Rhetoric has come full circle in the dispute over the East Sea but can the Philippines, the current chair of Asean and a claimant state, deliver a peaceful solution for the area?

 VietNamNet Bridge – In all major Vietnamese cities, one dish become ubiquitous after emerging as a new trend a decade or so ago – the hotpot.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two college programmes at the Da Nang University of Science and Technology were officially recognised as passing the quality level of the ASEAN University Network (AUN).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government faces a messy situation when it comes to issuing and monitoring the current regulations on construction.

 The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has decided to adjust its construction plan for the North-South Expressway linking Ha Noi and HCM City due to a funding shortfall.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has agreed with a proposal from the Ha Noi’s People’s Committee to lower the level of the Hong (Red) River dyke and asked local authorities to plan an itinerary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Viet Nam won her first round match at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championships 2017 yesterday in Tehran, Iran.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha tells the Tien Phong (Vanguard) that a programme to attract foreign lecturers and students to Viet Nam has yielded modest results.

 The Lim festival, for many, including me, is synonymous with quan ho, the traditional love duets that Bac Ninh Province is famous for.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Department of Tourism will focus on developing and marketing destinations to help increase the number of foreign arrivals to the city to six million this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to hold more unscheduled inspections of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Work to upgrade HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport must be completed at the earliest to ensure the new facilities can be used from next year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tai Thanh, a medical worker at Quoc Oai High School in Ha Noi feels put under great pressure at work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to demolish 68 illegally built houses, villas and restaurants in the Son Tra Nature Reserve if the households are not dismantled before a September deadline.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In poor, remote, mountainous areas, teachers are going up hills and down dales, knocking on students’ doors to try and get them return to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established artist Pham Khac Quang is showing his latest paintings created using a relief printing technique at an exhibition launched recently in Ha Noi’s Goethe Institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and educators in HCM City are worried that the lack of quality children’s albums is forcing them to sing songs originally composed for adults.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sink holes have been appearing over the past month in the Cho Don District of the northern mountain province of Bac Kan, generating anxiety among local residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) defeated Can Tho 3-0 in the fifth round of V.League 1 at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With ambitious plans, proven results and a busy schedule, Vietnamese fooballers are working hard and earning their fans’ support.