Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig

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Visitors from Chinese-speaking markets fall

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of visitors to Vietnam from Chinese-speaking markets dropped sharply in July, two months after China’s illegal deployment of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig and escort ships in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone

Photos put focus on VN fishermen

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese photographer Murayama Yasufumi plans to organise a photo exhibition displaying 40 photos of Vietnamese residents, including fishermen, living in the central provinces.

Japanese lensman sets sights on Spratlys

Japanese photojournalist Murayama Yasufumi, who has visited Viet Nam 36 times to take photos of the country and its people since 1998, is determined to get official approval to take photos of Viet Nam's Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

Firm evidence proves Vietnam’s sovereignty over archipelagoes

China’s recent unilateral acts in the East Sea seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty and international law, threatening peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation in the East Sea.

‘Crisis always leads to negative sum game’

 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

China’s rig dispatch to East Sea sparks regional concern

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf has attracted public attention in and outside the country.

NA plans to pass demonstration law next year

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) has decided to put the draft of a demonstration law on the table for comment at its ninth session and plans to pass it at its next meeting slated for late next year as agreed by deputies last week.

Vietnam brings East Sea tensions to UN

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations has protested China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea at a UN meeting in New York from May 27-30,