HCM City holds photo exhibition on Truong Sa Island; German artist to display woodblock prints in Hanoi; Nguyen dynasty royal music lives on; Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi to perform in Hanoi

 The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true, US scientists said.

As for developing countries, special economic zone is considered a reasonable model that helps develop the national economies. However, the facts have not substantiated this in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has had patients who catch the new disease that causes AIDS-like symptoms but is not associated with HIV,a local news website reported. But the information has been confirmed to be false.

 Vietnam’s flag hoisted at Paralympic London; ilitary takes lead at national boxing event; Nam wins boys' singles event at ITF junior champs; Viet Nam's U14 tennis players train in Thailand

  VietNamNet Bridge – Hearing that her 10-month-old son was shouting, the mother held her head up and saw the boy pulling about with a viper, which was keeping the baby’s right forefinger on its mouth.

The pair of elephants in Yok Don National Park was killed for tusks, according to a report by the Elephant Conservation Center of Dak Lak Province sent to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on August 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new highly-toxic avian flu virus, which can kill humans, is quickly spreading in northern and central Vietnam, reported the National steering board for bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease prevention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Resident Evil 5,” “The Expendables 2” and “Lay Chong Nguoi Ta” (In the Name of Love) are among notable movies that will be screened at local cinemas this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes with disabilities are ready for the London Paralympics Games, to be held in London, England, from August 29 to September 9, and aim to bring home at least one medal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internet service enterprises who supply online gaming services without being granted licences or use invalid licences will be fined up to VND200 million (US$9,600),

 Popular MC Thanh Bach will host the second season of Vietnam’s Got Talent reality show.

 Several fishermen in the central province of Phu Yen have invested in larger and more powerful fishing vessels to be able to go further out at sea.

 The Hanoi-born physicist Dam Thanh Son has been appointed as university professor of physics at the University of Chicago in the US, effective September 1

 The number of foreign tourists who visited Viet Nam reached 4.38 million in the first eight months of this year, up 9.4 per cent against the same period last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second conference for overseas Vietnamese (OV) will be held in HCM City from September 26-29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith MP will pay an official visit to Vietnam from 29 to 30 August 2012, says the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.

 Vietnam attracted US$8.47 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first eight months of 2012, equal to 66.1 percent of the previous year’s figure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Future Shorts Autumn 2012 will take place in Hanoi on August 31, featuring the most exciting short films from around the world.

Air taxi was first served in Vietnam many years ago, but it has only become popular over the last year.