VietNamNet Bridge – Defying aggression from Chinese ships, fishermen in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa are still bringing in daily loads of tuna, squid, mackerel and other high-value seafood. Bui Hoai Nam reports from Da Nang.

What are Vietnam’s options if China refuses to be taken to international court in the East Sea dispute? Vietnam can still file a lawsuit against China if it proves that the dispute between the two countries falls under the scope of UNCLOS.

China recently intentionally misqouted a diplomatic letter of late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, addressed to China on September 14, 1958, with the aim of distorting the truth of Viet Nam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Returning to ordinary life in peacetime, General Vo Nguyen Giap, naval Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Tinh and other generals dined with their wives, played with their grandchildren, read books and played music.

 Denmark studies technology use by Vietnamese firms; US imposes anti-dumping tax on Vietnam’s steel pipe; Vietnam inflation held steady in May; Hanoi to host Mid-term Vietnam Business Forum 2014

 Ghost Stories, the latest album by Coldplay, has topped the UK chart and become the fast seller of 2014 so far.

 Entrepreneur Petro Poroshenko, who has claimed outright victory in Ukraine's presidential poll, was the only oligarch to have supported the pro-European opposition from the start.

Iwashimizu Azusa's first half-winning goal landed Japan its first Asian Cup win.

French TV “France 3” on May 23 aired a long documentary introducing Vietnam’s natural beauty and the unique customs of different regions.

Unknown ship attacked and sunk a fishing boat with six aboard from Ly Son island in Quang Ngai killing one and leaving another accounted for on May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have urged banks to look to foreign sources to settle their bad debts as Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has limited funds and can issue special bonds only.

 Dang Thu Thao, born in 1997 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, was sashed winner of the 2014 Miss Vietnam Ocean beauty pageant which wrapped up in Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan on May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Courts in the southern province of Binh Duong handed down imprisonment sentences to two rioters after separate trials in the province yesterday morning, May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares managed to rebound last week but investors remained cautious during all trading sessions.

 Eurosceptic and far-right parties have seized ground in elections to the European parliament, in what France's PM called a "political earthquake".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs to do everything it can, as quickly as it can, to avoid economic reliance on China. This is the only path Vietnam can follow to be in control of its destiny and ensure its economic security.

 Admiral Samuel Locklear III, Commander of the US Pacific Command, has called on Vietnam and China to exercise restraint and avoid complicating the situation in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese finance market has been in flux since early May due to the political uncertainties caused by China’s provocative activities in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese websites attacked by Chinese hackers has subsided in the last few days, as Chinese are now being forced to deal cyber-attacks from the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Punishments ranging from license revocation to criminal charges have done little to deter the operations of a number of production workshops that cause environmental pollution in Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more students are “sitting in the wrong classes”, placed in a higher grade that does not suit their learning capabilities.

Territorial disputes in any degree will also affect the economy, so Vietnam will have appropriate response measures, says the Chair of the National Assembly’s Finance-Budget Committee, Mr. Phung Quoc Hien, in an interview with VnExpress.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ho Chi Minh City government has decided to make full restitution for the damage to 32 businesses in the recent riots.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh on Saturday confirmed US State Secretary John Kerry’s invitation to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to visit Washington in the coming days.

A 67-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City set herself a blaze in front of Thong Nhat Palace on Friday morning. At the scene, the police found six handwritten banners with the contents protesting China’s recent incursion into Vietnamese waters.