VietNamNet Bridge - Here are three most impressive high-end fashion collections introduced at the Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week 2014.

 HCM City vows to protect businesses targeted by rioters; CT Group launches dragon fruit orchard in Australia; New regulations target multilevel marketing; UOB ready to acquire GP Bank; Petrol re-exports allowed

On Saturday afternoon, more than 200 Vietnamese living and studying in Melbourne, Australia and Australian friends, joined a peaceful demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne to protest China’s illegal rig in Vietnam’s waters.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vice Chairman of Binh Duong Province, Tran Thanh Liem, has apologized to foreign businesses for the recent spate unfortunate incidents and affirmed his commitment to ensure the safety of their operations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Saturday morning, after nearly a year of construction with an investment of VND145 billion ($7 million), the Truc Lam Phuong Nam monastery in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho was inaugurated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and several other emerging nations will be among the 20 largest economies by 2050, a senior foreign business executive has said.

On Friday China raised the number of ships to protect the HD-981 rig that is anchored illegally in Vietnam's waters from 99 to 126 units, mainly iron fishing ships, said Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, Deputy Director of the Fishery Control Department.

 Soil erosion as a result of climate change and rising sea levels is worsening in the coastal areas of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, impacting greatly on the life of local residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Amendments to the 2005 Enterprise Law aim to enable social enterprises to operate more efficiently, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, Nguyen Dinh Cung, told the Viet Nam Investment Review.

Russian Film Week 2014 is set to kick off on May 20, introducing Vietnamese audiences to the best of Russian cinematography.

 'Running man' Nguyen Xuan Tien has decided to auction his T-shirt which has with the autographs of European giant Arsenal's star footballers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 2,000 Oversea Vietnamese and French people gathered in Trocadéro Square in Paris on May 16 evening to protest against China's illegal rig in Vietnam's water.

Sea Week promotes beaches; Ba Ria-Vung Tau develops tourism; Delta holds national temple festival; Lao Cai new crop attracts tourists; Companies lure summer travellers; Coffee tourism centre opens

 VietNamNet Bridge – The small, happy world of a nine-year-old boy born with autism, as seen through his paintings, is now on display in downtown Ha Noi.

 Viet Nam's hopes of reaching the semi-final stage of the Asian Football Confederation Women's Cup for the first time were jeopardised after the country suffered a 4-0 loss to Japan in the second match of Group A last night.

 The Viet Nam National Museum of Nature, designed to be the leading museum of its kind in Viet Nam, opened a new exhibition hall on the evolution of living things on Thursday.

 Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, has spoken out over the tensions in the East Sea caused by illegal placement of Chinese oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

Telecommunications Group said that its Vinasat satellite is operating normally, denying claims on social network and other sites that it “decided to interrupt supply telecommunication services for China” on May 14.

 Despite threats from Chinese ships surrounding a drilling rig illegally placed in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, fishermen are going out to sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organising committee of the national football championship V-League will hire Japanese and Australian referees to officiate at some key matches in the second stage.

 An anti-human trafficking hotline sponsored by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will open next week in An Giang Province, which shares a 100-kilmetre long border with Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The international community has continued to raise its voice, to protest against China's illegal deployment of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong has officially confirmed that his fortuitous and addictive “endless flapper” will be back in August with many new functions, including multiplayer.

Hanoi aims to become a green and clean city by 2030, with environmental pollution in the inner-city area to be solved, according to a recent plan approved by the municipal People’s Committee.

Zero Hedge has released its ranking of the best 20 stock markets in the first quarter of the year, in which Vietnam ranks second. How will this affect the initial public offering plan of Vietnam Airlines, the national flag air carrier?