Renowned French singer Patricia Kaas will give a solo performance for charity at Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh Theatre on May 19.

Viet Nam yesterday reaffirmed that it would take all necessary measures, preferably diplomatic, to protect its waters. This follows increased attacks on Vietnamese vessels near a Chinese oil rig on Viet Nam's continental shelf.

 The Supreme People’s Court has upheld the death sentence given to Duong Chi Duong, a former chairman of shipping company Vinalines.

 Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, the Guinness record holder for memory feats, will host two workshops on enhancing the mind and body in HCM City and Ha Noi on May 7 and 12.

 The State Department of the US on May 6 warned against China 's moving of its oil rig into the East Sea , describing it as a provocative act that can cause instability in the region.

Global mass media today provided wide coverage of Vietnamese people’s heroic struggle against French colonialists in Dien Bien Phu 60 years ago.

 A grand ceremony saluting the 60th anniversary of Vietnam’s victory at Dien Bien Phu, which ended French colonial rule in the country, was held in Dien Bien Phu city in the northwestern province of Dien Bien in the morning of May 7.

 Leaders of Russia and Laos have sent greetings to Vietnamese leaders on the 60th anniversary of the victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7).

 Villagers in west Sri Lanka have said they have been surprised and delighted by an unusual rainfall of small fish.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been warned that Chinese counterfeit goods manufacturers are eyeing the country as a potential alternative production site, due to the lower labor costs and more lax examination by importers.

 A team of US experts has been sent to Nigeria to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Godzilla" and "Maleficent" are three of the blockbusters that will be screened at Vietnamese cinemas this month.

 A spy plane was responsible for a computer glitch that caused air-traffic chaos in western US states last week, the Federal Aviation Administration has revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most participants at a conference held in downtown Dien Bien Phu City yesterday agreed that stepping up co-operation was the best way to develop regional tourism in Dien Bien and other northwestern provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s armed forces paraded through the streets of Dien Bien Phu City Wednesday morning, kicking off the 60th anniversary celebration of the nation’s victory over French forces at Dien Bien Phu.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A number of key leaders of state-owned enterprises will retire this year, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai. The appointment of new chairs will be decided by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and leaders in northern Dien Bien Province yesterday, May 6, visited two former soldiers who took part to the Dien Bien Phu Victory against the French in 1954.

 Vietnam, Brunei seek to deepen defence ties; Central Military Commission pays tribute Dien Bien fallen soldiers; Politburo member receives Lao, Cambodian Deputy PMs

Vietnamese fine arts and handicraft enterprises introduced their most special products at a recent exhibition in Can Tho. These handmade products from dried roots are priced from a few US dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For 14 years, a 45-year-old man has been taking care of a monument to French troops in Dien Bien Phu, known by locals as "the tomb of the French soldiers".

 VietNamNet Bridge – A passion for learning history should be instilled among school students, Prof. Phan Huy Le, chairman of the Viet Nam History Science Association, tells the VietnamPlus online newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite making heavy investments in developing 4G services in the world market, mobile network operators are still concentrating on 3G development plans in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Serving investigation of bribery allegations related to a Japanese contractor, the Vietnam Railway Administration has suspended Tran Van Luc, Director of the Railway Project Management Unit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has agreed to set up ceiling prices on formula products in an effort to control the formula market, in which prices have been uncontrollably escalating. But analysts don’t think this will help.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh spoke on the phone with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the afternoon of May 6 on China’s drilling rig HYSY-981 and its ships operating in Vietnam’s waters.