Rare species released into Tram Chim National Park; Contraband seized at Tan Son Nhat airport; UN project combats human trafficking in Southeast Asia; Fishermen determined to continue fishing in Hoang Sa waters

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US Consulate General in HCM City has announced that legal same-sex couples that satisfy required criteria will be granted immigrant visas in the same manner as other cases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Social insurance agencies have reported that businesses owe VND12 trillion worth of unpaid social insurance fees so far. With such a huge sum of accounts receivable, the pension fund is in danger.

 Coach Guillaume Graechen has called another 11 players for the national U19 team who will leave for a training course in Japan next month.

 The overseas Vietnamese community in Malaysia have been updated on the latest development in the East Sea, with China’s illegal placement of its rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 German press criticises China’s East Sea aggression; East sea tension triggered by China is viewpoint of many countries; Mongolians strongly condemn China’s actions; Washington Post asserts Chinese aggression challenges world order

NA Standing Committee to convene 28th meeting; Fisheries Society calls on fishermen to continue to go offshore; Party Central Committee discusses draft reports; Vietnam boosts anti-terrorism work with Cambodia

 Local investors continued to unload shares on growing pessimism on May 13, although the low prices attracted foreign bargain-seekers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 15-minute film by Vietnamese director Hoang Tran Minh Duc will be screened to compete at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner event held from May 14 to 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government will help businesses invest in Myanmar, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said while receiving Myanmar Minister of Industry U Maung Myint in Ha Noi yesterday, May 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former national star Pham Van Quyen scored a double to kick Ninh Binh to the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Researchers and authorities yesterday (May 13) affirmed that the World Atlas drawn by Belgian geographer Philippe Vandermaelen proved Viet Nam's sovereignty over the Paracels and Spratlys.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Clinics and consulting rooms have reported sharp increases in the numbers of patients who are students suffering from mental and emotional disorders due to the hard pressures of the exam season.

Security experts from VNCERT (the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team) and BKAV, have confirmed that 220 websites have been hacked by Chinese, but dismissed reports that a Vietnam-China cyberwar is underway.

 On 2nd May 2014, China placed the HD-981 drilling rig in the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of Viet Nam, 120 nautical miles from the Vietnamese coast.

Le Dinh Quy is a renowned sculptor in Vietnam who is best known as the creator of many large-scaled monuments. He is also an outstanding painter. Over 70 artworks by Quy are now on display at the Exhibition House at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more former high-ranking state officials have become employees of commercial banks after their retirement.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high-speed patrol boat worth VND12 billion ($600,000) was presented to the marine police forces in Region 3 on Monday. The vessel is a gift of the Vietnam Fertilizer and Petroleum Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will use all peaceful measures as stipulated in the United Nations Charter and international law to safeguard its rights and interests in the East Sea,

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday afternoon, thousands of people in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho marched to protest China’s illegal oil rig in the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese ships intentionally rammed a ship of the Vietnam Marine Police Tuesday morning, in waters within the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas L. Friedman, has returned to Viet Nam for the second time after almost twenty years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a  land of harsh weather, the central province of Quang Binh is also bestowed with many beautiful landscapes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The French Institute in Vietnam and Idecaf will hold a guitar recital of Gabriel Bianco at Idecaf on May 22 at 8 p.m.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology has just affirmed that it is prepared to grant a license for putting the Truong Sa sub into testing in the open sea.