VietNamNet Bridge – Bruno Philip, a senior Southeast Asia correspondent of France’s Le Monde, has analysed the complicated situation in the East Sea, saying China is behaving as if it is allowed to do everything in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Sunday, Apple posted to YouTube two videos advertising the iPad Air, including a music clip and a clip with the familiar image of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 1.8 m long shark weighing 80kg was caught in the net of a fisherman in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh Province on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 25-30% of the 10,000 unemployment beneficiaries in Hanoi are university graduates and post-graduates.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Joining the annual activity known as "Recycle", organized by the Responsible Tourism Club, foreign visitors experienced cycling on the tranquil road leading to Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources has recently announced a new scorpion species found in Dien Bien Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks have been allowed to keep Vinashin’s bad debts in “pending” status and do not have to declare the debt as bad debt on their financial reports.

 The operator of Japan's troubled nuclear power plant has started releasing groundwater into the sea.

 At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger train derailed and hit a stationary goods train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many farmers in Hoi An have earned incomes of nearly VND100 million ($5,000) a year by providing buffaloes to serve tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defying aggression from Chinese ships, fishermen in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa are still bringing in daily loads of tuna, squid, mackerel and other high-value seafood. Bui Hoai Nam reports from Da Nang.

What are Vietnam’s options if China refuses to be taken to international court in the East Sea dispute? Vietnam can still file a lawsuit against China if it proves that the dispute between the two countries falls under the scope of UNCLOS.

China recently intentionally misqouted a diplomatic letter of late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, addressed to China on September 14, 1958, with the aim of distorting the truth of Viet Nam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Returning to ordinary life in peacetime, General Vo Nguyen Giap, naval Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Tinh and other generals dined with their wives, played with their grandchildren, read books and played music.

 Denmark studies technology use by Vietnamese firms; US imposes anti-dumping tax on Vietnam’s steel pipe; Vietnam inflation held steady in May; Hanoi to host Mid-term Vietnam Business Forum 2014

 Ghost Stories, the latest album by Coldplay, has topped the UK chart and become the fast seller of 2014 so far.

 Entrepreneur Petro Poroshenko, who has claimed outright victory in Ukraine's presidential poll, was the only oligarch to have supported the pro-European opposition from the start.

Iwashimizu Azusa's first half-winning goal landed Japan its first Asian Cup win.

French TV “France 3” on May 23 aired a long documentary introducing Vietnam’s natural beauty and the unique customs of different regions.

Unknown ship attacked and sunk a fishing boat with six aboard from Ly Son island in Quang Ngai killing one and leaving another accounted for on May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have urged banks to look to foreign sources to settle their bad debts as Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has limited funds and can issue special bonds only.

 Dang Thu Thao, born in 1997 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, was sashed winner of the 2014 Miss Vietnam Ocean beauty pageant which wrapped up in Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan on May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Courts in the southern province of Binh Duong handed down imprisonment sentences to two rioters after separate trials in the province yesterday morning, May 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares managed to rebound last week but investors remained cautious during all trading sessions.

 Eurosceptic and far-right parties have seized ground in elections to the European parliament, in what France's PM called a "political earthquake".