VietNamNet Bridge – Higher demand for food including pork and rice will be met with increased supply in the second half of the year, two government ministries affirmed yesterday, Aug 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Government to allocate more funds to 16 flood-control and irrigation projects due for completion in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Government should restrain the import of luxury goods to help curb the nation's trade deficit, economists said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite rainy weather, cyclists continued to pedal along the second stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tour – An Giang Plant Protection Cup, and yesterday, Aug 15, the win went to Nguyen Truong Tai of Domesco Dong Thap.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Song of the Month award went to Con Sau (The Caterpillar) composed by Duong Duc Tam in August's Bai Hat Viet (Vietnamese Song) programme.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former Dong Thap player Samsung Kayode has signed a contract with Spanish Atletico Madrid, one of the most successful clubs in La Liga.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese circus performers achieved great success at the 2011 International Summer Circus Festival (Circuba 2011) which concluded in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to increase connection fees for calls made from mobiles to landline telephones, from VND270 per minute to VND415 per minute as of October 1.

Delays in developing tourism projects in central Thua Thien-Hue province have been prolonged for so many years that the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) proposed some of them be scrapped. VIR takes a closer look at the state of play.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese exporters have been urged to seek to increase their profits by approaching the distributors in the export markets, instead of simply doing the outsourcing for foreign partners.

Major banks unable to lend; SBV - the only agency allowed to export gold; Mekong delta rice warehouse to be completed in 2013; Exporters plagued by container thefts; Japan eyes Vietnam’s supporting industry    

Hacker group Anonymous hacked San Francisco's BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) website today, calling for a protest today, Aug 15, at the Civic Center station, according to media reports on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Diplomatic activities in Bali, Indonesia in late July 2011; particularly the late-approved guidance for the implementation of the DOC, have helped cool down tension in the East Sea. However, but it is not enough.

U.S. President Barack Obama left here Monday for a three-day bus tour through the Midwest to discuss ways of economic growth, as his approval rating hit all-time low in a new poll.

Famous dancers to perform “Lotus” dance; Vietnam finishes 3D animated movie on General Giap; Israeli Jazz artist to perform in Hanoi; Opportunity for Vietnamese artists to find aid from UK fund; Literature from 1930s on display    

U.S. rock band the Go-Go's was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at a ceremony Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Banks have restarted the interest rate race after a short period of interruption. However, analysts say the interest rate increases are not overly high.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of admirable and surprising achievements were made in the last 2011 university enrolment season, which shows the great talents and intelligence of Vietnamese people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pagodas in Hanoi and HCM City were densely crowded in the Buddhist festival of Vu Lan, August 14 (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month).

Four 1m Buddha statues which are made by sapphire and inlaid with gold and artificial diamonds attracted thousands of visitors to the Sung Duc pagoda in HCM City during the Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan on August 13.