VietNamNet Bridge – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam has re-appointed supermodel Ha Anh as its goodwill ambassador for one more year.

Tokyo to host Viet Nam-Japan Programme; Can Tho exhibition features marine sovereignty; Invitation-only Hennessy concert; American jazz singer returns to Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has given approval to HCM City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC) to bury 19 electrical grids and telecommunication cables this year.

 The US economy is growing slowly amid slight improvements in retail sales and the depressed housing market, while hiring held steady, the Federal Reserve said in a report Wednesday.

 The Prime Minister has approved a campaign for hosting the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Vietnam in 2019.

 Viet Nam progresses at World Chess Olympiad; HCM City in lead at national taekwondo championships; Referees vie for Golden Whistle and Flag titles; Le Khac Chinh takes over from disgraced chairman Kien

VietNamNet Bridge – The preservation and development of the Tay Nguyen cultural features must respect principles of diversity, said Luong Hong Quang, deputy head of the Viet Nam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The dengue epidemic is expected to peak in Viet Nam in September following recent heavy rainfalls, said deputy head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Medicine Department Tran Thanh Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sai Gon Xuan Thanh (Sai Gon XT) won the National Cup trophy after crushing Ha Noi T&T 4-1 in the final yesterday, Aug 29, at Thong Nhat Stadium, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central provinces, which bear the brunt of the storms that batter Viet Nam annually, are in bad shape this year: several dykes have deteriorated, many areas have become erosion-prone, and rivers are silted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Thanh Tung will be the first Vietnamese athlete competing at the London Paralympics today.

 The Venice film festival kicked off an art house dominated line-up on Wednesday with a thriller by Mira Nair about a Pakistani man torn between East and West after the September 11 attacks.

 German leader Angela Merkel was due to hold top-level talks Thursday on her second visit to China this year, with Europe's debt crisis taking centre stage as it begins to drag on the two global powers.

The idea to loosen the requirements enterprises must have to be able to import cars has been facing the strong opposition from the enterprises--which have spent much investment money to satisfy the requirements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said he wants Vietnam and Australia to make greater efforts to lift their cooperative ties to a new height for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.

 Ambassador committed to boosting EU-Vietnam cooperation; Hanoi, Vientiane seek further judicial cooperation; August revolution, National Day marked abroad; VN diplomats to Kazakhstan, Bangladesh present credentials

Citigroup said Wednesday it had agreed to pay $590 million to settle a suit by investors who accused the bank of misleading them on its subprime mortgage-based security losses in 2007-2008.

In the last 10 years, Vietnam witnessed the wave of localizing the world’s products to provide to Vietnamese clients. Nowadays, it is entering a new development stage, when Vietnamese service providers follow their own ways.

 Vietnam will gradually eliminate the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in daily life, with an aim to reduce by 40% the number of plastic bags used at supermarkets and shopping malls by 2015.

 While the publishing of textbooks is monopolised by the Education Publishing House, the reference books market is a lucrative market for many publishing companies.