Apple and Samsung on Monday faced off at a U.S. federal court in San Jose, northern California over their smartphone and tablet patent infringement dispute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has invested a million US dollars in modern abattoirs but these facilities are not fully used. Hanoians still have to eat meat supplied by illegal, unhygienic abattoirs.

 Smartphones will be the thrust for the mobile phone retail market as up to 42% of Vietnamese consumers say they want to use the high-tech product.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Malaysian truck driver has asked relevant agencies to find his Vietnamese wife who has brought their child back to Vietnam for over one month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of strange birds which have appeared in Tan Thanh Ward in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien recently have been confirmed as the Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans).

Art House Cinema at Snap Cafe; Conference “Ai and Ky in the World of Invisible Numbers”; Exhibition “Collisions of Clamor and Calm”; Rock Music Night with BLACK INFINITY; Music Night with DJ Glaser; Future Shorts Event in August

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My’s gown is praised on online forums on beauty pageants as one of the best designs at the Designer Award competition of the Miss World 2012 pageant in Shanghai on July 26.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representative Vu Hoang My, at the Miss World pageant wore a yellow ao dai to attend a charity party on the evening of July 29 in Shanghai, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is unbelievable that Vietnam’s top rower Pham Thi Thao, who is competing at the London Olympics, cannot swim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts of the Vietnam Construction Association said that underground space is a valuable natural resource that needs to be explored to become “the second space of modern cities.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – This force is being established in September and will be the main force in maritime patrol and dealing with vessels that violate Vietnamese law.

 The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government expected to borrow 592 billion U.S. dollars from the market to fund its operation in the second half of this year, fresh evidence of the budgetary pressure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreigners holding Vietnamese flags were interested in performances of a Vietnamese cultural festival at Spitalfields mall in London.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A giant whale skeleton which is worshiped at Tan Temple on the island district of Ly Son, Quang Ngai province, will be restored.

Constituents of many provinces expressed their worry over China’s provoking acts in the East Sea. They asked the Party, the NA and the Government to step up pressure based on international law to defend Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The name China Beach appeared from an American television film. In this film “China Beach” was the name of Da nang’s My Khe beach. Since then, many tourism websites have used this name.

 Severe shortage of teachers, inadequate facilities and lack of teaching equipment in pre-schools are a major problem in many parts of the Mekong Delta region.

Going to Ly Thanh, we saw white storks hovering over trees under a hill. Coming closer, we heard noisy sounds made by thousands of birds of many species, from storks to cranes, orioles, night herons, mynahs, mynas, etc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A single female prisoner has given birth to a baby at the Binh Phuoc General Hospital on July 26.

 FAO helps Vietnam ensure food safety; Last injured fisherman returns home from Hong Kong; Prisoner gets pregnant, gives birth; Police seize two tiger bodies carried in car