Endless fields of flowers in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - These forests or fields of flowers are the sites that many people want to visit.

Hanoi’s ancient silk weaving village

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located about 10 km from Hoan Kiem Lake, Van Phuc silk village still retains the original characteristics of an ancient village of Vietnam, with age old banyan trees, wells and communal house.

Vietnamese stage protest in US

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of Vietnamese people living in Washington DC and surrounding areas gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy on Sunday to protest China's illegal placement of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig

All invasions of Vietnam have ended in badly for Chinese dynasties

 VietNamNet Bridge – All the Chinese dynasties since the Qin Shi Huang reign have sent troops to invade and dominate Vietnam. However, each one of them, sooner or later, tasted the bitter ashes of defeat.

McDonald’s plans five restaurants this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fast-food giant McDonald’s plans to have a total of 4-5 restaurants in Vietnam this year as part of an ambitious goal for around 100 restaurants in the next decade, McDonald’s Vietnam said.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/5

 Foreign businesses in HCM City reopen after riots; SBV warns against gold, foreign currency purchases; Pakistan remains Vietnam’s largest tea importer; Construction of wind farm gets underway in Ninh Thuan province

Business returns to normal after riots

 VietNamNet Bridge – Order has been restored in southern industrial parks and export processing zones as most businesses in HCM City and neighbouring provinces have resumed operations following riots led by extremists

Ministry discourages discrimination against Chinese tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of solutions have been proposed to help Viet Nam's tourism sector overcome the problem of falling foreign tourist arrivals, including from China, following the East Sea tensions.

Political News Headlines 20/5

 Foreign Ministry urged to take flexible sovereignty protection measures; Viet Nam marks President Ho's birth anniversary; TPP ministerial meeting opens in Singapore

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 20-31 (daily updated)

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Sex ratios of sea turtles affected by weather temperatures: studies

 More female sea turtles may be produced as the world is getting warmer, according to media reports on Monday quoting new studies.

Latest images from “hot spot” Hoang Sa

 Chinese ships recently interfered and fired high-power water cannons at a Vietnamese ship, injuring a number of fisheries surveillance staff and destroying equipment.

237 billion USD in FDI poured into Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – By April 2014, Vietnam had 16,323 valid foreign-invested projects, with a total registered capital of 237 billion USD, according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong.

Three people die from poisonous mushrooms

VietNamNet Bridge - Three members of a family in the central province of Nghe An died a week after eating mushrooms picked from a local mountain.

Nick Vujicic returns to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - The world-famous limbless man returned to Vietnam for the second time last night to talk to the Vietnamese audience.

NA Chairman: China ignores Vietnam-China high-level agreements

China’s anchoring of its oil drilling rig in VN's continental shelf and exclusive economic zone is a serious violation of Vietnam’s territory, ignoring the agreements of the two parties and states, said NA Chair Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam, Japan, US, ASEAN should increase pressure on China

 VietNamNet Bridge – China will not stop using force to change the status quo in the East Sea to gradually turn the situation into a fait accompli.

Credit growth and record foreign exchange reserves

 VietNamNet Bridge – Is there a relationship between the record high foreign exchange reserves and the record low credit growth rate?

VN defeat Australia in volleyball

 Viet Nam beat Australia in the third day of the 2014 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup in the northern province of Bac Ninh yesterday. The team won 25-6, 25-14 and 25-19.

Nha Trang hosts 2014 Vietnamese cuisine festival

The 2014 Vietnamese Cuisine Festival will be held in Nha Trang coastal city in the central province of Khanh Hoa from July 1-6.

Deputy PM: Don’t get trapped by bad elements

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam late last week called for the public, particularly patriotic workers at industrial parks, to stay vigilant against ill-intentioned elements.

Vietnam attends WEF, boosts ties with Philippines

 In recent years, Vietnam has actively participated in the World Economic Forum on the East Asia (WEF East Asia) and successfully organized the WEF East Asia 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Photos capture life of ‘Generals in Peacetime'

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major-general Nguyen Duc Huy put on his glasses to see photos of himself and his comrades more clearly at an exhibition by photographer Tran Viet Van that opened yesterday (May 19) in Ha Noi.

President receives new Polish, Chinese ambassadors

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang received the new ambassadors to Viet Nam from both Poland and China in Ha Noi yesterday, May 19.

No river in Hanoi found as unpolluted or slightly polluted

 VietNamNet Bridge – No river or lake in Hanoi can meet the standards set to be classified as a 1st-class body of water (unpolluted or slightly polluted), according to the Institute for Environmental Science and Development.