Samsung group is urgently finalising documents to invest an additional US$1 billion in the Samsung Bac Ninh Hi-Tech Complex, according to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.

 Vietnam and China will examine ways to resolve the current tensions in the East Sea at their Inter-Governmental Committee meeting slated for June 18.

 A Chinese helicopter landed on the oil drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in the East Sea on June 17.

After The Australian published an article by China’s ambassador to Australia titled "Vietnam has no legitimate claim to Xisha islands," the newspaper posted an article by the Vietnam's Ambassador to Australia against China's groundless arguments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The changes in the high school finals were seen as a “revolution”, but many educators see more harm than good.

During the summer or the New Year holiday, the villages in Xuan Lanh commune of Dong Xuan district in the central province of Phu Yen become very quiet because most of the villagers leave their home to big cities to work as beggars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Con Dao Island, about 97 nautical miles from Vung Tau City, is considered a beautiful pearl of Vietnam’s sea tourism and is endowed with smooth beaches shaded by evergreen trees, fresh air, clear blue water, primitive forests

 An employer (in the scope of this article, we will only make mention of the employers being enterprises) and an employee are bound by a labor contract.

Most young information and communication technology (ICT) firms in Vietnam have to use their own capital or capital they borrow from friends and relatives to start their business. They have little help from venture funds.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From more than five centuries ago, Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands were acknowledged by Western cartographers and navigators as the territories of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In some Mekong Delta’s provinces, the sea is encroaching on the mainland nearly 100 meters a year. In these areas, houses, land for agriculture production, protective forests and embankments have all been swept away.

Many ethnic households in the northern mountainous Lai Chau Province's Ban Giang Commune have accused a farm owner of illegally exploiting minerals, which has polluted the environment and damaged crops.

 Vietnam, Russia sign oil, gas exploration deal; PM instructs composition of 2015 socio-economic plan; Mekong Delta fetches nearly US$1 bil from rice exports;

 VietNamNet Bridge – If China stops selling electricity to Vietnam, the country will not suffer, experts say. In fact, China is charging high prices and electricity supply has been unstable.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since early May, about 40 people have been struck by lightning, and 10 of them have died.

 On the basis of “interconnectivity, interoperability, resemblance, correlation” we expect China to turn the spirit of these four golden words to become a reality.

Nigeria is joined by Argentina and Vietnam as the frontier markets that multinational corporations are most interested in, according to a new index of corporate sentiment.

 Owners of lotus ponds around West Lake in Hanoi are earning big money from various services during the lotus season.

 Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) has rejected a news report that the firm had bribed a Filipino official to win a government-to-government rice export contract in April.

 The Ministry of Interior proposed a draft decree which would require local deputy ministers to be fluent in at least one foreign language, among other qualifications.

Vietnamese archers have left for South Korea for training sessions under coach Lee Hang-yong in Incheon.

Craig Thomas Gallery will host group exhibition ‘Coming of Age’, an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture and installation works, on June 19 to celebrate its fifth anniversary.

 Vietnam attends US Communist; Vietnam, Cambodia armies to boost training partnership; NA may beef up social insurance law; NA continues discussing draft revised laws; CPV boosts ties with Middle East- North Africa parties

 As many as 38 Chinese fishing vessels and a Chinese coast guard ship coded 46102 on June 16 made a line to block and violently disturb Vietnamese fishing boats operating normally in Vietnam’s waters.

 Young pianist Nguyen Quang Hong An of Viet Nam has received an Honourable Mention prize at the 15th annual San Jose International Piano Competition (SJIPC) held in the United States.