VietNamNet Bridge – I believe in fortune and I also have faith in myself.I dare to set my own destiny and achieve my lifetime ambition," says Tran Le Quoc Toan, the only Vietnamese weightlifter to qualify for this summer's London Olympics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s biggest off-road automobile race, the Ha Long Challenge 2012, began in Quang Ninh on June 2.   

It now seems to not be the right time for luxurious hotels to join the market. Despite the big events in the first and second quarter of 2012, luxurious hotels remain quiet with the low indexes in the occupancy rate, hotel room rate and revenue.

Three children drown in central region; Investigative journalist attacked in Phan Thiet; Finland makes grant to equip firefighters; Finance firm director detained over $1.8 mil loss

VietNamNet Bridge – Anticipating the new wave of Japanese investment in Vietnam, some Japanese infrastructure developers have arrived in Vietnam to set up industrial zones for the upcoming Japanese manufacturers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is preparing for the official launch of the competitive power generation market on July 1 after postponing it several times, the Government website reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Buses would remain a major means of public transport in Viet Nam during 2012-20 with metro, elevated railway and rapid transit bus services currently under development.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda plans to replace five cabinet ministers on Monday, as a move to win support from the biggest opposition party for his plan to raise sales tax rate, reported Japanese media.

VietNamNet Bridge – Within ten hours, from 1pm to 11pm of June 2, nearly 40 Vietnamese and international artists and an audience of 2,000, mixed themselves with music.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced a new regulation requiring people buying mobile phone SIM cards to directly register their personal information with authorised agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the International Day for Children (1/6), Chau Van Phuc Thien, 13, in the central province of Ninh Thuan was brutally assaulted by his father.

VietNamNet Bridge – After drinking alcohol bought from a grocery, two people in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province, died while two others were hospitalized.

VietNamNet Bridge – Da nang authorities on June 1 unearthed a smuggled petrol warehouse at 23 Tran Quang Dieu, Son Tra district.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artworks by five young sculptors opened in Hanoi on June 1, at the “Searching for Space,” on the second floor of Art talk Café, 12 Quan Su, Hanoi.

The third cartoon festival is currently running at the Ha Noi Library and will conclude on Friday. On display are works by 40 famous Belgian cartoonists from the Wallonie region and Brussels as well as 11 young Vietnamese artists.

Electric rates to be competitive; Purchasing power shows recovery; Short-term interbank market to be targeted; Tax cut on agricultural products; Over half of property trading floors closed; Ocean Group may buy PVX real estate holdings

The Draft Law No. 3 on university training would let schools decide their own tuition fees.

The increasing number of members of the Japanese Business Association, sharp rise in Japanese tourist arrivals, and Japan's ODA grants to Viet Nam are signs of enhanced economic relations between the two countries, a Japanese diplomat says.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Khanh Hoa will inspect the purchasing and harvesting of coral in Van Ninh District to curb the illegal activities in the area, said deputy chief inspector Le Van Dung on Thursday.

No casualties were reported but some buildings collapsed in central-northern Italy as a magnitude-5.1 quake on Sunday evening shook the same area that was hit by two powerful fatal quakes on May 20 and 29.