New York's Lincoln Center was crowded Monday with hundreds of fans who managed to grab a chance to view the premiere of the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two."

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents have been advised to use electric not mercury thermometers when taking their children's temperature or testing the heat of their babies' milk.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people begin to believe that sea snakes are “super-aphrodisiac”. As a result, the prices for this creature which has a strong poison have soared.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rising inflation and other economic difficulties are pervading the entire retail market.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that both parties should use the ongoing debt limit talks as an opportunity to do something meaningful for the long- term debt reduction.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Baseball Federation was established on Saturday, the first of its kind in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the Ministry of Information and Communication (MOIC) has stopped licensing online games in Vietnam since July 2010, unlicensed games have still been rife in the domestic market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi That won the second stage of the National Women's Open Cycling Tournament, An Giang Television Cup, yesterday, July 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – About sixty ha of forest were destroyed by forest fires that broke out in Quang Ngai, Thua Thien-Hue provinces and Da Nang City last Thursday and Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – An online resource centre has been launched in Vietnamese and English to provide information on the progress of community-based projects.

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U.S. federal government officially announced that it denied the medical use of marijuana.

Up to 700 books, documents and pictures of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the East Sea, particularly the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands are showcased at an exhibition which opened on July 8, in the central province of Quang Ngai.

VietNamNet Bridge – A meeting was held in Hanoi on July 11 to mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Philippines (July 12).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants to develop defence cooperative ties with Japan in an increasing practical manner, bringing benefits for the two countries.

Eurozone finance ministers met on Monday to thrash out a second bailout package to Greece amid concerns of spill-over of the debt crisis to Itlay, a much bigger economy in the single currency bloc.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Philippines has put the idea to China of trying to resolve disputes over the East Sea territory through United Nations arbitration, the foreign secretary said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The highest water levels of the year in northern rivers were forecast to appear in late July and August, reported the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

According to Professor Dr Bui Chi Buu, Director of the Southern Institute for Agricultural Science and Technique, the fact that Chinese businessmen have been scrambling for farm produce in Vietnam should not be seen as good news.

VietNamNet Bridge – A rich man offered $350,000 for five ancient fig trees in the central province of Nghe An; but the tree master did not sell.