VietNamNet Bridge – Despite escalating tensions in the East Sea, foreign shipping firms are still optimistic about Vietnam’s economic growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) has a lot of beautiful, strange and rare creatures. Here are some unique species listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deforestation in the Central Highlands has reached at an alarming level in the Chumomray National Park and Ngoc Linh Natural Sanctuary where farmers have cut down trees to plant cassava, analysts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The V-League schedule should have avoided a clash with the FIFA World Cup, allowing coaches and players to enjoy the latter to the full, V-League coaches have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pac Ngoi – a small tourist village located in Ba Be National Park – is home to the Tay minority ethnic community and a popular venue for foreign and local tourists to experience homestay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three bilingual poetry collections by Vietnamese poet Mai Van Phan are among the top-selling collections of their kind on amazon.com, the poet was informed by UK's Page Addie Press publisher.

 East Sea tensions were hotly debated at a recent workshop in capital Vienna where scholars shed light on the current situation and suggested solutions to the territorial dispute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic power is second only to "violence" and Official Development Assistance (ODA) is one of the tools demonstrating this great power.

International scholars say China’s placement of HD-981 in Vietnam’s territorial waters is a step towards legalising the nine-dash line ambition in the East Sea, but warn its land reclamation in the Spratly is a serious threat to regional security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Per year, one million Vietnamese patients suffer postoperative infection due to nosocomial infections or hospital-acquired infection. Overloaded hospitals have worsened bacterial contamination among patients.

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Customs officials at Noi Bai International Airport are boosting their inspections of passengers, luggage and cargo from all flights arriving at the airport, especially those from South America, during the 2014 World Cup.

 Vinaphone to slash rates for international roaming; Hungary opens trade office in Vietnam; VCCI forecasts rising sales towards year-end; Vietnam ranks second among foreign investors in Laos; Industries unable to source locally-made components

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Military Bank, listed on the HCM Stock Exchange as MBB, gives priority to investors interested in long-term partnerships, an official of the bank told participants at yesterday's Viet Nam Investment Forum held in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – US nuclear firms have asked the Congress to soon ratify a civil nuclear deal with Vietnam, saying the passage will help boost exports and generate more jobs for Americans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies yesterday agreed that although the draft Law on Household Registration and draft Law on Citizen Identity Card were related, they were for different purposes and implemented differently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People's Court in the northern province of Quang Ninh yesterday refused to revoke death sentences given to 29 people involved in the biggest drug trafficking case in Viet Nam.

 Vietnamese ambassador Pham Xuan Son has called on the international community, including Russia, to voice their continued support for Vietnam and contribute to easing tensions in the East Sea, so as to maintain regional peace, stability and security.

 Vietnamese American golfer Brianna Do is making her second appearance in the prestigious 2014 US Women’s Open Championship taking place in the US State of North Carolina (NC) from June 19-22.

Hanoi Chair Nguyen The Thao has shown his dissatisfaction with the sluggishness of the urban rail project from Nhon to the Hanoi Railway station, which is being carried out by Vietnam's Hancorp and Korean contractors Posco and Daelim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese non-alcoholic beverage industry was once described as a sleeping princess who would awaken soon, and that finally has come true.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The political unrest in Thailand is one major reason causing tourists to change their destination to Vietnam,

VietNamNet Bridge - The work titled "House for Trees" from the Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd has won the AR House Awards 2014 in the UK, for the world’s best one-off house, over hundreds of other works submitted from around the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly on Thursday ratified the amended Marriage & Family Law, which allows surrogacy in the country. However, the issue of same-sex marriage is still out of the scope of this law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese athletes are set to compete at the 2014 World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and World Age Group competitions from June 23-29 in Cancun, Mexico.