President extends condolences to Russia; Vietnam, Chile boost parliamentary cooperation; Vietnam, Cambodia enhance transport cooperation; VN, Chile legislative bodies seek to enhance ties

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign companies have arrived in Vietnam to explore the market and seek to buy the stakes of domestic postal service companies in the last half a year, since the day Vietnam fully opened its market to foreigners.

Extreme heat that has been baking much of U.S. Midwest and East Coast has relented on Monday, with rain and cooler temperatures reported in those parts of the country, while reports indicated the death toll of the heat wave has climbed to 74.

VietNamNet Bridge – A bus with nearly 50 Vietnamese tourists was overturned on its way from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh of Cambodia on July 7, causing one death and nine injuries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh joined delegates from the nine other ASEAN member countries at the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 9.

A bill requiring safety belts and stronger seating systems on bus proposed by a Vietnamese-American woman passed the US Senate and House on June 29 and is due to be signed by President Obama into law on July 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 8 to see off the Vietnamese sports delegation to Olympic London 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of international experts will arrive in Vietnam on July 11 to help the country create a tourism marketing strategy and an action plan for tourism development in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mobile phone imports in the first six months of 2012 were 23 percent lower than that of the same period of the last year, which has been explained by the low demand in the economic crisis.

Online retail giant Amazon. com is developing a smartphone in an attempt to further crack the fiercely competitive market of mobile devices, U.S media reported Friday.

The visiting international envoy Kofi Annan said Monday he has concluded an approach with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad regarding ending the violence, adding that the approach will be also shared with the armed opposition.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of steel enterprises have died actually, though none of them has declared bankruptcy.

The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Central Bank Governor, the Chief Government Inspector and the Chief Judge of the People’s Supreme Court will be interpellated at the National Assembly session in August.

VietNamNet Bridge – Disable, poor, unlucky students still try to attend the university entrance exams. The most valuable thing they bring with themselves to the exam rooms is the extraordinary courage.

Nokia says good-bye to local distributor; First foreign deal in pharma sector; First green hydro-power plant opens; Government to establish Department of Real Estate;Can Tho refinery reaches end game

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to reach US$10 billion by the end of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Quang Tri hosts ‘National Traditional Boat Race 2012’; Book about Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu published; Nestle runs healthy life photo contest

450-kg bomb found in Ha Tinh; Agency suspends program to send workers to Portugal; Slaughterhouses fail on hygiene standards; Violent wood poachers identified by police

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have expressed their concern on the announcement that local pop singer Dam Vinh Hung will release 500 real butterflies during a performance at his concert this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan has asked Thanh Hoa authorities to explain about the news that one commune in this province has up to 500 civil servants.