VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Binh Tay Beer Joint Stock Company has introduced Sagota-brand non-alcoholic beer on the domestic market to meet the demand of those wanting to drink beer without getting drunk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Railway Corporation will knock up to 50% off the fares for passengers buying tickets two months ahead of departure and increase stops of certain north-south trains from next month

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries and agencies and Hanoi authorities to seek every possible way to remove difficulties for the projects on building the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American rapper Antonius Maximus will showcase his three latest music videos and launch a tour of universities in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 500 guest workers still stranded in war-torn Libya will return to Vietnam in a couple of days under the Government’s recent directions after recent evacuations by charter flights

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy General Director of the Foreign Trade Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Thanh Hai spoke with the Vietnam Economic News about Vietnam’s participation in the ASEAN one door mechanism

VietNamNet Bridge – Aronian Levon (Elo 2805) was held to a draw by Le Quang Liem (elo 2710) in a historic game between Armenia and Vietnam at the ongoing Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, on August 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry organised in Hanoi on August 13 a training course on preventive measures against the deadly virus Ebola which is raging through West Africa for health workers in the north.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Republic of Korea will accelerate negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam, striving to sign the trade pact late this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hydrofoils on the HCM City to Vung Tau route are about to resume operation if they satisfy safety standards set by the Ministry of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While checking a speeding coach, police of Thanh Hoa Province discovered 11,400 aphrodisiac pills and a large number of fake cosmetic products.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Huynh Phuoc Tinh, 31, fled after being attacked by bees, but then tripped and fell and was stung by over 100 bees.

VietNamNet’s columnist Viet Lam talks with Prof. James Dale Bindenagel, former US Ambassador to Germany and Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, Deputy Director of the Institute for the East Sea Studies about China’s rise and Vietnam’s choices.

Recently a photo was posted on Facebook showing a boy crying and in a panic, with a bunch of fruit he is said to have stolen hung around his neck, raising public concern.

The US embassy has given US$40,000 to authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc to enable them to restore a traditional dinh (communal house) built nearly 300 years ago.

VFF bans Nam for three years following misconduct hearing; Minh opens World Championships bid against Howard Shu; Vietnamese men draw with Armenia at Chess Olympiad; VN youngsters beat Indonesia at Brunei football tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – The taxes and fees Vietnamese businesses have to bear are higher than those in other developing economies, thus weakening their competitiveness.

 President Sang welcomes Marxist theory scholars; NA Vice Chairwoman receives Timor Leste delegation; CPV, Hungarian political parties agree to foster ties; Vietnam, Laos exchange AIPA organisation experience

 Recent global political and crisis has changed the world order, especially with the emergence of China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea in Asia, said Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS).

 The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 will mark a milestone in international integration of its ten Southeast Asian member economies, including Vietnam.