VietNamNet Bridge – The number of commercial lawsuits against Vietnamese products is on the rise, with a wide range of products the subject of litigation, including steel, seafood, fiber, tires, footwear and plastic bags.

 General Martin Dempsey said he will ask the US to strengthen Vietnam’s navy capacity if a ban on lethal arms sales to the Southeast Asian nation is lifted.

 The US has sent 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Acclaimed author Nguyen Nhat Anh's novel Cho Toi Xin Mot Ve Di Tuoi Tho (Give Me a Ticket to Childhood) will be released in the US on December 9.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has held bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Myanmar, the US and India on the sidelines of the on-going 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-47) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. |

 Vietnam and the US are seeking wider cooperation in various fields after the US ban on lethal weapon sales to Vietnam is removed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese-American doctor of traditional medicine has never forgotten what he missed most after his family left Viet Nam to move to the US 22 years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam rice exporters face a risk of being sued because of their low selling prices in the US market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese students won bronze medals at the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2014 (MOSWC) which was held in California, the US, from July 27-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of the Steering Committee on the Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers held a working session with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Washington on July 28,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has asked the US to further open its market for Vietnamese products, restrict trade barriers, encourage US investment in Vietnam, and recognise the country’s market economy status.

 Mass organisations oppose use of force in Gaza; Assets of former chief inspector to be scrutinised; Vietnam, Denmark eye US$1bln in trade by 2016; Victoria aspires to stronger cooperation with Vietnam

 The US welcomes China's declaration on its removal of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from the position near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago to an area near China’s Hainan Island.

 American officials have ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US to intensify screening of electronic devices.

 Massive injections of wastewater from the oil and gas industry are likely to have triggered a sharp rise in earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma.

 Hurricane Arthur, packing winds of 100mph, has made landfall in the US state of North Carolina, as thousands abandon their 4 July holiday plans.

US military official welcomed in Vietnam; Keep up pressure on China: President; Government meeting wraps up; Russia cooperates with Vietnam on criminal transfer;

 US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel has said China needs to clarify its sovereignty claims in accordance with international law.

 The US Federal Reserve has cut its growth forecast for 2014 because of the harsh winter weather.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang told US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker yesterday that Viet Nam hopes to elevate co-operation between the two countries in all fields, especially economics, trade and investment,