VietNamNet Bridge – A well-known American dictionary, Merriam-Webster, has announced more than 150 new words and definitions for 2014, including the Vietnamese word “Pho”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese across the globe have continued to raise their strong objections to China due to its blatant deployment of a giant oil rig and a large number of surrounding vessels into Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone

 VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN Defense Ministers on May 20 in Nay Pyi Taw passed a three-year working program (2014-2016) and a joint statement on “Defense cooperation towards community and prosperity”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Social Insurance Bureau of Binh Duong Province plans to spend VND700 billion (nearly $35 million) to support the tens of thousands of workers affected in the recent disturbances at its industrial zones.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation decided to suspend Ninh Binh's nine players yesterday due to their alleged involvement in a recent match-fixing scandal, and banned them from playing at any activity organised

VietNamNet Bridge – Together with local people, the Hoa community in southern Long An Province has expressed their annoyance about China’s illegal placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Aoife Mannix, a recognisable voice on the UK live literature scene, has arrived in Viet Nam for the European Literature Days 2014 to begin in Ha Noi tomorrow, May 22.

 Viet Nam defeated North Korea, reportedly a strong player, at the ongoing 2014 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup in the northern province of Bac Ninh yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students won two fourth awards at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) held in the US from May 11-16, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Twenty-one people with disabilities will be honoured at the Shining Vietnamese Fortitude Gala Night for their winning writing entries during ceremonies to be held today in HCM City and May 24 in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – So-called “Chinese capital flight” – that is, Chinese investors fleeing from China– may cause the flow of Chinese capital into Vietnam to soar in the years to come.

The People’s Procuracy in Nhon Trach and Trang Bom district and Bien Hoa city, in Dong Nai, approved the decision to prosecute two additional public disorder cases, with an additional 39 defendants prosecuted and temporarily detained.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women will face their Thai rivals on May 21 in a play-off match to determine the fifth Asian ticket to the Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 18-day flow of money into Vietnam’s stock market suggests overseas money managers are unfazed amid concern that anti- China riots in the country will deter foreign investment and curb economic growth,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The seventh session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) opened in the capital city yesterday in the context of complicated regional and global developments, Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said in his opening remark.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet Nam began the fifth round of negotiations for their free trade agreement (FTA) in Seoul on May 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has emphasised the need to remove all obstacles without delay to promote the potential of overseas Vietnamese communities at a conference in Hanoi to review 10 years of implementing . . .

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Court resumed the trial of Nguyen Duc Kien, a former vice chairman and founding member of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), and his accomplices on May 20 after more than a month’s delay.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Inflation is under control, export revenue is up, the trade balance is going from deficit to surplus and many other goals set for 2014  have been achieved, convincing the Government that a recovery is clearly underway.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Nguyen Thi Hoe is the foremost Vietnamese female scientist to successfully research and produce Kova paints using rice husk-derived nanomaterials to capture one of the hard-to-please Asian markets, Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is the second biggest coffee exporter in the world, but it lacks a global coffee brand. Though it has a large material growing area, its coffee processing companies always complain about a material shortage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 700 families living near TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company in central Nghe An Province will be evacuated, after being hit by horrible odour and pollution from the farm.

 Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has confirmed that Vietnam will carry on its diplomatic efforts and peaceful measures to defend its sovereignty.

 As of May 20, China maintained the presence of more than 90 ships of various kinds defending rig HD-981, several of which kept approaching and attacking Vietnamese ships on their law enforcement missions.

 Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has reiterated Vietnam’s policy of protecting national sovereignty by peaceful measures with respect to international law, to maintain peace, stability, security and safety of navigation in the East Sea.