Oil and gas giants prepare for possible hacker attack

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked Vietsovpetro and PetroVietnam to prepare themselves for a possible hacker attack as it is said that international hackers plan to attack the companies’ networks on June 20.

Five highlights of V-League Eximbank Round 19

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2014 V-League resumed last weekend, with six 19th-round matches producing a record number of goals. Here are the five most notable events in this round of play.

Vietnam legislature condemns China’s wrongful acts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Assembly has issued a communiqué, clarifying Vietnam’s just stance and rebuking China’s provocations in the East Sea.

Trang An wins coveted world heritage recognition

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Trang An Tourism Complex in northern Ninh Binh Province has been declared a World Culture and Nature Heritage site by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organsiation (UNESCO).

Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff visits Vietnam

General Emmanuel Bautista, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and his wife are paying an official visit to Vietnam from June 23-26 at the invitation of Senior Lieutenant General Deputy Defence Minister Do Ba Ty.

Chinese ships maintain aggressive acts in Vietnam’s waters

 China on June 24 sent 102 – 108 vessels, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig that is illegally stationed in Vietnam’s waters, continuing aggressive acts to harass Vietnamese ships.

Tam Coc in the rice season is a must-see

Travellers are advised to go to Tam Coc in the northern province of Ninh Binh this season to see the waterways in the western region, the mountains of the northwest region and the rice fields of the northern region.

Hanoi’s “Wall Street” looked at from flying cameras

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the past few years, Tran Hung Dao Street has become home to headquarters and offices of major banks, and is now known as “the Wall Street of Hanoi”.

Welsh Music Prize winner to perform in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – 2013 Welsh Music Prize winner Georgia Ruth and her band will play in Ho Chi Minh City on July 1.

Gunboat diplomacy cannot help build friendliness

 China violates the international law when moving its Haiyang-Shiyou 981 oil rig in Vietnam’s waters by using force and threats in using force.

New decree regulates land price mechanisms

VietNamNet Bridge – Methods to determine land prices, the formulation and amendment of land price frameworks and land price lists, determining prices for specific types of land, and consultancy on determining land prices are regulated

Climate change to hit urban poor the hardest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The urban poor are often the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Viet Nam, and housing insecurity for the urban poor is a key dimension of poverty.

China’s historical documents on sovereignty baseless: Ambassador

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung has affirmed that Vietnam has published many proper evidences showing its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and China ’s historical documents are baseless.

Wales singer to perform in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Welsh harpist, singer-songwriter Georgia Ruth and her band will play in Ho Chi Minh City on July 1.

Evidence aplenty for VN sovereignty

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition on Truong Sa Island offers conclusive proof that the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes belong to Viet Nam.

Timely Ibsen drama from Saigon Players

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an age of Edward Snowden and Bradley (Chelsea) Manning, no classic play could be more potent than Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/6

 Leather exports to top US$12 billion; Ho Chi Minh City sees economic recovery; Monthly CPI rises in major cities; ‘Tra fish decree’ remains controversial; High-tech firms unable to meet localization targets

Polio virus sample found at Brazil airport

 A strain of the polio virus has been found at an international airport in Brazil, but there are no human cases, the World Health Organization has said.

Amended Law on Vietnamese Nationality passed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 95 percent of National Assembly deputies on June 24, the last day of their seventh session in the 13 th tenure, approved the Law on amendments and supplements to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality.

Local favourite Minh seeded No 1 for US Open

 Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been named the No 1 seed at the 2014 US YONEX Open Badminton Championships, to be held at Suffolk County Community College in Long Island, New York on July 8-13.

Chefs in Shanghai for Bocuse d'Or competition

Chef Nguyen Le Hoang Phat will represent Vietnam at the two-day international culinary competition that kicks off in Shanghai on June 26.

Vietnamese nationality registration rescinded

Amendments to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality approved on June 24 abolished the requirement that expatriates residing abroad register to retain their Vietnamese nationality.

Local and U.S. authors unveil “Letters from the battlefield”

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Letters from the battlefield”, a Vietnamese-English book featuring letters of local veteran author/literacy critic Ngo Thao and Donald C. Lundquist, Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S Army, to their wives and children

HCM City to raise preschool subsidy

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Council last Saturday approved a resolution to increase subsidies for preschool education, which will take effect on June 24.

New Investment Law should cut red tape: NA

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies agreed on June 23 that revisions to the Investment Law should bolster investors' confidence through further cuts in red tape related to investment activities.