VietNamNet Bridge – Amid the huge waves of the East Sea, army doctors care for the soldiers and civilians living on Viet Nam's sovereign waters every day. Despite constant challenges like equipment shortages and a lack of medicine,

Senior officials from ASEAN member states and dialogue partners have expressed their deep concern about increased tensions in the East Sea following China’s positioning of its oil rig inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chief of the Secretariat of the National Traffic Safety Committee Nguyen Trong Thai spoke with Nhan dan (The People) Newspaper about efforts to eliminate fake helmets in Viet Nam.

Hundreds of households in the southern city of Can Tho profit not only by converting animal waste to fuel for lighting purposes and cooking but also by contributing to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sell carbon credits.

VietNamNet Bridge – They are called “child prodigies” but they are uncomfortable with the designation and just want to be known as normal students.

The people in Quang Nam have become well-off quickly over the last five years. However, they have paid a heavy price as the their health has been affected by polluted land and rivers.

Extending visa waivers for foreign tourists has been proposed as a solution to help lure more travelers, especially as tourism from China has fallen due to tensions in the East Sea.

The Chinese plan to build a series of new multi-billion dollar drilling rigs shows their obvious ambition to seek and exploit waters worth trillions of dollars in international trade and natural resources.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professional teams from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam and Singapore will fight for the regional based 2014 AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Championship from July 16 to October 26.

Electronics, hardware and software firms are unsure whether they can qualify for tax incentives offered to hi-tech businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tours of the villa of Cong tu Bac Lieu, the legendary rich playboy who lived in southern Vietnam in the early 1900s, are now available.

About thirty European scholars attending a recent workshop in Norway refuted China’s groundless claim of the ‘nine-dash line’ or ‘U-shaped line’ in the East Sea, saying it cannot be used for sovereign negotiations.  

 The mechanism by which a good night's sleep improves learning and memory has been discovered by scientists.

The Chinese proposal to conduct negotiations to settle tensions in the East Sea in a peaceful way is only a ruse for its real intentions, according to Dr Marvin C. Ott, an international prestigious analyst, and former analyst at the CIA.

The National Assembly Committee for External Relations has sent a letter to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), informing about China’s violation of Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the macro economy has improved, the number of enterprises going bust or being dissolved has continued to increase in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Michel Henry Bouchet, professor of international finance at Skema Business School, France, discusses the implications of China’s illegal deployment of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig well within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone

 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 – All Vietnamese eat rice but not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the full variety of traditional rice dishes of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean actress Park Bo Young will arrive in Vietnam on June 11 to review works made by students of “Toto’s Film Making Class 2014”.   

 Taiwanese firms stay put; Foreign invested companies resume business operations; Corporate governance below average in VN; Pepper exports to break annual record; Investors retain confidence in Vietnamese market

Chinese tugboat 281 on June 7 deliberately rammed into the left side of Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ship KN-635 that was undertaking law enforcement in the area around the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-98

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reality Television (RT) shows have been booming in Viet Nam, attracting excited audiences, but many people are now losing interest, despite these programmes following the format of their foreign counterparts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Ngai-based Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) has attracted 8 FDI projects capitalized at US$200 million in total since it got off the ground nine months ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Y Ty, one of the poorest communes in Lao Cai Province's Bat Xat District, has become an attractive tourism destination in recent years due to its natural beauty.