According to Government Decree 86/2013/ND-CP issued on July 29, trade in prize-winning video games for foreigners is a conditional business activity and subject to strict control of competent state agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-three people, almost all of them officials, are on trial for wrongdoing related to land management in Long Xuyen City in the Mekong Delta.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on August 20 sentenced Farid Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian, to 16 years in prison for his involvement in a cross-border human trafficking case.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Court yesterday (August 20) sentenced 31-year-old Thai woman Chaimongkol Suracha to death for drug trafficking.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese swimming star Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has won a silver medal at the Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China, after finishing second in the girl's 100m backstroke event.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A large fire at a factory in HCM City's Tan Tao Industrial Park has been successfully stamped out after firefighters spent five hours tackling the blaze.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The V-League football club Xuan Thanh Sai Gon has shocked Vietnamese football by refusing to play the two remaining games in the V-League 2013 season, insisting that it has been treated unfairly by the sport's governing body.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies of Viet Nam's National Assembly (NA) yesterday (Aug 20) grilled several government ministers during an online Question and Answer session as part of the Standing Committee's 20th session.

 Human activity is almost certainly the cause of climate change and global sea levels could rise by several feet by the end of the century, according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report leaked to media.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 71 endemic Vietnamese pond turtles bred in Europe were brought home to the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park on August 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Each day thousands of visitors are visiting Vietnam. However, they all seem to flock together, walking exactly the same streets and visiting similar restaurants. How come?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem’s excellent performance held the Chess World Cup defending champion, Peter Svidler from Russia, to a draw in the first leg match of the tournament’s fourth round on August 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen sea-environment observing stations are expected to be built and 13 existing oceanographic-meteorological stations improved during 2013-50 under a project

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Agency has asked the organizers of the Vietnam's Next Top Model 2013 to explain about the participation of transgender contestants, which is a violation to the contest’s rules.

Twenty eight of industries/branches have entered the draft list of the industries which have high competitive edges and need preferential policies to develop. A lot of professional associations have responded that the listing is unreasonable.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The man who was reportedly told to leave Saudi Arabia for being ‘too handsome’ and made countless Vietnamese girls sobbing will be in Ho Chi Minh City in mid-September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Thureign Augn was introduced by PTT Thailand as a Saudi prince, billionaire, and also a potential investor in the super-petrochemical project which was just kicked off in Nhon Hoi, Binh Dinh province.

In early August 19, hundreds of fishermen rushed to the waters of Binh Chau Commune, Binh Son District, Quang Ngai Province to illegally salvage artifacts from a fourth ancient ship which was just discovered on the evening of August 18.

 Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said a government tax-hike plan would not damage the economy, but if it does he "won't hesitate" to adjust monetary easing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International tourists traveling to Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia may be able to use a joint visa if a proposed plan is implemented.