VietNamNet Bridge – The barriers Vietnam has erected cannot prevent the invasion of foreign retailers. The domestic retail market has been flooded with foreign brands.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares on May 9 rebounded from the biggest ever retreat that occurred at the previous session.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security took into custody six railway officials last Friday on charges of "abusing power while on duty" and "irresponsibility causing serious consequences" following a one-month investigation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and ASEAN countries have reached a consensus on the East Sea issue, said Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent interview granted to the media about the results of the 24th ASEAN Summit.

 Saudi Arabia registered on Sunday three new cases and three more deaths of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection, adding the total number of cases to 483, including 142 deaths.

 The latest Eurovision figures have revealed the differences between the public phone vote and the jury vote at Saturday night's competition.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese people in the United States, Italy, Japan and Germany took part in demonstrations against China’s deployment of an illegal oil rig in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shareholders in many banks have not received their dividends in recent years though banks have set low rates, but not cut them completely.

VietNamNet Bridge – On May 11, the Vietnamese Association in Berlin (Germany) held a demonstration to protest against China’s encroachment into Vietnam’s waters. Nearly 1,000 participated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New head coach of the national football team, Toshiya Miura, is confident he will win with his players, although he does not understood Vietnamese well.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Say No to Chinese Goods” campaigns have been launched on many fanpages and social networks following the recent Chinese provocations in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Korean Cultural Centre in Viet Nam is hosting a fabric art exhibition by well-known artist Lee Sung-soon, who has been successful in recreating traditional bojaggi culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After hackers claiming to be Vietnamese attacked multiple Chinese websites, 102 Vietnamese websites were attacked by Chinese hackers. It is widely feared this may trigger a cyberwar between Vietnam and China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism in the Mekong Delta has failed to develop as expected in the absence of innovation and variety, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – One more fishing boat from Ly Son island district, part of the central province of Quang Ngai, was attacked and robbed of its cargo by Chinese forces, while operating normally in waters surrounding Vietnam’s Hoang Sa Archipelago,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A heavy rain is all it would take to spread 500 tons of chemicals throughout the Hoc Mon-Bac Binh Chanh Irrigation System, affecting 2,000 hectares of rice land.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities constantly complain about the serious shortage of preschool teachers, but their proposal on training scale enlargement has not been approved.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has asked for a lot of favors to settle debts before it goes equitized.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Credit institutions have reported the bad debt ratio of Vietnam’s banking system at 3.86 percent, while the State Bank’s Inspection Agency announced a bad debt ratio of 9.71 percent at the end of February.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Immigration of Sakaeo Province, Thailand, has admitted that it erred when requesting Vietnamese tourists to prove their financial means before entering the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has sent nearly 80 vessels and dozens of patrol aircraft to the waters of Vietnam Friday, where it is laying an illegal oil rig.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Built in the southern province of Binh Duong, this building gets its power from solar panels, uses radiator glass to reduce the use of air conditioners and has installed a concrete drainage system to recharge groundwater.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Korean scientists recently announced the discovery of three new floral species in the Hon Ba Nature Reserve in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam Gas) and the Vietnam Industrial and Commercial Bank (VietinBank) are Vietnamese’s two representatives of the top 2,000 largest enterprises in the world this year.