The Huffington Post website has named Vietnam as a top five tourist budget destination, which can be visited for less than US$50 per day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a 13-day training course in the US, the deputy director of the Can Tho City Department of Foreign Affairs’ International Relations and Cooperation Division has not returned home and says he is studying in the US.

The Chinese are using "the trick of puns" to "trap" Vietnam by saying that their operations in the Paracels took place within the territorial waters and the contiguous zone of this archipelago, says the former head of the National Border Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HSI, WildAct Vietnam and the Hanoi Education and Training Department recently organized an event called Rhino Art Vietnam to raise awareness about rhino conservation and reducing rhino horn consumption.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry has promulgated a document warning agencies and individuals not to exhibit or use symbols or objects unsuited to Vietnamese customs and culture.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is turning into a promising market for local and foreign vendors offering solutions and terminal devices thanks to a national plan to digitalise television that came active this year.

 The first four genetically-modified (GM) maize varieties have been licensed for both human consumption and as animal feed in Vietnam.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has confirmed an incident on August 7 as two planes of Vietnam Airline and Vietjet Air came so close they barely missed each other. Accordingly, two pilots of Vietnam Airlines have their licenses withdrawn.

298 Vietnamese members register for ASIAD; Hoang Anh Gia Lai fire Korean coach; Tien Minh drops ten notches in world badminton rankings; Can Tho return to V-League; VN youth to play Cambodia

 Hai Phong ended their title drought yesterday after winning the National Cup trophy, beating V-League champions Becamex Binh Duong 2-0 in the final match on their home turf.

 Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien of Viet Nam yesterday won a gold medal at the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing City, China.

 Two foreign tourists are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Saturday.

Authorities in central Ha Tinh Province need VND2.3 trillion (US$110 million) to prevent 117 leaking and otherwise rundown reservoirs from flooding in the rainy season.

 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said four-way talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine had been difficult, but they had made progress.

The recent tryouts for the upcoming Dep Fashion Runway 3, which were held at the Royal City Mall in Hanoi, attracted a large number of young Vietnamese and foreign models.

 A fishing boat of Quang Ngai province has been chased after and seriously damaged by a Chinese vessel at Vietnam’s traditional fishing ground near the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

 Comvik, a leading prepaid mobile phone operator in Sweden, has showed a keen interest in the Vietnamese telecom market, especially in buying shares of MobiFone.

 Vietnam will host an ASEAN Sea Forum and an ASEAN Sea Forum Plus in late August and invite relevant countries regardless ASEAN or non-ASEAN nations to take part, said Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Hai Binh.

Having weathered every war, Vietnam will never accept any compromise over peace, and a country that uses its military power to coercively pressure another will eventually pay a precipitous price, says Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Here are the five places where tourists can admire the stunning cloud-covered scenery.