VietNamNet Bridge – Tours of the villa of Cong tu Bac Lieu, the legendary rich playboy who lived in southern Vietnam in the early 1900s, are now available.

About thirty European scholars attending a recent workshop in Norway refuted China’s groundless claim of the ‘nine-dash line’ or ‘U-shaped line’ in the East Sea, saying it cannot be used for sovereign negotiations.  

 The mechanism by which a good night's sleep improves learning and memory has been discovered by scientists.

The Chinese proposal to conduct negotiations to settle tensions in the East Sea in a peaceful way is only a ruse for its real intentions, according to Dr Marvin C. Ott, an international prestigious analyst, and former analyst at the CIA.

The National Assembly Committee for External Relations has sent a letter to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), informing about China’s violation of Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the macro economy has improved, the number of enterprises going bust or being dissolved has continued to increase in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Michel Henry Bouchet, professor of international finance at Skema Business School, France, discusses the implications of China’s illegal deployment of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig well within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Record Organization recently published the list of 50 gift specialties which were nominated by localities, tourism agencies, domestic and foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All Vietnamese eat rice but not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the full variety of traditional rice dishes of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean actress Park Bo Young will arrive in Vietnam on June 11 to review works made by students of “Toto’s Film Making Class 2014”.   

 Taiwanese firms stay put; Foreign invested companies resume business operations; Corporate governance below average in VN; Pepper exports to break annual record; Investors retain confidence in Vietnamese market

Chinese tugboat 281 on June 7 deliberately rammed into the left side of Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ship KN-635 that was undertaking law enforcement in the area around the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-98

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reality Television (RT) shows have been booming in Viet Nam, attracting excited audiences, but many people are now losing interest, despite these programmes following the format of their foreign counterparts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Ngai-based Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) has attracted 8 FDI projects capitalized at US$200 million in total since it got off the ground nine months ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Y Ty, one of the poorest communes in Lao Cai Province's Bat Xat District, has become an attractive tourism destination in recent years due to its natural beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese referee Sato Ryuji will oversee the match between Becamex Binh Duong and Thanh Hoa in the 16th round of the V-League on June 12, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will begin a two-day visit to Vietnam on June 9, in an effort to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in economics, trade and investment.

 Air pollution is linked to increased risk of developing an irregular heartbeat and blood clots in the lung, research suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dao Nguyen Khanh Trang won first place in the Miss VSAM 2014 pageant, organised by the Vietnamese Students Association in Malaysia on June 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved more international airports and seaports to open counters for value-added tax (VAT) refunds for the goods foreign passport holders buy in Vietnam and bring along with them

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city has launched new direct air routes to Japan, Korea and Kuala Lumpur, promoting familiarisation (FAM) trips and road shows in Japanese, Russian and European markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Executive committees and residents of serviced apartment buildings are desperate to collect sinking (or maintenance) funds from investors, who are stalling on the issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tri Thuc Publishing House and the Austrian Embassy in Ha Noi on Friday released the Vietnamese version of a book by Austrian author Ernst Frey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on June 7 met representatives of the Vietnamese community in France at the Vietnamese Embassy headquarters in Paris, after attending the Global Summit of Women 2014.

Tran Thi Cam Ly is a Vietnamese pop singer best known for folk songs from Southern Viet Nam. She first came to the country's attention in 1993 and was recently chosen to be one of the judges on the Vietnamese version of The Voice Kids.