VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's low labour productivity has caused concern among labour experts, who recently voiced worries and called for urgent measures to boost the number of skilled workers.

 Vietnam has officially recognized the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands as having binding authority to settle international disputes spanning a wide range of legal issues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Pacific Boychoir Academy from the U.S will perform for Vietnamese audiences in Hanoi, HCMC and Quang Nam’s Hoi An from July 12 to 16 as part of their Asia Tour 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has unexpectedly decided to discontinue its use of Cambridge University’s English teaching curriculums, after four years of its application at 20 primary schools.

ESET, an internet security firm, has discovered an intentional cyberattack against the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE). Top confidential documents, it warns, may have been stolen by attackers.

 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Hanoi on June 16 to clarify China’s wrongful, groundless allegations of the current situation in the East Sea made on June 13 and provided fresh developments.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Observing from a height of 300m, the Hanoi Old Quarter is covered by reddish-brown roofs.

 Vietnamese ambassador to Turkey recently handed over documents protesting against China’s illegal placement of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone to Turkey and a number of other countries.

 The legal ramifications and motivation for China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in the East Sea was the topic that captured major attention of international and Vietnamese scholars.

 A Vietnam Fishing Surveillance Department ship was deliberately rammed and seriously damaged by two Chinese ships illegally operating in Vietnamese waters on June 23.

 The so-called “U-shaped” line China has drawn by itself in the East Sea as well as its recent moves are the main causes of the complicated and tense situation in the region.

Forests in the districts of Son Ha, Tay Tra and Son Tay in the central province of Quang Ngai are being cut down to sell unripe Sterculia lychnophora beans, which locals call “uoi”, to sell to Chinese businesspeople.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Yen Province on the country’s central coast is endowed with many stunning beaches, mountains, waterfalls and rivers that are worth visiting.

 A "sugar tax" should be introduced by the UK government to help curb obesity in childhood, a campaign group says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The chartered capital of the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will be raised to VND50 trillion, but it is not clear whether the organisation will succeed, analysts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Summer vacation brings joy to children but much worries to their parents, particularly those in urban areas because they do not have the time to take care and help their children to revise a lesson.

 Professor Carlyle Thayer from the Australian University of New South Wales has suggested that China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 inside Vietnam’s territorial waters should be referred to the UN Security Council for discussion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Graffiti has come to Saigon for about 10 years but people started paying attention to it around four years ago when some local and foreign artists practiced and exhibited graffiti in the city.

 Vietnam leads in shrimp exports to Japan; Vietnamese steel nail producer faces US lawsuit; Vietnam exports 200,000 tonnes of rice to Malaysia; State Audit Office to probe Vinalines accounts

 Some 350,000 people have been displaced since the start of an army offensive against militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan a week ago, officials say.

 Israel says it has carried out air strikes on military targets in Syria.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 27 hectares of white-legged shrimp have succumbed to disease, while half of the total farm area in the central province of Binh Dinh are low on fish due to prolonged drought over the past six months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese media can and should effectively expose China's territorial claims in the East Sea and its placement of an oil rig in Vietnamese waters as blatantly illegal acts, a senior official said on June 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One flora and two amphibian species have been discovered in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong, creating more demand for the protection of biodiversity around the provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces are competing to win the contract for a new Samsung investment project that involves manufacture of hi-tech screens.