Mexico's national soccer team, winner of the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, was valued Monday at 42.2 million US dollars by Germany's Transfermarkt, a website specializing in player swaps among teams in Europe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Dong of Tan Thuan Thao-Can Tho won the eighth and final stage of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Cycling Tournament yesterday after finishing the 153km race from Ha Tien Town to Vi Thanh City in front.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second International Piano Competition Vietnam has kicked off, with new rules promising improved quality and judging standards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reinforcing dykes that face the sea helped the northern coastal province of Nam Dinh lessen storm damage and ensure people's safety, said the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang yesterday, Aug 20, awarded titles to 25 prosecutors of the Supreme People's Procuracy, four prosecutors of the Central Military Procuracy and a judge of the Central Military Court.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang claimed the 2012 Eximbank V-League title on Sunday following a dramatic finale, but organisers have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to improve the top-flight league.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efficient personnel planning, especially for leaders and managers, will enhance the Party's leadership role in implementing important political tasks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Kien, a famous banker and football investor was arrested Monday, August 20.

When a group of researchers implemented the project on surveying the public debts of Vietnam, they complained that it is very difficult to approach the material sources to fulfill the report.

 Entities and individuals who have bent or otherwise deformed gold bars, or are holding non-SJC bullion should not sell them at low prices now, says State Bank of Viet Nam Deputy Governor Le Minh Hung.

Non-state owned universities and vocational schools have been quietly hunting for the students failing the university entrance exams--to invite them to study at their schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Much of the safety gear currently on the market is insufficiently labelled, posing a threat to labourers' health, experts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you get the chance to visit the northern province of Bac Giang, you should not miss the opportunity to take in the sacred landscape around Bo Da Pagoda in Thuong Lat Hamlet, Tien Son Commune, Viet Yen District.

The information technology (IT) application projects funded by the State budget have been going at a snail’s pace because of the unreasonable administrative procedures.

 VnSteel lays off 3,000 workers; Economic zones to receive State funds; Exports exceed imports in 7 months; Gloomy outlook on Vietnam’s economic recovery; Deformed gold bullions eligible for exchange: SBV

While there is growing concern about deflation in the remaining months of this year, some experts say this is a temporary situation and high inflation might even boomerang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After Viet Nam failed to return from the London Olympics with a single medal, many blame the National Sports Administration.

 Vietnamese artists exhibit works in Hong Kong; Exhibition features Con Dao prison from 1930-1945; ‘Hanoi Carnival 2012’ to feature multi-national cultures; Historic citadel to become cultural-ecological park

 The United Nation's troubled observer mission to Syria has officially ended after being recalled amid escalating violence as world powers fail to agree how to end months of bloodshed in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ten finalists of the Miss Talent competition--an important event of the 2010 Miss Vietnam pageant, showed off their talent on August 19.