VietNamNet Bridge – The final night of Miss Vietnam Global 2013 pageant took place on the evening of July 17 in a resort in San Diego, California, USA. The winner is Hirao Yuka, a Vietnamese-Japanese.

Given that the average number of 1.3 children of HCM City’s women  today is an "alarming sign," the head of the General Department of Population has recommended Saigon women to have two children.

VietNamNet Bridge – Receiving a copy of the diploma of the Thai Nguyen University of Sciences, hundreds of students have detected a spelling error which can make them be doubted of using fake diplomas.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While pushing a stroller carrying five newborns for a bath, a nurse of the Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital slipped, making the vehicle overturn, and the five babies fell out.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sculptors Pham Bao Son, Doan Huu Nga, Tran An, Hoang Mai Hiep, Pham Van Tuan, Luong Trinh and Phan Van Huong will open a joint exhibition called Seven on Sunday at 6pm.

School curricula and textbooks needed to be geared more towards practical knowledge rather than theory, said experts at a recent meeting held by the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Russia worked together on Wednesday on how to speed up the progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province in 2014 as earlier scheduled.

The Ministry of Public Securities has found the three individual believed to have started rumour that the chairman of the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam was arrested in February, causing chaos in the stock market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will pay a visit to the U.S. next week to discuss with President Barack Obama about the new direction of bilateral relations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of July 18, a gas explosion occurred in the warehouse of the U.S. Consulate General at No. 51 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, taking the life of a male worker.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh has been invited as a MC to the final round of Miss Global pageant scheduled for August 3 in California, USA.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will host the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad in July 2014, drawing high school student participants from 70 countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 20th international track-and-field tournament (or called Ho Chi Minh City Open 2013) will be held on July 20-21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Nigerian national named Okoye Uchenna, 36 years old, has been taken into custody for appropriating property through online swindle, the police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said on July 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Binh plans to launch experimental adventure tours to Son Doong Cave, which is considered the largest cave in the world, in early August this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A free hotline has opened to enable people to provide information the sovereignty of Viet Nam's sea and islands.

 An "intelligent" surgical knife can tell surgeons, within seconds, whether the tissue they are removing is cancerous or not, British researchers reported Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport will not grant permission for building new container ports in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, HCMC and Dong Nai until 2015 as ports in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai have been operating at far below capacity.

 PM orders agencies to tighten their belts; Drop in profits revealed by BVS; Banking sector remains tainted by widespread corruption; Construction ministry outlines housing strategy; Metro pulls sturgeon from its shelves

 VietNamNet Bridge – An additional 26,000 taels of gold was sold at auction on Tuesday, taking the total so far to over 1.19 million taels, or nearly 45 tons.