After releasing the inauguration speech on the afternoon of July 25, President Truong Tan Sang talked with the media about sea and island sovereignty, combating corruption and combining the Party Secretary General title and the Presidency.

The Philippines will go ahead with oil exploration in the East Sea, challenging last week's regional agreement with China aimed at lowering tensions over the disputed waters, Foreign Minister Albert F. del Rosario said.

Farmers need more capital to maintain production and boost exports. However, bankers do not intend to pour money into the industry.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors worried the stalemate in the debt ceiling talks may lead to an actual default of U.S. debt.

VietNamNet Bridge - It was seaports once, dams and golf courses next, and now, it seems, airports.

The Oslo Tinhaus, the district court, opened on Monday the first hearing on the suspect of Friday's twin attacks, extending his custody for an additional eight weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge - After being inspected, most of these enterprises, which had been reporting losses, released financial reports which showed profits.

The government will maintain the cautious and tight monetary policy in the second half of 2011 to rein in inflation, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed at a regular cabinet meeting on July 24.

Vietnamese parents now have three choices for their children’s education – state owned schools, private schools and international schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - SaigonBus Company will start commissioning 21 more buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) in the middle of next month in response to HCMC’s air pollution control drive, said the city’s Department of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge –South Korean specialists will help restore bac chung (big brass bell) and dac khanh (big stone gong) musical instruments associated with nha nhac (Vietnamese royal music),

It's a win-or-lose fight between the world's first able-bodied avenger and a boy wizard as the summer's latest superhero film "Captain America: The First Avenger" debuted as the No.1 across North American theaters

VietNamNet Bridge - With pork prices skyrocketing, housewives are being encouraged to replace the meat with chicken to economise.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dak Lak People's Committee has set up a management unit to protect one of the two or three communities of yew-trees in Viet Nam facing risk of extinction.

Court sentences 2 men to death for murder; Project to help ex-addicts with HIV; Father, son arrested for faking diplomas, seals; One dies in Ha Tinh bus accident

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to curb cross-border smuggling by applying strict controls on the transport and sale of petrol in border areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Ly was escorted back to prison yesterday to continue serving his sentence under the March 30, 2007 verdict of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial People's Court.

A Norwegian court on Monday ordered eight weeks of detention for 32-year-old Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik charged for killing more than 90 people in Friday's bombing and shooting rampage, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Culture lovers can look forward to eight unique, modern and innovative cultural projects with an emphasis on a variety of subjects such as visual art, traditional and modern music,

VietNamNet Bridge – The children's book market in Viet Nam has grown quickly, giving kids the chance to enjoy a wide range of titles from around the world, but this rapid expansion has become problematic for publishing houses.