One day before the university entrance exams, thousands of people flocked to Hanoi’s Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) to burn incense and to touch heads of stone turtles to wish for luck. The university entrance exams 2011 began on July 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Service providers and consumers will have to re-sign the service contracts, since the Consumer Right Protection Law, with many new articles beneficial to consumers, has taken effect since July 1, 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of thousands of students and their parents from various provinces arrived in Hanoi and HCM City on the afternoon of July 1, to prepare for the university entrance exams, which began on July 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - The country’s focal task in the second half of 2011 is to continue synchronously implementing measures to curb inflation, stabilise the macro economy and ensure social welfares.  

VietNamNet Bridge - The long-awaited wind power project price incentives appear to be a load of hot air.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese timber and wood product exporters will have to develop an elaborate system to ensure the legality of materials used to avoid the risk of losing their footholds in key markets like the US and the EU.

Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic clinched her first Grand Slam title after defeating Russian Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has witnessed a gloomy macroeconomic picture in the first six months of the year, apart from industrial production value that posted stronger growth than the same period last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese teams taking part in the Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Asia 2011have said they are confident of bettering Viet Nam's current record of having a vehicle travel 252km on one litre of fuel.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the prolonged dull property market in Ho Chi Minh City, sales of property in provinces adjacent to the southern hub remain booming, says an official from a property company. 

VietNamNet Bridge –Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded third for the coming YONEX-OCBC US Open Grand Prix Gold Championships, to be held at the Orange County Badminton Club, California, USA.

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of transport infrastructure projects managed by the Ministry of Transport have received rapid-fire investment registrations from both domestic and foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thach Kim Tuan brought home one silver and two bronze medals from the World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Penang, Malaysia, on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Intel Vietnam Co., Ltd, based in the Ho Chi Minh City Hi-tech Park (SHTP) is actively looking for domestic material suppliers to ease its dependence on imported materials.

VietNamNet Bridge - The specter of a China with rising influence in the world has long provoked anxiety here in America.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC Tourism Association has established the Vietnam Yacht Club in HCMC, whose first activities are aimed at helping with the development of river tourism in the city, the association’s chairman said.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for Congress to reach a deal on the country's debt limit to invest in the future and avoid an unprecedented default.

VietNamNet Bridge – When the night comes, hundreds of girls put on sexy clothes to show off their bodies at red-light cafes on many roads in Hanoi’s suburban districts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Quiao Yu Chuan will select the best setter for the national women's volleyball team taking part in the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup in September, just two months before the Southeast Asian Games kicks off

VietNamNet Bridge – After two months of probation, the Brazilian coach of the Vietnam national men’s volleyball squad – Augusto Sabbatini – has to return home for failing to meet the team’s requirement.