VietNamNet Bridge – Three years ago, Chinese businessmen, when asked if they would make investment in Vietnam, all said “no.” However, they have changed their mind.

 Sufferers of gout might soon be advised to add sugary drinks to the list of foods that can cause the painful and crippling affliction to flare up, according to a New Zealand study released Thursday.

A report by the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam has suggested that 36 officials were charged with corruption during the first eight months of this year.

 Japanese investors pour another US$166 mil into HCM City; Vietnam, US businesses cooperate in developing cotton industry; Border trade aims for US$30 billion in 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traders have used various tricks such as mixing chemicals and even stone and soil into food to increase profits.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-RoK Institute of Science and Technology (V - KIST) will be built next year in the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi by ODA capital, including $35 million in non-refundable aid.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese lawmakers yesterday agreed that health insurance should be made compulsory to ensure there was more participation. They were attending the 21st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is witnessing the movement of Viet Kieu returning to the homeland to develop their life’s works. Many of them are from Russia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, are targeting a double-digit growth rate of international visitors annually by 2015 under the theme "Five Countries – One Destination",

 A Japanese tour of Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) – a symbol of Ha Noi's culture and history – will be held by the Friends of Viet Nam Heritage (FVH) next Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US Department of Commerce has dropped a 4.7 per cent anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese shrimps. The tax had been in place since 2004. The new zero rate will be applied for two years until a new review is made.

 Vietnamese photographer Le Duy Hoang won third prize at the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) for his black-and-white photography.

 Viet Nam's top badminton star, Nguyen Tien Minh, will compete in the 2013 Japan Yonex Open, to be held in Tokyo from September 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Omar Borkan Al Gala, one of three men expelled from Saudi Arabia in April for "being too handsome", arrived in HCM City yesterday morning, surrounded by hundreds of Vietnamese fans at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Petroleum enterprises, which are in the state of “willing speech but unwilling heart”, have decided to claim back hundreds of billions of dong worth of tax they paid before.

When the sixth trial sentenced Ngo Thi Thi, who is the former chief accountant of the Mountainous and Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee of Quang Nam Province, to two years in jail for embezzling VND4 million ($200), many people burst out laughing.

Detecting the "patients" in a room by inspectors of the HCM City Health Department, a “doctor” who healed by amulets in Binh Thanh district fiercely shouted and cast out the inspectors from his home.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mrs. Huong Lan says that she sticks to cardboard mask making trade because she wants to preserve traditional culture. If for money, she would have transferred to other jobs.

Fishermen in the fishing village of Binh Chau in Binh Son District, the central Quang Ngai province have publicly sold antiques collected from the 700 -year-old wreck or display them at home after a long period of hiding.

The list of the top five referees of the 2013 football season has been finalized. Notably, the list does not have the name of Vo Quang Vinh, who won the Gold Whistle awards for the past two years.