East Sea tensions following China’s illegal placement of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone were hotly debated at the recent 13th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the negative impact posed by the current East Sea tension, the tourism sector should work harder to deal with difficulties facing it by applying inter-disciplinary measures to reach its set targets,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has bought tens of trillions of dong worth of bad debts from commercial banks, but it has not made any considerable progress in selling the debts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous designer Van Thanh Cong released his evening gown collection  decorated with gems and featuring gold and metallic colors in the "Fashion and Passion" show in HCM City on Friday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defeating Hai Phong 3-2 yesterday (June 1) Ha Noi T&T strengthened their leading position on the V-League ranking table.

Standards and Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s, two of the world’s three most prestigious credit-rating firms, have said that tensions in the East Sea and public disorder in some localities of Vietnam had not affected Vietnam’s credit ratings.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to its old houses, Duong Lam in the Son Tay district of Hanoi has many wells with a long history.

VietNamNet Bridge - A university student from Vietnam now studying in Brisbane, Australia, has been honoured by the city's mayor in his adopted home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday issued an Instruction to task relevant ministries, agencies and localities to beef up the realization of measures to support foreign-funded enterprises which were affected

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 900,000 high school students nationwide attended orientation sessions yesterday (June 1) in preparation for the national graduation exams, which start today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam expects to take delivery of coastguard ships from Japan early next year, the country's vice defence minister said on Sunday, as Hanoi looks to boost its defenses amid a territorial row with China in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Mai Hung has become the fifth woman from Viet Nam to be awarded the International Women's Grandmaster (IWGM) title.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally-known chef Bobby Chinn has been put forth as a candidate for the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for 2014 to 2017.

The national men's football team will play a friendly match against Myanmar next month, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

The ‘2nd Flower and Sun’ painting exhibition, which opened on June 1 in Hanoi, offers a chance to contemplate works by child painters and helps adults relive their childhood.

 A solar-powered plane that will be taken on a round-the-world journey in 2015 is set to make its inaugural flight on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have warned farmers that the Chinese superworm (Zaphobasmorio), an omnivorous insect not included on the list of domestic animals permitted to be bred in Vietnam, should not be used as fish and bird feed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “The experiment was not successful. It could not fulfill the things we planned,” Nguyen Quoc Hoa, the inventor of Truong Sa submarine, after the test at sea on May 30.

The Vietnam Food Association and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have told the Northern and Southern Food Corporations to re-negotiate their contracts with the National Food Agency of the Philippines to export 800,000 tons of rice.

 At least 14 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in north-eastern Nigeria, police say.

Information that lean pork paste was giving off light proved to be true and was witnessed by many people, said Truong Hoang Kien, deputy director of the Quang Ninh Food Safety and Hygiene Department.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed concern over China's possible use of force in the disputed East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mini-submarine named Truong Sa of a businessman in Thai binh Province was tested at sea on May 30, after the successful trials in a tank and a lake. However the test had to stop because the propeller was broken.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Edge of Tomorrow", "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" are the three most awaited blockbusters by the audiences this month.

 Many countries expressed their desire to bolster defence cooperation with Vietnam during bilateral meetings on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from May 30 to June 1.