VietNamNet Bridge - Incidents and confrontations at sea pose a major challenge to peace and security in Indo-Pacific Asia.

Both state owned and private run nursery schools are seriously lacking teachers, which has forced them to hurry to look for teachers, “laying out the red carpet” to welcome teaching staff.

Serena Williams won the Toronto WTA title, her first back-to-back in three years, on Sunday by beating Samantha Stosur from Australia 6-4, 6-2, paving her way to play US Open, which starts in two weeks' time.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Posts and Communications Group (VNPT) is in desperate need of $350 million to invest in its Vinasat-2 satellite project.

In only three months, up to 15 new telepathic centers that seek lost remains of martyrs were established in Nghe An province in central Vietnam. The local authorities also record 13 cases of mental illness after seeking lost tombs by this method.

China successfully launched a maritime satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time.

VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of foreigners coming to work in Viet Nam has forced the Government to give more favourable conditions to highly qualified foreigners and minimise the use of manual workers.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh said setting up a perfect legal framework to effectively manage the gold market, and stabilizing the VND are the key goals of the monetary policies for the immediate time and long term as well.

Japan helps modernise obstetrics hospital; Bac Ninh brings love duet songs to schools; Insurance officials arrested for embezzlement; Passengers aged over 60 enjoy discounts

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese seafood exporters now on the tenterhooks, because more and more European and American importers ask for lower prices or give up the contracts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The short-term projected shrimp hatchery areas in Quang Nam province have encroached on the roads, damaged the forests and polluted the environment.

Wall Street rallied on Monday, helping erasing all losses after the Standard & Poor's downgrade on the U.S. rating, as investors were hunting bargains after a roller-coaster week.

Global food prices at near record high levels in tandem with continued volatility put the poorest people in the developing world on the edge, the World Bank said on Monday.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange recovered on Monday, as weaker- than-expected U.S. economic data and declines in the greenback lured investors back to the gold market.

VietNamNet Bridge - After Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Airlines, the privately-owned Air Mekong has entered the discount ticket race.

VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien yesterday, Aug 15, asked local officials to further strengthen measures to curb the spread of Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD) in HCM City and neighbouring provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Potentials in trade and investment co-operation between Viet Nam and Germany remain strong, which means both sides should further pursue these areas, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told outgoing German Ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security in the coming time will work harder for stronger national security and public order, minister Tran Dai Quang told press agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's sovereign debt rose to US$32.5 billion in 2010, an increase of 16.7 per cent from the end of 2009, according to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Finance last week.

Party leader Trong encourages intellectual development progress; Leaders congratulated; Army stands by Laos; HCM City, Vientiane boost cooperation