VietNamNet Bridge – China on May 15 continued ignoring international pressure and maintained its large presence of ships around its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, which is illegally positioned in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds artists are set to perform the Vietnamese national anthem, along with and other songs, in a patriotic attempt to call attention to the East Sea crisis.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The international community has continually expressed concern over China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Vietnam’s waters.

 The Party Committee in the central province of Ha Tinh has narrated the sequence of events that led to the anti-China protests in which one person was reported killed at the Vung Ang Economic Zone on May 15.

Con Duong Giac Ngo (Path of Enlightenment) won the Best Television award at the recent Buddhist Film Festival.

The first Game Fishing Association Championships will be organised from May 17 to 18 at the Trang An Fishing Club in Ha Noi.

 Ministry ensures security, order at industrial zones; Dong Nai: legal proceedings against disturbance cases; Five children drown in Hieu River; About 6,000 vehicles yet to install mandatory black boxes

 President Sang expresses condolences to Turkey; US President nominates ambassador to Vietnam; Vietnam helps Laos develop financial sector; Public Security Minister meets international guests

 HCM City authorities have vowed to improve the air quality in the city to upgrade the living environment. However, the city does not have an automatic air quality monitoring system, an indispensable technology for air quality control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No one knows how big the “underground”, or unregistered foreign debt is, while the official foreign debt has been found to be increasing steadily.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union (EU) encourages good faith participation by Vietnam and China in dialogues to resolve the East Sea issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – US President Barack Obama on May 15 nominated Ted Osius as the US Ambassador to Vietnam.

 Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi remained the country’s top university based on the latest rankings released by QS (Quacquarelli Symond), leading two other Vietnamese schools in the list of Asia’s best universities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of meetings were held on May 14 by Vietnamese organisations and people to firmly protest China’s illegal placement of oil rig Haiyang Shiyou- 981 in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading mobile service provider MobiFone has launched a pre-paid Happy Tourist package designed exclusively for foreign visitors to Vietnam, offering data, SMS and call services at an affordable price.

 Brunei Ministry of Health warned against the local Middle-East-bounded travelers to take extra precaution against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending V-League champions Hanoi T&T have qualified for the quarterfinal round of the 2014 AFC Cup after crushing Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw 5-0 in the round of 16 at Hang Day Stadium on May 14.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on May 15 had a meeting with voters in Hong Bang district, Hai Phong, during which they expressed their anger at China’s recent act of deploying a drilling rig in Viet Nam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Australian experts on May 14 were highly critical of China’s infringement on Vietnam’s territorial waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-ASEAN Friendship and Cooperation Association on May 15 issued a statement denouncing the illegal installation of Chinese drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the upscale segment of 5-star hotels is dominated by foreign investors, 3-star hotels are believed to be the “playing field” of domestic investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This fourth quarter, the Ministry of Transport will continue organizing contests to choose heads of the departments of transportation, road safety and inland waterways, says Minister Dinh La Thang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Thursday morning, the left corner of Phu Van Lau, a well-known construction work in the Hue Royal Citadel, collapsed. Officials attribute the accident to rotting wooden columns.

 Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors after a ferry carrying at least 200 people capsized and sank during a storm in Bangladesh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday called on the Government to stabilise the situation at industrial parks and export processing zones in various provinces where workers protested at China's acts in the East Sea.