VietNamNet Bridge – Defending the national sovereignty requires sacrifices but it is the fine tradition of Vietnamese people that has been consolidated throughout the history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With bank lending rates falling sharply in recent months, companies should grab this opportunity to borrow to develop their business, analysts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project to enhance anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are seeking ways to relocate thousands of households living in erosion-prone areas.

The communes of My Thang and My An of Binh Dinh province are paying a heavy price for their unplanned shrimp farming: the production area has been damaged, while the environment has become seriously polluted.

Chinese games have been penetrating the Vietnamese market through unlicensed Vietnamese businesses dealing with Chinese distributors.

The government of China has issued a decision that temporarily prohibits its state-owned businesses from joining projects in Vietnam, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper quoted mainland China sources as saying.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Houses on stilts rested under the shadow of big trees, surrounded by paddy fields. Our curious eyes seemed not to bother the chickens who walked freely on simple bamboo fences.

A Chinese steel ship recently rammed into a fishing boat of Haiphong city, causing serious property damage worth hundreds of millions of Vietnam Dong.

China’s recent unilateral acts in the East Sea seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty and international law, threatening peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation in the East Sea.

China’s oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, illegally stationed in Vietnamese waters, on June 10 moved east-southeast to an unfixed position, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

China has showed signs of moving the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 illegally placed in Viet Nam’s waters in a South-easternly direction

 Doctors are being told not to routinely prescribe aspirin for a common heart condition that increases stroke risk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Another ancient document showing that China’s southeastern frontier ends at the Hainan Island has been found: a map that was drawn at the order of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in 1717.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tax regulations are one of the many issues foreign investors are concerned about when investing or outsourcing in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Record Organization recently published the list of 50 gift specialties which were nominated by localities, tourism agencies, domestic and foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - French photographer Rehahn takes beautiful photos of Vietnam, where he lives and works.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China must withdraw its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters and seek a diplomatic and peaceful solution to disputes in the East Sea, Ezequiel Ramoneda, coordinator of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies

 The amount of private wealth held by households globally surged more than 14% to $152 trillion (£90tn) last year, boosted mainly by rising stock markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During his Saigon tour, a young American named Tom spent a lot of time recording images of "strange things" on the streets.

 US actress Audra McDonald has won a record sixth Tony award, at a star-studded ceremony in New York.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign owners will be allowed to take a higher stake in securities companies, but not in all businesses, as was expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Joe Wilson, Microsoft Worldwide General Manager of Developer and Platform Engagement, and Danang leaders cut the red ribbon on June 9, inaugurating a new Microsoft innovation centre, the third of its kind in Vietnam.

 The competition to win new banking customers is about to intensify, as the UK's largest supermarket launches its first current account.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After authorities recently began a crackdown on overloading of trucks, the popularity of waterway transportation has surged in the Mekong Delta thanks to its network of rivers and canals,