VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang needed to assess the quality of its water resources and reserves to build a strategy to protect the resources in the context of climate change, experts said at a workshop on July 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese singer Khuat Duy Vinh won the third prize worth 20,000 EUR at the 12th international contest for young pop singers, New Wave 2013, that concluded in Latvia’s Yurmala City on July 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of photos selected from That Nhu Cuoc Song (As Real As the Life), a contest started nationwide in May, held last weekend at the Crescent Mall, HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese students won three gold and three silver medals at the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad held in Santa Marta City in Colombia from July 18-28.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, July 29, a tropical depression appeared south of Luzon Island of the Philippines, with wind power at level 6. The depression is moving to the Northwest at a speed of 15-20 km per hour.

 Growth of U.S. economy will remain tepid through 2013, before accelerating in 2014, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Participants in the first cross-country blood donation campaign, known as “Red journey”, who have helped collected over 10,000 units of blood for needy patients, were greeted in Hanoi’s My Dinh stadium on July 28.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient Hoi An City in central Quang Nam Province has become the first Vietnamese city to twin with a German counterpart under an agreement signed recently in the sister city - Wernigerode.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training on July 26 encouraged universities to try to meet the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) criteria for quality assessment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 11th Congress of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) for the 2013-2018 tenure, opened in Ha Noi yesterday aiming to develop a stronger workforce,

Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, 69, a businessman famous as a person who likes putting a spoke in others’ wheel, who got involved in many big hostile takeover deals, is believed to take actions to take over Melia Hotel in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage left New York on July 26, wrapping up their three-day official visit to the US at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities in many provinces in northern Viet Nam are suffering from flooding and landslides caused by prolonged heavy rain and are working to cope with the situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While going from home to work, Mr. Vu Manh Thang, deputy director of Phu Mau power plant in Lao Cai province was washed away.

On the morning of July 27, Mr. Tran Ngoc Tho, Chairman of the Association of HCM City Agent Orange Victims, said that Vietnam would continue submitting its petition to the U.S. Courts to reclaim the rights of Agent Orange victims.

On Sunday morning, hundreds of excited tourists joined the sand statue making contest on the beach of Da Nang. The castles, whales or the city’s unique bridges gradually appeared in the audience’s admiration.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang’s newly-concluded visit to the US has formed a new framework for the development of Vietnam-US relations in the new period, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told the press following the visit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lang Son Province Police on Sunday arrested a couple to investigate the act of appropriating property.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of K + (VSTV) has announced to broadcast the entire English Premier League (EPL) (380 games per season) in the three years from 2013 to 2016 in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To date, 66 economic groups and general corporations have built up the enterprise restructuring plans to be submitted to the governing ministries and the Prime Minister. Of these, 44 plans have been approved.