VietNamNet Bridge – The preservation of animals seized from illegal wildlife trading cases has remained substandard, leading to significant waste, experts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has completed construction of a railway which links China’s Yunnan province to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on August 14.

The war between the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and local departments of culture, sports and tourism on the card fee sharing proportion has become more violent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s FPT Software company has been listed among the top 100 global service suppliers, reported the Hanoi Moi newspaper.

Up to 54% of women who participated in a recent survey on sex said they were not interested in sex while the rate is 31% for men. However, most of them said they did nothing to deal with this. Only 6% consulted doctors.

 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announced Tuesday that it has completed "brain transplant" on Mars rover Curiosity.

 The United States on Tuesday, August 14, warned against any attempt to "divide and conquer" in the tense East Sea, and voiced hope that Beijing and Southeast Asian nations would reach an accord this year.

 Dinh Quang Tuyen, a chemical engineering student from the Hanoi University of Technology was announced as the winner of the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Challenge at the Honeywell Users Group Asia-Pacific Symposium.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is expected that the number of securities companies would be cut down by 2/3 after the restructuring process. However, to date, no securities company has declared the bankruptcy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A record number of people will sing and dance together in the name of peace and love at My Dinh Stadium Square on October 7 for a programme called Hay Cung Hat Vang (Let's Sing Along).

 Vietnamese movie lovers in major cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Hue and Danang will have a chance to enjoy famous films during a UK film festival 2012 from Aug. 29 – Sept. 11.

 JICA helps Da Nang improve infrastructure; Register officers examine 1,000 boats each per year; Disadvantaged kids benefit from subsidy; Border guards nab heroin trafficker

 VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an article by Sarabjeet Singh Parmar, Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, which was published on the Eurasia Review Journal this month.

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of articles about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College  and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese representative has prepared three evening gowns for the final night of the 2012 Miss World pageant, August 18. These gowns are designed by HCM City’s designer Le Thanh Hoai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 10am of August 14, a fire occurred at the apartment block of 300 Chinese workers at the Hai Phong 2 Thermo-power Plant project in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

 Apple's share growth in the smartphone market nearly paused in the second quarter of 2012 as consumers postponed their upgrade in anticipation of the upcoming launch of the company's new iPhone, a research firm said Tuesday.

An exhibition featuring 146 artworks of oil paintings, silk paintings and sculptures on a variety of subjects by 118 artists opened at the Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City last week. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Idol 2012 storm will make landfall at 8pm this Friday with the airing of its first episode.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Tuan Anh of Domesco Pharmacy Dong Thap claimed victory in the second stage of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta cycling tournament – An Giang Plant Protection Cup yesterday, Aug 14.