Voters in this northern port city have asked the Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, and National Assembly deputies, to take more resolute measures to get China to withdraw its oil rig from Vietnamese waters.

 Vietnam and the Philippines on July 2 issued a joint press release on the occasion of the visit to Vietnam of Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 2 for Philippine Foreign Minister Albert F. del Rosario.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Huffington Post has listed 10 things that American tourists should do when they visit Vietnam, including going to the traditional market and singing karaoke late at night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After 35 years at work, a Ho Chi Minh City sanitation worker has used his skilled hands to create more than 1,000 products from discarded items.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Electricity Corporation (EVN Ha Noi) on Monday responded to complaints by consumers, who claimed they had paid two or three times more for electricity last month despite normal consumption.

 Many of the Caribbean's coral reefs could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a report published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite macroeconomic challenges, spending in Viet Nam for IT services increased 9.9 per cent to US$446 million in 2013, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).

To find excuses for the action of China in Vietnam's waters, the China's Ambassador to Thailand did not hesitate to re-write history, fabricate facts and use twisted arguments to hide the truth. So what truth is he trying to cover?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy would not suffer much if China suspended trade with Vietnam due to the East Sea tensions triggered by its illegal placement of a giant oil rig deep inside Vietnam’s waters,

 VietNamNet Bridge – MA. Hoang Viet, a HCM City Law University lecturer has performed an in-depth analysis of China’s “expansion” ambitions in the East Sea, concluding they are a proposition that borders on the absurd.

A series on the struggles and tribulations entertainers overcome to become stars begins next week on Viet Nam Television.

A team of the Ministry of Health on July 1 inspected international quarantine work and the implementation of health declaration for arrivals at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

 JICA funds VND2,500 bil expressway project; Nam Con Son pipeline financing approved;  HSBC: Vietnam’s manufacturing growth continues in June; Cashew nut exporters need more support; M&A property deals on upward trend;

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Court of Appeals yesterday began hearing a corruption case in which a lower court last year handed down death sentences to two former financial and construction executives and jail terms to nine others

VietNamNet Bridge –  Two famous German hip-hop dancers, Uwe Donaubauer and Louis Becker, will arrive in Hanoi to join Floor Killer, the 4th national recreational dance championship scheduled for July 5 and 6, at Savico Megamall,

News of the development of a wonderful new remedy for all types of cancer should be treated with some wariness, says Professor Nguyen Chan Hung. Dr. Hung, who serves as Chair of the Vietnam Cancer Association.

 Vietnam Airlines officially launched an air route between Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Haneda Airport (Tokyo) on July 1.

 The U18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Group 5 tournaments are set to get underway in Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City from July 5-13 and July 12-20 respectively.

 The World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting an emergency meeting in Ghana on Wednesday on the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

 The death toll in a building collapse in the Indian city of Chennai has passed 40 as rescue workers continue to find more bodies in the wreckage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Elderly consumers in Vietnam offer manufacturers a potentially large market, currently at 5.6 million customers and growing. But, until now, that market has been largely ignored.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A range of policies took effect yesterday (July 1) including the revised Land Law, a decree on methods to evaluate land prices, and a decree to monitor multi-level marketing.

 E x-French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation over alleged influence peddling.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese have recently voiced complaints about discriminatory treatment by service providers, claiming that foreign travelers tend to receive preferential attention.