Security links with Thailand ratified; Strong co-operation with S Africa priority; New Zealand wants more VN students; Viet Nam hopes for more WB help

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efficient defence cooperation will help with consolidating mutual trust and understanding and bolstering bilateral ties, the Vietnamese and Russian Defence Ministers have agreed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more ports have been built over the last few years, which has led to the oversupply. A lot of ports have been operating at a moderate level because of the excess of supply over the demand.

 Some of the world's leading flu researchers on Wednesday proposed to make potentially risky experiments with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, saying it "is necessary and should be done" to fully assess the virus' potential risk.

At 11am on August 7, the police allegedly caught in the act reporter Vo Thanh Tung, 31, with pen name Duy Dong of the HCM City Law Newspaper of taking money from a bar owner at the restaurant of a hotel in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s First Mrs World Doan Thi Kim Hong on August 7 flew to the US to work as a jury member of the Mrs. America 2013 due to take place from August 18-28.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the National Committee for Search and Rescue, because of Mangkhut, the sixth storm this year, one died in Hai Phong and three others went missing in Ha Tinh .

 The owners of a train that derailed in Canada last month leaving dozens dead has filed for bankruptcy, the company said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special inspection team, led by the Deputy Minister for Transport Nguyen Van Cong, has been set up to discover the cause of an accident that saw nine people drown last Friday, on the Soai Rap River in HCM City.

 Heavyweight publishers came out swinging against a bid by the US Department of Justice to rein in deals Apple can make with e-book providers.

VietNamNet Bridge – On August 16, the Cuc Phuong National Park will receive 71 Vietnamese pond turtles from the zoo of the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands and the Munster Zoo in Germany.

Tran Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh Province, on August 6 welcomed a foreign tourist group after they successfully covered an exploration tour of the Son Doong Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday refused to answer questions on the power price hike although local reporters insisted on making the related information transparent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 50 artworks by Vu Dung, Tran Hong Suong, Vo Vu Thuy Linh and Vo Cao Dinh on Monday came on display at HCMC Fine Arts Association, bringing varied tastes for visitors with different themes, styles and materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of August 7, while watching the 6th storm on the coast of Do Son, Hai Phong city, a 16-year-old boy was washed away by big waves.

 The government of Argentina Wednesday declared two days of national mourning for the 10 fatal victims of an explosion in an apartment building in the northern city of Rosario.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Website Goal has organized an additional poll to choose the best football player in Southeast Asia instead of recognizing Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as the winner in accordance with the originally published rules.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On August 6, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security announced the decision of the Politbureau on appointing Lt. Gen. Bui Van Nam as the Vice Minister of Public Security.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Tourism Administration missed the opportunity to advertise Vietnamese tourism to the world when "The Running Man" Vu Xuan Tien went the UK last week.

 Downpours of up to 300mm were expected to blanket northern provinces and the central province of Thanh Hoa as tropical storm Mangkhut made landfall.