Addressing the concerns of the foreign business community after some incidents in southern provinces, HCM City governor Le Hoang Quan promised to do his best to protect the interests of foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam women’s national football team recorded a convincing 3-1 victory against Jordan in their Group A opener of the 2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals at Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – UNESCO has recognized the Nguyen Dynasty's official documents as a documentary heritage of the world.

 A Vietnamese football team claimed a 1-0 convincing victory over Singapore in the final match of the Standard Chartered Trophy tournament at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium on May 13.

Le Petit Prince, one of the most beloved childrens stories of all time, is coming to Ha Noi next month.

 Peace organisations oppose China’s act; Business community hits out at China’s illegal act; International friends denounce China's illegal action: paper; Union urges continued fishing activities in East Sea

Around 400 workers from the northern province of Thai Binh made a motorbike trip to Haiphong City, in a bid to urge Chinese workers to oppose the illegal oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese smartphone manufacturers still cherish the hope of regaining the low-cost market segment, though they have to confront formidable foreign rivals.

Sharing updated information on the East Sea, joining demonstrations against China's provoking activities, calling on Vietnamese to unite to protect the territory – Vietnamese students have followed different paths to show their patriotism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If there was any celebration last month when Vietnam beat its rivals – with an exceptionally low bid – for a deal to export rice to the Philippines, the hangover may kicking in right about now.

As a number of restaurants and hotels have refused to serve Chinese tourists, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has asked tourist service providers not to engage in acts of discrimination against Chinese visitors.

National television broadcaster Vietnam Television, or VTV, on Wednesday announced that it had finalized a contract to buy the TV rights of World Cup 2014 from MP & Silva, the firm that holds the broadcasting rights to the event in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - 30 photographs of ballet art in Vietnam by photographer Trinh Xuan Hai were displayed at the “The Magic of Ballet" exhibition at the Center for Cultural Promotion in the city of Sumy (Ukraine) from May 6 through 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Tropical Diseases Hospital in Hanoi has recently treated a 58-year-old patient from Lang Son province whose brain became a nest for intestinal flat worms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ministry of Industry and Trade is investigating a case in which a tourism company in Nha Trang allegedly forced a number of hotels to only accept Russian guests from them.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As of Tuesday, China is using up to 86 vessels to protect the oil rig it has illegally deployed in Vietnamese waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The banking system is plagued by low credit growth, huge liquidity but firms unable to borrow, and difficulty in selling mortgaged assets to liquidate bad loans,

 Party Central Committee adopts culture resolution; Azerbaijan President to visit Viet Nam; Viet Nam, Malaysia intensify crime-fighting bond

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s installation of its drilling rig in Vietnam’s sovereign waters has attracted huge global attention over the past week, viewed as an intentional and provocative act.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Coast Guard and Fisheries Surveillance Force ships have remained at the site of China's Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig to demand its withdrawal from Viet Nam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cost of running water in Hanoi has been increasing sharply, while the quality of that water remains stubbornly low –toxin concentrations are far higher than permitted levels, while pipeline breaks are a regular occurrence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an interview published in the website of the Authority of Foreign Information Service on May 13, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son said the media needs to guide the people

 VietNamNet Bridge - Jerome and Linda and their two small sons have traveled to many countries in Asia by bike or hitchhike. Staying in Vietnam for a month, they visited the Mekong Delta and then traveled from the South to North.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of 2014’s best meteor showers, with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 1,000 per hour makes its appearance over the skies of Vietnam on May 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for Vietnamese senior staff has been soaring amid a wave of Japanese investors flocking to Vietnam to set up their production bases.