Japan’s women’s volleyball team defeated North Korea 3-1 in Saturday’s final to retain the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament (VTV-Eximbank Cup 2012), while the Vietnamese girls lost 3-2 to South Korea to finish fourth. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty years ago, when Nguyen Quang Lap's play Mua Ha Cay Dang (Bitter Summer) was performed for the first time, it immediately achieved critical acclaim and popular recognition.

Although Heroic Mother Tran Thi Xua of Ben Tre Province lost her only son to the American war, she is never alone, having been supported by local organisations since that time, and honoured each year on War Invalids and Martyrs Day

VietNamNet Bridge – Both judges and the audience were touched by the performance of Le Tran Nhat Tien, a 9-year-old boy from the central province of Ha Tinh, in a show of the Do Re Mi television singing contest for kids on July 22.

While state-owned studios vacillate over a long duration in making a movie, private producers are much more aggressive in completing their projects.

Several reservoirs in the central region were built many years ago and are now in a badly downgraded condition and highly unsafe during the storm season, as they may burst at any time.

Vietnam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem, ended up in fourth place with a total of three points at the 2012 ACP Golden Chess Classic in the Netherlands, which officially wrapped up July 22.

Lionel Messi’s former trainer, Arseni, and two of his colleagues Xavier and Oscar from Barcelona FC have arrived in Vietnam for the Qatar Aspire Academy’s ‘2012 Football Dreams’programme.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant was not among the top faces of the Top Model Fashion competition at the Miss World 2012 beauty contest. However, she did well in the interview.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of in Thua Thien-Hue Province resumed its operation from 4.40pm on July 24, after over one day being closed because of a gayal.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese sailors who were seized by Somali pirates arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport at 3pm yesterday. All of them burst into tears at the airport.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the draw result on July 23, Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is in group D, with Parupalli Kashyap of India and Yuhan Tan of Belgium.

VietNamNet Bridge – The East Sea (including the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos) were carved on nine bronze censers in the early 19th century, confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands and waters.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Malaysian contestant Lee Yvonne wrote on her Facebook that she was lucky to be a roommate with the Vietnamese girl – Hoang My.

As Chinese goods have been “boycotted” by Vietnamese consumers for fear about the products’ safety, Thai goods have been penetrating the Vietnamese market.

Moody's Investors Service late Monday lowered its outlook on top-rated Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to negative from stable, citing increasing uncertainties about the euro debt crisis as a whole.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of paintings by a Hue artist is expected to offer HCM City art-lovers a new insight into lacquer works.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese crew who had been held by Somali pirates for more than 18 months are expected to return home on the afternoon of July 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fencer Nguyen Tien Nhat will know on Friday if he is to face one or two of the Olympic Games strongest fencing competitors in the first round in London.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical Storm Vicente is likely to hit China’s Guangdong Province this morning and then weaken into a depression, but will bring heavy rains to Northern Vietnam, said the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center.