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.

PM sends sympathies to Laos; VN, Palestine boost ties; Cambodian military visits; Cambodian military visits; News agency links up with Venezuela group

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

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).

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 – 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.

VietNamNet Bridge – Learning to talk is now in fashion among teenagers in big cities and university students, who believe that they need to be “equipped with soft skills” to prepare for their future.

Sacombank allocates $1.45 mln subsidized loans wrongly; Petrovietnam units sign $1.2 bln coal-power plant deals; Experts skeptical about fuel wholesalers’ loss; Companies told: Invest in technology; EVN unit speeds up work on Lao, Cambodian dams

Top seed Roberta Vinci survived a second set scare to beat Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the final of the 200,000 U.S. dollars Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix women's tennis tournament on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five musicians and two scriptwriters have petitioned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for reconsidering the list of nominees for the Ho Chi Minh Awards and the State Awards on music and movies.

New chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said Sunday that there would be "real nasty consequences" for global economy if the United States defaulted on its financial obligations.

A massive explosion early wrecked a naval base on the south coast of Cyprus Monday morning, with unconfirmed reports that said at least 40 people are dead.

The shorthanded United States stunned Brazil on Sunday with Abby Wambach's late 2-2 equalizer in the last seconds of extra time and advanced to semifinals of FIFA Women's World Cup with 5-3 on penalties.

Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday that 55 bodies have been salvaged from the wreck of a cruise ship that sank in Volga river Sunday.