VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of Dak Nong Province yesterday, August 9, handed down a six-year jail sentence to former high school teacher Dinh Dang Dinh for spreading anti-State propaganda.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has nominated Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh to the post of Secretary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the 2013-2017 term.

Petrolimex, PV Oil and Saigon Petro are prompt to draw up the plan to seek petroleum supply sources from Singapore, South Korea and the Middle East after hearing about the unexpected supply interruption from Dung Quat refinery.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the Ministry of Transport gave a written reply that the fee collection to restrict private vehicles still cannot be implemented in the immediate time, automobile manufacturers have reported an increase in car sales.

 Egypt intensified its security operation to eliminate terrorists Thursday in North Sinai with more military equipment dispatched to the area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh received in Hanoi on August 9 a delegation of the US House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee.

 Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said Thursday that the peace plan for Syria put forward by Kofi Annan is still alive although he has resigned from the post of the UN and Arab League's special envoy to the unrest-torn country.

 Germans Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann beat reigning FIVB world champions Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti of Brazil to win the gold medal of men's beach volleyball at London Olympics on Thursday.

 Mohammed Maqrif is elected president of Libya's national assembly on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Japanese companies are fixing a number of soaked spots and water leaks recently detected on the ceiling of Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Thiem Tunnel, the most modern tunnel in Vietnam

Vietnam now has the opportunity to become the biggest rice exporter in the world, since Thai rice has become less competitive in terms of prices. However, the No. 1 position does not bring benefits to rice growers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan has signed a deal with New York-based Wilhelmina Models which should be a great platform for her to develop her international modeling career.

VietNamNet Bridge – HiPT has abandoned its mobile phone Hi-Mobile just after one year of developing the brand. CMC Group has not made any formal statements, but its BlueFone is nearly dead. 

The number of students committing suicide because they fail the university entrance exams has been increasing year after year, which is really alarming to the society.

It’s unclear where the hundreds of thousands of tons of sludge generated every day from the dredging of canals or the construction of infrastructure items will go.

 Google on Wednesday started to try a new search feature which would enable its web search engine results to integrate information from users' personal email accounts such as Gmail.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietkings) has made public ten fruits of the highest economic value in Vietnam. These kinds of fruits are not only delicious and popular, but also meet the criteria for export.

Gold reverts to VND42.3 million; Large-cap stocks continue to buoy markets; VietJet Air fined for organising bikini show on plane; VND10.7 trillion in taxes exempted or delayed

 VietNamNet Bridge – At Da Hoi village in Tu Son district of Bac Ninh province, nests of overhead electric wires have become threats for residents of the biggest steel producing village in northern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Walking, riding bicycle, singing, chanting poems or playing chess are among the hobbies of old people in Hanoi.