Host Colombia will dispatch 55,000 police to guarantee the security of the forthcoming FIFA U-20 World Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge – San Diu ethnic paintings, meant for worship and found in the mountainous northern province of Tuyen Quang, owe much of their survival to local collectors.

VietNamNet Bridge - General Electric has gained a contract with domestic partner for providing its wind turbines in Vietnam, setting a milestone for the firm to penetrate into renewable power industry in this Southeast Asian country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send four representatives to compete at the 2011 World Swimming Championship in Shanghai, which begins today, July 16, and ends on July 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – The high growth rates in overseas remittance volume reported by commercial banks show that kieu hoi is returning after a period of decline due to the global economic crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – The draft review report on elections for the 13th National Assembly (NA) and local People's Councils showed that voting proceeded legitimately and democratically.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite not winning the penultimate stage of the National Women's Open Cycling Tournament - the An Giang Television Cup, veteran Phan Thi Thuy Trang from the An Giang Plant Protection team retained the yellow jersey on July 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Quan of Ha Noi won gold medal and set a new record in the boys' 100m surface (diving with a snorkel) with a time of 38.64 seconds at the National Youth Finswimming Championship in Da Nang yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Guitarist twins Phuong Thu and Phuong Thao will mark their comeback to the music scene with a concert at HCM City's Phu Nhuan Culture Centre next week.

“Tales in the City – Community Voices”; Idol Music Event 2011 in Vietnam; Chamber Music and Ballet Suite “Monsoons”; Painting exhibition “Miscellaneousness”; The Project: Graffiti in the Alley; Music Night of Pham Duy

The lower house of Italy's parliament on Friday approved a austerity budget worth over 70 billion euros (about 98 billion U.S. dollars) aimed at securing public finances and reassuring global markets on the country's financial solidity.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th century witnessed the rise of two trading ports: Pho Hien in the northern region, or Dang Ngoai, and Hoi An in central region, or Dang Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge - China has insisted that the East Sea territorial dispute must be dealt with bilaterally amid the push for multilateral solutions by Southeast Asian officials who will convene in a regional forum this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Clothes are air everywhere, electric wires interlace, walls are cracked and mossy… Old apartment blocks make HCM City untidy.

Phillip Noyce to judge film contest in Vietnam; Hanoi museum puts on city life exhibition; Art programme to honour war invalids and revolutionary martyrs; Vietnam wins second prize at the Int’l Mozart Competition in Thailand 

VietNamNet Bridge - Small tour operators are peeved that airline companies are not co-operating with them by offering discounted tickets and allowing bulk bookings where the names of passengers can be filled in later.

France helps build major waste factory; War-time bomb uncovered in Vietnam kindergarten; Health inspection teams to contain epidemics; Sex-for-grade teacher ‘mismanages phone’: board; Heavy rains lash North Vietnam 

VietNamNet Bridge - A sludge treatment project worth VND500 billion in HCMC’s Binh Chanh District hasn’t even started almost 10 years on, due to slow site clearance and an incomplete 1/2000 land plan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty patriotic personalities and intellectuals on July 13, sent a petition on defending and developing the country in the current situation to the National Assembly and the Politburo.

VietNamNet Bridge - Germany has raised the possibility of exporting nuclear technology for the first time after deciding a total exit from atomic power by 2022.