VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam offers no paternity leave whereas nearly half of the countries worldwide encourage involvement of fathers around childbirth, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

  Defense attorneys have suggested summoning some leaders of Vietnam Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) to the hearing of a case against Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), which resumes today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A team from US-based Warner Bros, has surveyed a cave at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province to select scenes for the film Peter Pan.

VietNamNet Bridge – China still maintained over 90 vessels of various kinds around its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, reported the Vietnam Coast Guard on May 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 300 Vietnamese living in Belgium along with Belgians on May 17 staged a demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in Brussels to protest against China’s illegal placement of the Haiyang Shiyou -981 oil rig

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US travel magazine National Geographic has introduced Vietnam’s savoury Chung (square) and Giay (round) cakes among the world’s top ten traditional dishes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several Italian parliamentarians have called on concerned parties in the current tension on the East Sea to seek peaceful and cooperative solutions in line with international law,

 VietNamNet Bridge – At talks with his Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Ha Noi yesterday, May 19, President Truong Tan Sang made clear Viet Nam's stance on expanding relations with the Eurasian country as its major partner in southern Caucasus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Educators are reeling over the surprisingly low number of students registering to sit the university entrance exam. It is foreseeable that schools will not have enough students enrolling.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has valuable treasure in the East Sea, but it still does not have deep knowledge about that treasure because of research problems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors say they consider the riots triggered by disruptive elements some days ago to be unfortunate incidents, but affirm that they do not intend to leave Vietnam, which they still find “attractive” and “friendly”.

In a dispatch issued on Monday, the Minister of Finance asked the tax and customs authorities and the local departments of finance to swiftly support local businesses that were damaged in the disturbances in Binh Duong and Ha Tinh provinces.

 VietNamNet talked with Mr. Le Nam, vice head of Thanh Hoa Province’s delegation of National Assembly deputies, about Vietnam’s marine sovereignty, on the occasion of the new NA session, which begins today, May 20.

 Nha Trang Bay, covering 507km2, is located in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province. The bay includes 19 named islands and many small rock islands. In 2003, it was recognized as one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a mass poisoning on May 15 that sent over 700 workers to the hospital, hundreds of workers of the Taiwan-invested Hongfu Group were again hospitalized on Monday with poisoning symptoms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fees will increase at 378 public hospitals in June, under a decision by the HCM City's People Council as part of a three-year plan.

Processing is no longer deemed a novel economic activity in Vietnam. In the scope of this article, PLF law firm would like to cover several noteworthy issues for foreign investors when outsourcing processing in this particular nation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "China is actively expanding its influence in Southeast Asia in the hope of taking this as a springboard to reach out to the world," said Dr. Nguyen Hong Son from Hanoi National University at a recent seminar.

 First Vietnamese business receives GTB Innovation Award; Trade surplus rises to over US$2 billion; Exports to Israel nearly double; Int’l cashew nut processors convene in Ba Ria-Vung Tau;

VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday afternoon, May 20, right after the opening session, the National Assembly (NA) will have a closed meeting on the East Sea situation. The results will be provided to the media at a press conference the same day.

 Saudi Arabia on Sunday reported two more Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus cases and one death.

 A bus in northern Colombia has caught fire, killing at least 30 people, most of them believed to be children under 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities have created favorable conditions for Chinese workers in the Vung Ang Economic Zone in Ha Tinh Province to return home in accordance with contractors’ proposals.

VietNamNet Bridge - On Sunday, the number of Chinese vessels around its illegal oil drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters had reached a peak of 134. The number of aircraft, however, has been reduced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has released a regulation on wastewater zoning and wastewater standards with stricter requirements than the ones currently in force in the city.