VietNamNet Bridge - On Thursday, Chinese ships continued to impede the operation of Vietnamese vessels on duty in Vietnam’s waters, in which China is illegally building an oil rig, the Coast Guard Command reports.

Vietnamese football officials have been informed of the death of Japanese football expert Kazuyoshi Tanabe. Mr. Tanabe was a former advisor to the Vietnam Professional Football JSC, which runs the V-League and the First Division Tournament.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The theme of this year’s ASEAN meetings is closely linked to the current situation, especially the recent developments in the East Sea, according to Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh.

 US studio Warner Brothers has shot for a new Hollywood version of Peter Pan at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site in the central province of Quang Binh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many analysts from Australia have raised their objections to China’s placement of a giant oil rig, accompanied by a large fleet of vessels, in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

 Viet Nam's national football team retained its top spot in the Southeast Asian region and its 116th position in the world in rankings for May announced by the International

The Ministry of Health has told local medical centres, institutes of hygiene and epidemiology and Pasteur Institutes throughout the country to take preventive measures against the wild polio virus which has spread globally.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the 24th ASEAN Summit have agreed to enhance strong efforts to build an ASEAN Community by 2015 and continue boosting development beyond 2015.

Vietnamese Historian Association criticises China for illegal East Sea acts; Vietnamese living in Russia vow to support sovereignty; UK-VN friendship society voices concern over China’s illegal act in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese now tend to remit money to their relatives in Vietnam through unofficial services rather than via banks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International organisations, governments and experts have continued expressing concern over China's latest provocative actions in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has voiced Vietnam’s desires to strengthen cooperation in various areas with Myanmar and Indonesia at meetings with their leaders in Myanmar on May 11.

 Professor, Ph.D. in history Dmitry Mosyakov from the Russian Academy of Sciences has called upon China to stop oil & gas operations in the disputed waters and avoid a similar mistake it made in 1992.

 “Up Café” with an “upside down” space, located in a small alley on Nguyen Trong Tuyen Street, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, is a quiet place to relax in a bustling city.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted that the peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, the common concern of ASEAN, the region and the world, is under serious threat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Market insiders and experts are saying that now is not the right time for Vietnam to develop the fourth generation network for mobile and wireless communications.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tax obligations often significantly burden businesses operating in Vietnam. To maximize profit, companies often seek out ways to avoid mandatory tax payments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Embassy of America in Vietnam and CAMA Vietnam will host the second annual music festival ASEAN Pride - Celebrating Diversity from 1 p.m. on May 24 at the American Club in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Court will reopen the trial of Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) on May 20, after it was postponed

 Rice exports projected to reach 1.8m tonnes in Q2; Sugar industry tackles rising stockpiles; PM ratifies market development project; Vietnam requires dairy firms to set annual price caps; Vietnam opening the field for foreign firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The introduction of a new automated customs system in select localities early this month has created problems for both officials and import-export firms, local reports say.

 High-profile foreign media outlets have sided with Vietnam after hearing China’s controversial explanations about its recent placement of an oil rig in the East Sea.

 A fishing boat from the central province of Quang Ngai was chased and attacked by Chinese ships on May 7 when it was operating in the regular fishing ground in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, and suffered from damage to its sides and cabin.

 Six US senators have issued a joint statement criticizing China’s stationing of its oil rig HD-981 in the disputed waters and attacks on Vietnamese ships, describing its actions as ‘troubling’ in the region.

 Tensions in the East Sea following China’s deployment of its Giant drilling rig HD-981 and escort vessels, including military ships, in the area is casting a shadow over the ASEAN leaders’ summit taking place in Myanmar.