VietNamNet Bridge – “Adversity brings wisdom”. Vietnamese businesses, who feel worried about the slow sales of beer products in the economic recession, have decided to hire western PGs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents close to an industrial park in northern Phu Tho Province have to wear face masks when they go to sleep to keep the stink of deadly waste-water out of their nostrils.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Vinh used pieces of shells from 3 million coconuts to make roofs for three houses in central Quang Nam Province's Dien Ban District.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Looking at life through the heart, the blind students at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School (Hanoi) have created lively ceramic works.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is implementing 17 policies to help the poor but these policies are not very effective. There should be stronger measures to assist needy people to escape poverty in a sustainable way.

 Wood exports forecast to reach US$5.5 billion in 2013; Wastewater from seafood firms pollutes fish farms; Dragon Capital funds fall in June on ETF redemptions; Shoes, leather products showcased

VietNamNet Bridge – Weighing domestic and global trends, the World Bank has predicted that Vietnam’s economy is likely to grow at a moderate rate of around 5.3% in 2013 and edge up 5.4% in 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang became the new champions of the national U17 football championship after beating PVF HCM City 10-9 in penalty shootout at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh triumphed over his Chinese rival, Wing Ki Wong 2-1 in the US Open Prix Gold’s final clash on July 14, winning the championship title.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three people died yesterday, July 14, when a 16 seater bus collided head on with a motorbike travelling in the opposite direction in Tan Thanh District, Binh Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s female martial artists won four gold medals at the Korea Open karate championships that concluded on July 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean Namkung Soyoung won the final stage and overall yellow jersey of the International Women's Cycling Tournament on Saturday.

 Thieves stole a horde of exotic reptiles from an Australian zoo, including a baby alligator, leaving their keepers fearing they could be destined for the black market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's National Museum of Nature is building a new exhibition hall dedicated to the evolution of living things, which will help it become the leading museum of its kind in Viet Nam.

 Two Vietnamese hotels boast world’s best spas; Vietnam increasingly popular with Russian tourists;  Da Lat Flower Festival to highlight Truong Sa Archipelago; Operators offer cash prizes to drum up travel demand

 Bright young Vietnamese head home for summer camp; Japanese-funded stretch of highway temporarily opens to ease congestion; Charity responds to Mandela Day; Costly resettlement zone barely occupied

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwan received 15,106 Vietnamese guest labourers in the first six months of this year, accounting for nearly 47 per cent of the number of Vietnamese labourers going abroad for overseas jobs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The boat moved to the middle of the river and suddenly overturned. Only six of the nine people on the boat were rescued.

Police Director of Kien Giang Province, Ms. Bui Tuyet Minh, 51, has become the first female police officer in Vietnam who was conferred the major general. Minh is also the first female police director of a province in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two students from Hanoi and Son La won two gold medals for Vietnam at the International Physics Olympiad in Denmark.