Young girl and the world of documentary filmmaking

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent filmmaker Nguyen Thi Tham's latest documentary Chuyen Di Cuoi Cung Cua Chi Phung (Madam Phung's Last Journey) marks the first long documentary in her career.

Dubai group to pour $261.9 mil into Thanh Hoa resort

 VietNamNet Bridge – Magnum Group from Dubai plans to invest VND5,500 billion in Truong Le Mountain ecotourism zone and South Sam Son coast project, the People’s Committee of Thanh Hoa province announced.

World Cup mascot made from egg shells

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Tam has over the past two months used egg shells to make dolls of Fuleco the Armadillo, the official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2014 soccer tournament which is taking place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13.

Smuggling continues unabated across Vietnamese-Cambodian border

 VietNamNet Bridge - Smuggling from Cambodia to Vietnam occurs at border gates in southwestern provinces, with the common products being sugar, tobacco, petrol and cattle.

Cheap Vietnamese exports face US dumping lawsuits

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese exporters, who have been hit with anti-dumping lawsuits in the past, are discovering that low prices on their products are hurting them in the US market.

Educators oppose language requirements for deputy ministers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many education experts have come out in opposition to a recent draft decree by the Ministry of Interior placing stricter foreign language requirements on deputy ministers,

Tourism industry to tap markets overseas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tourism industry has been actively courting the tourism markets in Russia, the Republic of Korea and Japan to offset the decline in Chinese tourists stemming from the East Sea dispute.

Photos: Beautiful sunsets in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sunsets in many different regions of Vietnam through the lens of international photographers.

Australian expert disagrees with China’s view on East Sea issue

Professor Carlyle A. Thayer – a renowned expert on the East Sea from the Australian Defence Force Academy – stands in staunch opposition to the recent claims by two purported Chinese scholars that China’s sovereignty claims are legitimate.

NA urged to issue resolution on East Sea situation

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputy Truong Trong Nghia on Thursday requested the NA to issue, on behalf of the Vietnamese people, a separate resolution on the East Sea situation.

Resource depletion in Mekong delta alarming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists and administrators once again rang the bell of alarm against a rapid depletion of natural resources, a biodiversity decline and climate change causing adverse impacts on farming and the livelihood of people

Hydropower plants deep in debt

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many investors who once rushed to pour money into hydropower projects are so deep in debt they are not sure when they will ever recover.

Parents worry over content of children's comics

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese parents have expressed concerns over troubling content in children's comic books which are widely available at bookstores and on internet.  

China uses six military ships to protect rig

China on June 21 maintained 118 ships, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department. 

Domain-name trade continues despite lack of legal framework

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 20 percent of Vietnamese businesses have domain names, which opens up opportunities for businesses dealing in domain name trading.

Four things you must do in Phu Quoc

 VietNamNet Bridge – With around 57,000 travellers pouring into Phu Quoc in the first quarter of this year, Viet Nam's largest island is fast becoming the gem in the country's tourism crown.

Why China's claim to Paracels is not ‘undisputed'

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "oil rig" crisis in the East Sea has had the world concerned by daily footage of clashes and confrontation between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels.

VN property inventory drops to US$3.9b

 Viet Nam's real estate inventory had an estimated value of VND83.5 trillion (US$3.9 billion) by the end of Q2 2014, the Ministry of Construction announced.

ICAMV urges China to respect signed agreements

 The Mexico-Vietnam Cooperation and Friendship Institute (ICAMV) has called on China to fully commit to agreements it signed with Vietnam and international organisations, in order to settle the East Sea dispute peacefully.

Food poisoning fatalities on the increase

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Food Administration has announced that 24 people have died from food poisoning nationwide so far this year.

Internet helps Vietnamese movies dodge censorship

Netizens have been talking about the film "Apartment 69," which is rated by its own producer as 18 +. The first 20-minute episode was released on Youtube on June 5 and by June 18, it had more than 1.5 million hits.

Hanoi works to restore traditional look to old street

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has gone halfway to recovering the architectural space of Lan Ong Street, which specialises in selling Vietnamese traditional medicine and is one of the few streets in the capital that has maintained its time-honoured trade.

Vietnam should sue China, say scholars

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should sue China for misinterpreting and misusing the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, using force to possess another country’s territory, and violating the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnam.

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 British harpist to charm HCM City; Artists gather for print workshop; Vietnamese students win prizes from international music competitions

Children's helpline receives 1.5m calls

A State-run helpline known as Marvellous Key that provides 24-hour advice on child-related issues has received more than 1.5 million of calls from children and adults over the past 10 years, 69 per cent of which came from children.