VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Hoang My, Vietnam’s representative at the Miss World 2012 beauty contest, has chosen evening gowns designed by HCM City’s fashion designer Le Thanh Hoa for the upcoming Miss World pageant.

Vocational high schools in HCM City are counselling students in choosing courses based on their skills and labour market needs, and persuading parents that they can send their children to these schools

Ad firms put a high hope on the development of 3G services, believing that the services bring them the golden opportunity to exploit the mobile market. However, the number of interested clients remains modest.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of market information, resulting in abundant production of some agriculture products in localities nationwide, recently has raised warnings over Viet Nam's management policies of foreign traders.

VietNamNet Bridge – A couple of painters – Nguyen Khoa Nhy and Ton Nu Tuong Hoa – have introduced their 33 paintings of the ancient capital city of Hue to HCM City’s art-lovers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the 13th Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and extended a message of greetings from the CPV Central Committee to the congress.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides developing public transportation, Hanoi will raise vehicle registration fees, gas taxes, parking fees and restrict newly-registered vehicles on an annual basis in order to curb private vehicles.

VietNamNet Bridge – A tea-set made from thousands of fresh lemons was recognized as a Vietnam record on July 14, in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two Vietnamese-Americans, Thuy Vu and Chau Nguyen, have recently become well-known women anchors for American television shows.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television (HTV), in co-operation with its partners, will broadcast a special live programme to mark the 65th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

Hanoi will develop six key tourism clusters around different features in and near the capital, according to the Hanoi Tourism Plan to 2020, with a vision to 2030 that was approved by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Council last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Duan of Eximbank HCM City won the first stage of the Return to Truong Son cycling race yesterday, July 15.

Badminton World Federation (BWF) is expecting new faces to challenge traditional powerhouses and new group stage format to shine at the coming London Olympic Games badminton competition starting in less than two weeks.

Food processing companies have accused sugar companies to restrict sales to push the prices up, insisting the Ministry of Industry and Trade to grant quotas to import sugar. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese students have been placed ninth in the final rankings of the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) after winning one gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Vinaphone has become the first mobile operator in Viet Nam to provide in-flight mobile-phone services on domestic and international air routes.

Members of the People's Council in HCM City criticised the city yesterday for wasting money by investing in the Quang Trung Software Park in District 12, saying the project has not been cost effective.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pani Yathotou has received in Vientiane a delegation from central Quang Ngai Province led by Deputy Permanent Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Minh Toan.

Finland is better off with a stable euro currency and the country remaining in the now 17-member single currency eurozone, local media quoted Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen as saying on Sunday.

This has been a tough year for Vietnamese mobile phone brands, with many having to suspend production or even close down, unable to compete with their international rivals and troubled by the continuing economic slump.