam and these localities.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft with a crew of three astronauts blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Sunday morning for a four-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS).

F-1, the satellite manufactured by FPT, and four other small satellites have been carried to Tanegashima, the launching pad in the southern Japan, before it is launched into the orbit on July 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses stopped their operation, but they could not declare the bankruptcy because of the administrative procedures barriers.

Anyone who visits Bac Lieu Town in Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu would like to stop over at the locally famous House of Bac Lieu Dude (now Bac Lieu Dude Hotel) either for an overnight stay or a quick look.

South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma surged strong in the tight race for the African Union Commission Presidency, clinching 37 votes against Jean Ping of Gabon, the incumbent's 14 votes to emerge winner of the seat.

Students of general schools in Hanoi would have to pay the tuitions of 20,000-40,000 dong a month, which are just equal to 50 percent of the previous rates. However, this has raised the worry that state owned schools would become overloaded.

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