Wall Street bounced back Thursday with the S&P and NASDAQ jumping over 4 percent, showing investors' relief over the improved European debt situation and the U.S. job market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Le Tinh and her group of American friends were thrilled to arrive at Phu Cuong Waterfall in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam does not have a policy of allowing Chinese investors in bauxite projects in the Central Highlands, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national frontier security the northern provinces was stable in the first half, Lt-Gen Tran Hoa said at a conference yesterday, Aug 11, in Lao Cai.

VietNamNet Bridge – More 220 households in Long Thanh District in southern Dong Nai Province were given pollution compensation money of about VND800 million (US$38,400) from the Taiwanese company Vedan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gold is really the big resources for the national economy. However, when the gold market becomes unstable, gold could be a hard pressure on the national economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-five Vietnamese have been selected to study in the US in the fall of 2012 under fellowships granted by the Viet Nam Education Fund (VEF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with voters in Tay Ho district, Hanoi on August 11 to report the results of the first session of the 13th National Assembly and listen to their opinions and concerns.

VietNamNet Bridge – Players from HCM City won four gold medals and four silver medals to finish first at the national Billiards & Snooker Championships that ended yesterday in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vam Sat mangrove forest is not very far from Ho Chi Minh City, and is considered as the “green lung” of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – The press has been given a clear road to operate, and it needs to continue the role of publicizing the Party and government’s guidelines, new Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Bac Son said

Tuoi Tre has found 190 out of the 312 so called “high-tech” Chinese workers at Nhan Co Aluminum Plant in Dak R'Lap District in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Nong have been employed without any document to prove their qualifications.

President wants flawless officials; Party General Secretary receives Lao ambassador; Congratulations to newly-elected leaders; Party leader receives out-going ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge - New policies on granting zero tax and favourable business conditions to State-run companies are discouraging private firms from taking part in a plan to replace petrol with energy-efficient fuel.

VietNamNet Bridge – While real estate developers have unceasingly called for help, some economists say it would be better to turn a deaf ears on the complaints, believing that the real estate developers are still “living well”.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday retreated from historical record, as some investors opted to book their profits following recent rallies.

Senior Lieutenant-general Nguyen Van Rinh, Chairman of the Association of Vietnamese AO/Dioxin Victims (VAVA), says that AO victims who were born in peace are preparing to sue American chemical firms.

VietNamNet Bridge - Software giant FPT has nearly reached its limit of foreign ownership following heavy buys of its shares by foreign investors over the past month.

According to Decree 68 which will take effect as of September 30, 2011, state officials who declare their personal assets dishonestly may be dismissed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Kim Hyun Joong, a Korean famous singer and movie star, was very cold meeting with the press and Vietnamese fans in HCM City in the morning of August 11.