Major TV stations in Japan, such as NHK, TBS and Fuji, frontpaged their news bulletin on June 6 with a video showing a Chinese vessel sinking a Vietnamese fishing boat on May 26 in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Two Vietnamese kayakers died when their craft overturned on West Lake during a violent storm on Wednesday evening.

Insurance companies on June 6 made the first batch of payment to riot-affected enterprises in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessel, Kunisaki, and its 400 crew members docked at Tien Sa port, Da Nang city on June 6, marking the start of a visit to Vietnam, under the Pacific Partnership 2014 Program.

Vietnamese fisheries surveillance staff on June 6 detected high-capacity Chinese fishing ships in the area surrounding the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will send 64 athletes to the upcoming 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) to be held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), from September 19 to October 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of land and few opportunities to work in non-farm jobs are pushing many ethnic families deeper into poverty.

Vietnam is considering a new strategy to develop a sea-borne economy to help foster economic growth, create more jobs, and ensure territorial security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the past months, many foreign experts and scholars voiced their concern over China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – What would you do with an egg shell? To teacher Nguyen Thanh Tam from Ho Chi Minh City, egg shell is a material with which he creates artworks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vinh Son Village residents in the central province of Quang Binh's Quang Trach District have been persistently preserving their forest, coping with East Sea waves and winds for the last hundred years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American physicist Nguyen Trong Hien was born in 1963 in Da Nang City. He is now working as the astronomy supervisor for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at NASA in the United States.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh has extended an invitation to Chinese media to participate in field trips into Vietnam’s territorial waters where China has illegally placed its oil rig.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the HD-981 drilling rig incident, China used malicious tactics, civilian and civilian-disguised forces, and conducted civil and economic measures, not military actions, that were offensive to the international community.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bac Ha Market opens every Sundays from morning till 2pm. This is the ideal place to explore the pristine looks and characteristics of ethnic minority groups in the northwest region of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recruitment of 500 of the nation's best and brightest to work as civil servants in rural and mountainous communes, will promote development, transparency and equality,

Professor Dr Vu Van Hien, Deputy Chairman of the Party Central Theoretical Council outlined his vision of China’s wrongdoing that has resulted in the escalation of tensions in the East Sea in a recent interview granted to a Japanese reporter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a vast variety of illegally imported toys available at reasonable prices, Vietnamese-made toys are falling out of favour with children in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Anh Tuan, Vice Minister of Home Affairs, tells Tin Tuc (News) Newspaper that underperforming civil servants and public employees may be in the firing line for job cuts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian born Fleming Belinda Anne has worked as a pilot for Vietnam Airlines for 7 years following brief stints in Singapore, Malaysia and even India, and now calls the S-shaped country her second home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Labour, invalids and social affairs offices in HCM City's districts should monitor illegal home-based childcare centres because children there face a high risk of violence, the HCM City Child Welfare Foundation has warned.

Piaggio Vietnam recalls 10,000 Vespa scooters; Thousands of foreign experts return to work in Binh Duong; Singaporean investors still confident in Vietnam after riots; SBV calms forex fluctuations

 VietNamNet Bridge introduces panoramic pictures of a Saigon with "skyscrapers" and bright lights, captured by Vietnamese and foreign photographers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment on June 5 announced overall development plans for two southern economic zones through to 2020, which are focused on expanding key fields and boosting GDP growth.

Angelina Jolie has said her security arrangements will not change following Vitalii Sediuk's red carpet "attack" on Brad Pitt last week.