VietNamNet Bridge – The organising committee of the national football championship V-League will hire Japanese and Australian referees to officiate at some key matches in the second stage.

 An anti-human trafficking hotline sponsored by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will open next week in An Giang Province, which shares a 100-kilmetre long border with Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The international community has continued to raise its voice, to protest against China's illegal deployment of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong has officially confirmed that his fortuitous and addictive “endless flapper” will be back in August with many new functions, including multiplayer.

Hanoi aims to become a green and clean city by 2030, with environmental pollution in the inner-city area to be solved, according to a recent plan approved by the municipal People’s Committee.

Zero Hedge has released its ranking of the best 20 stock markets in the first quarter of the year, in which Vietnam ranks second. How will this affect the initial public offering plan of Vietnam Airlines, the national flag air carrier?

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sidewalk restaurants are a special feature of Hanoi. Enjoying delicious cuisines at age-old restaurants in the Old Quarter is very interesting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese version Tam An Lac of The Restful Mind by His Eminence Gyalwa Dokhampa, one of the most revered contemporary spiritual masters of the Buddhism's Drukpa Lineage, officially hit bookstores on May 14.

 Samsung Electronics Vietnam will be expanded in the future with its complex in Thai Nguyen Province, in addition to the one in Bac Ninh Province.

 Deputy PM pays tribute to sunken ferry Sewol victims; President clarifies Vietnam’s East Sea stance with voters; Investors’ interests to be guaranteed in Vietnam; Vietnamese in RoK protest against China’s provocation

  Authorities in HCM City are working to solve an ongoing shortage of preschool teachers, which is becoming a serious issue in meeting demand and quality standards for early childhood education.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 16 talked on the phone with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, Singaporean FM K. Shanmugam and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov.

Members of the Mexico–Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group and Mexican Chamber of Deputies have expressed their support to Vietnam’s legitimate rights and criticised China’s wrongful acts in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.

 Only eating breakfast and lunch may be more effective at managing type 2 diabetes than eating smaller, more regular meals, scientists say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With only $7 in hand, a visitor to Vietnam can rent a room for one night, enjoy a delicious bowl of pho and down a cool glass of beer, according to Skyscanner.

VietNamNet Bridge – Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh: "If China continues its aggressive actions, Vietnam has enough strength and measures to cope with it."

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has held a ceremony to receive and unveil the 1827 World Atlas Bruxelles which has been judged by the French and Belgian historians as the high scientific

Every Vietnamese citizen has a right to feel outraged at the illegal and hostile acts of China in Vietnam's waters. Fortunately, though, most Vietnamese have remained calm enough not to take extreme actions, and to advise their compatriots similarly.

VietNamNet Bridge – To develop a fair market economy, Viet Nam needs to treat its SMEs better, Nguyen Duc Thanh, director of Viet Nam Centre for Economic and Policy Research, tells Thoi bao Kinh doanh (Business Times). 

 VietNamNet Bridge is proud to introduce high-end fashion designs that were showcased at the Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week 2014, which closed on Wednesday in Hanoi.

Security experts from FPT and CMCInfosec, the most prestigious technology groups, as well as the Vietnam Computing Emergency Rescue Team, have warned against Chinese enhanced activities of setting malware and spyware to trap Vietnamese users.

 SBV to resume gold auctions if demand rises; Foreign banks invest US$1.5 bln in house construction chain; Railway corporation faces comprehensive inspection; Defects found in major expressway project; HCM City delays using automated customs system

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Thanh Hoa authorities, up to 735 workers at the Taiwan-invested Hongfu Vietnam shoe factory in Hoang Long Industrial Park were hospitalized yesterday for poisoning, suspected of water contamination.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A 4.7-magnitude earthquake occurred on Thursday night in A Luoi district of the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Chairman Le Hoang Quan on May 14 promised tax breaks for the foreign firms that have suffered from workers’ demonstrations against China’s illegal positioning of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oilrig in Vietnam’s waters