Coastal areas to be hit by strong winds; Largest Vietnamese martyr cemetery website launched; 11 Filipinos arrested for gambling, cheating; Requiems for heroic martyrs and AO victims

VietNamNet Bridge – The best quality among existing rice seeds in the country should be chosen and developed to create a Vietnamese brand that is recognised in international markets.

Sean Hoare, a former reporter at News of the World who blew whistle about the newspaper's phone-hacking scandal, was found dead at home on Monday, according to Guardian reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Government should loosen credit policy or have support measures to help domestic enterprises survive in today's difficult economic environment, company leaders said at a seminar in HCM City late last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many local companies have taken administrative loopholes of the Government's policy on tax incentives to evade taxes, resulting in a huge loss for the State budget.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is to clean up its environmental act with a new tax on products ranging from plastic bags to pesticides.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange extended its winning streak into a 10th session on Monday, settling above 1,600 dollars per ounce, as concerns about the eurozone debt crisis

VietNamNet Bridge –One of Hue City's most endearing images is that of the beautiful girl wearing an ao dai (traditional robe) and a conical hat, singing folk songs while floating down the Huong (Perfume) River on a wooden rowing boat.

The United States and the People’s Republic of China are locked in a quiet but increasingly intense struggle for power and influence, not only in Asia, but around the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks still have not released the reports on the business performance in the first six months of the year. However, sources have said banks surely made fat profits during the period.

VietNamNet Bridge – Locals report that they have spotted two tigers on the loose in Dong Nai province (near Ho Chi Minh City) but while military officials maintain they are actually tigers, forest officials say they could be dogs.

VietNamNet Bridge – International Grand Master Le Quang Liem will compete in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Germany on July 21-31.

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VietNamNet Bridge – An alcohol production company shut down four years ago floods neighbouring homes with black smelly water every time it rains.

VietNamNet Bridge –PetroVietnam managed to bag two gold medals at the Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament, which ended in HCM City on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of photographs featuring Vietnamese landscapes is on display as part of an exhibition titled Dialogue with Geological Heritage at the Ha Noi Opera House until July 24.

Local residents and soldiers living in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago are expected to be mostly self-sufficient in food when a project launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is completed next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - For a long time, Hue has been famous for many beautiful and ancient landscapes, and one of them is the Perfume River. 

The issue of the East Sea again drew public attention last month. To complicate things, the conflict almost certainly will be a magnet for the involvement of the United States as a global power.

VietNamNet Bridge - Half of the more than 32 million ATM cards issued by banks in the country are not used, according to the Viet Nam Bank Cards Association (VBCA).