VietNamNet Bridge - A university student from Vietnam now studying in Brisbane, Australia, has been honoured by the city's mayor in his adopted home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday issued an Instruction to task relevant ministries, agencies and localities to beef up the realization of measures to support foreign-funded enterprises which were affected

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 900,000 high school students nationwide attended orientation sessions yesterday (June 1) in preparation for the national graduation exams, which start today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam expects to take delivery of coastguard ships from Japan early next year, the country's vice defence minister said on Sunday, as Hanoi looks to boost its defenses amid a territorial row with China in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Mai Hung has become the fifth woman from Viet Nam to be awarded the International Women's Grandmaster (IWGM) title.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally-known chef Bobby Chinn has been put forth as a candidate for the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for 2014 to 2017.

The national men's football team will play a friendly match against Myanmar next month, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

The ‘2nd Flower and Sun’ painting exhibition, which opened on June 1 in Hanoi, offers a chance to contemplate works by child painters and helps adults relive their childhood.

 A solar-powered plane that will be taken on a round-the-world journey in 2015 is set to make its inaugural flight on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have warned farmers that the Chinese superworm (Zaphobasmorio), an omnivorous insect not included on the list of domestic animals permitted to be bred in Vietnam, should not be used as fish and bird feed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “The experiment was not successful. It could not fulfill the things we planned,” Nguyen Quoc Hoa, the inventor of Truong Sa submarine, after the test at sea on May 30.

The Vietnam Food Association and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have told the Northern and Southern Food Corporations to re-negotiate their contracts with the National Food Agency of the Philippines to export 800,000 tons of rice.

 At least 14 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in north-eastern Nigeria, police say.

Information that lean pork paste was giving off light proved to be true and was witnessed by many people, said Truong Hoang Kien, deputy director of the Quang Ninh Food Safety and Hygiene Department.

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed concern over China's possible use of force in the disputed East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mini-submarine named Truong Sa of a businessman in Thai binh Province was tested at sea on May 30, after the successful trials in a tank and a lake. However the test had to stop because the propeller was broken.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Edge of Tomorrow", "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" are the three most awaited blockbusters by the audiences this month.

 Many countries expressed their desire to bolster defence cooperation with Vietnam during bilateral meetings on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from May 30 to June 1.

 Vietnam’s law enforcement forces on June 1 detected that China’s oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, illegally stationed in Vietnamese waters, may not be fixed in a stable position.

 Delegates to the 13th Shangri-La Dialogue have welcomed Vietnam’s stance on settling the East Sea issue by peaceful means in line with international law, said Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, the Central Post Office is one of the city’s oldest buildings, an attractive destination for local and foreign visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a conversation with Dai Doan Ket (Great National Unity) newspaper, National Assembly Deputy Cao Si Kiem pointed out some of the constraints hindering the country's development.

 Professor Vladimir Kolotov, a Vietnam Studies scholar, says China’s illegal deployment of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s waters is just a first step in a long-term strategy to realise its East Sea expansion ambition.

With its dubious historic claims, China tried but failed to convince the world of its sovereignty over Vietnam’s Hoang Sa Archipelago. China is resorting to more unacceptable and hardball tactics. This article will shed light on China’s quibble.

 Facebook users in Viet Nam are likely to "unfriend" people putting up lots of meaningless status updates, a survey released last week by market research firm Epinion has found.