Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh has affirmed Vietnam’s resolve to defend its sovereignty and territorial waters in a speech delivered at the 27th ASEAN-US Dialogue in Myanmar on June 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vung Ro oil refinery project, with nearly US$3.2 billion investment from the UK's Technostar Management Ltd, is expected to begin in August, according to People's Committee of the central coastal Phu Yen Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stocks continued to rise yesterday (June 10) on the HCM Stock Exchange despite the fact that decliners more than doubled the advancers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three large Vietnamese companies, Hoang Anh Gia Lai JSC (HAGL), Nutrition Food JSC and Vissan Limited Company, will launch a joint venture aimed at reducing domestic prices of dairy products.

Vietnamese businessmen, who have earned high profits with their finance and real estate investment deals, are now rushing to pour money into agriculture projects.

In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency reporters, Dr. Ta Van Tai – lawyer, former lecturer and currently researcher at Harvard Law School – said there were two international legal arguments showing that China's explanation was absurd.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art critic and culture researcher Phan Cam Thuong has published books about Vietnamese fine arts history since 1984. He teaches at the Viet Nam Academy of Fine Arts' Faculty of Art History and Criticism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's U-14 girls' football team made short work of their opening match against Cambodia after thrashing the opponent 8-0 in totally one-sided match at the Asian Football Confederation U14 Girls Regional Championship.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Preventive Health Centre in central Thua Thien-Hue Province has announced the first human fatality caused by a new case of Streptococcus suis bacteria that affects pigs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nine out of the 40 victims injured in the accident in the northern port city of Hai Phong on Monday have shown signs of recovery while undergoing treatment at the Viet-Tiep Friendship Hospital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – V-League side Dong Tam Long An yesterday (June 10) ended Dak Lak's dream journey at the National Cup's quarter-final round match with a 3-1 triumph on the away ground in Buon Me Thuot City.

VietNamNet Bridge – China has been engaging increasingly in impudent behavior in recent days as it continues to argue in favor of its aggressive acts in the East Sea.

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung yesterday said that Viet Nam's public debt is still within manageable levels at 54.1 per cent of the GDP in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Demand for hotel rooms in Viet Nam has grown at 7-8 per cent a year for the last three years, and occupancy rates in large cities are catching up with those in major cities across the region,

Most Vietnamese exports to China, either through official channels or across the border, have been meeting obstacles, except for rice. Experts question why this is happening.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending the national sovereignty requires sacrifices but it is the fine tradition of Vietnamese people that has been consolidated throughout the history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With bank lending rates falling sharply in recent months, companies should grab this opportunity to borrow to develop their business, analysts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project to enhance anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are seeking ways to relocate thousands of households living in erosion-prone areas.

The communes of My Thang and My An of Binh Dinh province are paying a heavy price for their unplanned shrimp farming: the production area has been damaged, while the environment has become seriously polluted.

Chinese games have been penetrating the Vietnamese market through unlicensed Vietnamese businesses dealing with Chinese distributors.

The government of China has issued a decision that temporarily prohibits its state-owned businesses from joining projects in Vietnam, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper quoted mainland China sources as saying.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Houses on stilts rested under the shadow of big trees, surrounded by paddy fields. Our curious eyes seemed not to bother the chickens who walked freely on simple bamboo fences.

A Chinese steel ship recently rammed into a fishing boat of Haiphong city, causing serious property damage worth hundreds of millions of Vietnam Dong.

China’s recent unilateral acts in the East Sea seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty and international law, threatening peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation in the East Sea.