VietNamNet Bridge – Everyone has a hobby; something that inspires us and triggers our imagination. But rarely do you find people as passionate as farmer Vo Thanh Vien, where for him, making products from tre bong has become a lifetime obsession.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese athlete Truong Mai Nhat Linh will represent Vietnam at the 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, to be held in Ukraine from August 28 to September 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Takeda Masayuki was shocked. He could not imagine a house without a toilet, but a whole village without one?

After the tour of Arsenal FC, both Hoang Anh Gai Lai Group and Eximbank denied to announce financial details, but according information leaked from the recent conference of the organizing board, the loss is about VND14 billion ($700,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – After retirement, Mrs. Le Thi Nguong, 64 in Tan An ward, Hoi An City, Quang Nam province, spent a lot of time working in the supervisory board of public investment of her ward.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adolescent pregnancy is an increasing problem among girls in the world and Vietnam as well, which will lead to serious consequences affecting the rest of their lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on August 1 launched a contest to design State formal wear that will be worn at national and international events.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The commercial banks which have the bad debt ratios higher than 3 percent of their outstanding loans will have to sell bad debts to the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC).

 Global warming will probably trigger more human conflict and violence worldwide, according to a study published Thursday in the U.S. journal Science.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid decline in the amount of forest cover and its quality has prompted the agriculture ministry to overhaul their forestry management policies, particularly towards logging activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian author Kelly Nguyen Long harbours a life-long love of Vietnamese culture and this inspired her latest book Arts of Viet Nam 1009-1945.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da River Hydropower Plant, also known as Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, is an alternative sightseeing spot for travelers to the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are forecast to reduce buying on bourse in the second half of this year and their participation may not a positive factor for the local stock market like in the year’s first half,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The phone market in the past two months has not grown as expected by retailers but has witnessed a decline in consumption instead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the winners at the “Road to Olympia,” a competition annually held for high school excellent students went studying abroad and settled down there after the university graduation.

 ACB gets ready to sell debt; New cyber service to provide online gold trading; Power price rises on back of coal, gas hike; Seven month retail figures post 4.9 percent increase

According to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, if Vietnamese people’s physical strength and height is not improve, they cannot meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of people in the dangerous areas of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong have been requested to evacuate to the safe place.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starbucks, the giant American coffee company, opened its second store in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, just six months after making its initial appearance in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Of the Forbes’ list of 200 best companies in Asia with revenues under $1 billion in 2013, there are 10 businesses from Vietnam, up by two from 2012.