VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer set an electric trap on his field to prevent rats from destroying his rice. However, that farmer was electrocuted by his own trap.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of shooting bikini photos on the coast or at a swimming pool as usual, the 2012 Miss World pageant organizers brought contestants to a desert. Contestants also took pictures in Mongolian costumes and rode camels.

   Around 400 hotels and restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City will join an ambitious campaign to adopt smoking-free areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have raided the headquarters of MB24, an online trading company based in Tu Liem District, following allegations the company had appropriated a large amount of money from customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local female bands will gather for an all-female performance at Ha Noi Rock City (HRC), 27/52, To Ngoc Van Street, Tay Ho District, on Friday night, from 8-12pm.

 Black Infinity will bring a frenzied rock performance for their fans at Hanoi Rock City at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bus drivers in the capital city have been urged to ensure they obey all traffic regulations, after statistics showed that drivers of public buses were getting an increasing number of traffic fines.

 The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the nation's economic activity slowed pace in the first half of this year, but it did not announce new monetary moves to bolster the weak economic recovery.

 “Could you do this trip twenty times a month?”

 Eight women badminton players disqualified from the London Olympics on Wednesday for deliberately trying to lose their doubles matches have been punished for infringing the spirit of their sport but not the rules.

 An exhibition of photographs depicting Agent Orange victims opened on August 1 at the War Remants Museum, supported by the Ho Chi Minh City Association for Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

 With a passion for theater and the wish to create an art space for the foreign community in Ho Chi Minh City, some expats have paid from their own pocket to make their own shows.

 Wrestling draw ceremony to be held on Saturday; VN football team gathers to prepare for AFF Cup; U15 football tournament kicks off in August

Misfortune never comes alone. A lot of businessmen had to sell their immovable properties to get money to pay workers. And now they have to sell the last valuable asset – cars – to get by.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fencer Nguyen Tien Nhat failed to progress to the next round of his event at the London Olympics yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday, Aug 1, asked authorities, especially those in border provinces, to tighten inspections and control of poultry imports in an attempt to stem a bird flu epidemic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At noon of August 1, the second whirlwind swept over the three southern provinces of Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Ben Tre, damaging nearly 350 houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 8,994 trawlers were said to set sail at 12pm on August 1 and fish in the East Sea areas which in fact belong to Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Smart phones would be the fulcrum of the mobile phone retail market, with 42 percent of Vietnamese users saying they would use smart phones instead of normal phones in the near future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Military Corp 3 on July 31 announced to revoke the soldier’s title of private first class Nguyen Van Quang, who was involved in the torture and killing of two rare langur and posting pictures on Facebook.