VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand’s Information and Communication Technology Ministry, or ICT, is supporting and encouraging the country’s ICT-related industries for the advent of the AEC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are interesting stories about the thirst for study of many families in Khoai Chau district, in the northern province of Hung Yen.

Eleven people died, while over one million were displaced as torrential rains brought by the southwest monsoon flooded large parts of Metro Manila and nine provinces in northern and central Philippines.

Butchers will have to ensure their raw meat and poultry products are sold within a certain period after the time of slaughter, following new measures by the agriculture ministry in an attempt to toughen food safety and hygiene regulations.

 VTV4 expands to OVs in Cambodia; Opportunities for Vietnamese trainees in Japan; Disadvantaged youth learn hospitality trade; Heavy rains kill two in Yen Bai Province

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thai Sung has been named in Viet Nam's 26-man squad in preparation for the AFF U19 Football Championships.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The CITES Authority of Viet Nam has rejected a World Wildlife Fund report that rates Viet Nam as the worst performer in wild animal protection, saying it is not objective or thorough.

It is expected that Vietjet Air would kick off the first international air route by the end of the year. Other private airlines are also making hectic preparations to provide long haul international flights.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A painting exhibition named “Love Story of Leaves and Flowers” by Ton That Bang will open at Tu Do Art Gallery in HCM City on August 4.

 Vietnam National Day held at 2012 Expo in South Korea; Nguyen dynasty’s archives exhibition to open in Hanoi; Book explores origin of Vietnamese tea; Documentary follows quirky band

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Tam Long An officially returned to Viet Nam's top-flight football championship, V-League, after playing in the country's second-tier football competition for only one year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs to adopt more environmentally-friendly ways of managing and disposing of solid waste, which is forecast to continue increasing due to the country's continued rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) exhibition of graphic art opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on August 6 to celebrate ASEAN's 45th anniversary (1967-2012).

 A vivid scene of sandy plain on the rim of Gale Crater was faithfully captured by the latest Mars rover Curiosity as NASA published the first of a batch of color pictures the vehicle beamed back on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong-nam left Hanoi on Aug. 7, successfully concluding his official visit to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Net dep que huong (Beauty of the country) is being held for the third time at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, featuring 97 artworks by 44 artists.

There has been no sign showing that the State Bank would increase the ceiling foreign ownership ratio in the Vietnamese weak banks to be restructured, even though the solution was mentioned in the plan on credit institution restructure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan yesterday said there was a high risk of new bird flu outbreaks due to unfavourable weather conditions weakening the resistance of poultry

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Foreign Ministry held a ceremony to hoist the flags of ASEAN and Vietnam in Hanoi on August 8 to mark the 45th founding anniversary of ASEAN and 17 years of Vietnam’s admission to the association.

 Typhoon Haikui, the third typhoon to hit China in the last week, brought downpours and floods to east China after landing in Zhejiang Province early Wednesday morning, the provincial observatory said.