A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has asserted Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, and demanded a stop to actions violating the country’s sovereignty.

After waiting under rain for a whole night in front of the door of the Experimental Primary School in Hanoi, hundreds of parents ruined the school gate in the morning of May 12 to compete for buying registration forms for the first grade.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Latin American Film Festival, aimed at celebrating the richness and diversity of cultures while fostering cross-cultural understanding, begins at the Ha Noi Cinematheque tonight, May 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top-placed Ha Noi T&T suffered a humiliating loss of 2-6 yesterday, May 14, to the defending champions Song Lam Nghe An on their home turf at Hang Day Stadium in the capital city.

Bianfishco’s General Director Tran Van Tri has stated that the seafood company has got a bail which would help the company revive. However, doubts still have been raised about the fate of Bianfishco.

Eight Vietnamese artists, including actor Huy Khanh, actresses Ngoc Diep, Le Khanh, Tina Tinh, Trang Nhung, Kathy Uyen and directors Tran Luc and Quang Hai, will go to France on May 20 to participate in the world famous festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Tan Lai of Chau Phu won the fifth stage of the Return to the Country – An Giang Plant Protection Cup yesterday, May 14.

The executive secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Monday called for efforts to turn political decisions into action to address the climate change as a new round of climate change talks kicked off here.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday, May 14, urged the Government to diversify its policies and confirmed the need to amend the Law on Co-operatives in order to improve the economy.

Universities complain that some unreasonable regulations have prevented many people to enter the training courses for doctorates.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Football Federation (HFF) has released a book titled "Landmarks in the 100-year History of Vietnamese Football," the first ever of its kind.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health on May 14 officially released a report on the unknown skin disease in Bao To district of the central province of Quang Ngai.

VietNamNet Bridge – The movement of putting data has been thriving not only in the business sector, but has also been developing among government agencies.

Vietnam will join seven other teams at the 2012 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championships to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13-22.   

Senior officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday called on Iran to allow inspectors access to sites, people and documents the agency seeks to address concerns that the country might have been working on nuclear weapons.

VietNamNet Bridge - Mai Kieu Lien, CEO and chairwoman of Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy producer, has been listed as one of the top Asian CEOs by the Hong Kong-based Corporate Governance Asia Journal.

Billboards have been hung on every space in big cities, on the roads to the airports, above buildings and houses, at schools and in parks. Urbanites now can live well with the new job of leasing space to billboards.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young residents of big cities like HCM City and Ha Noi are expressing their concerns about pressing environmental problems by urging residents and authorities to actively take part in reducing pollution levels.

Contrary to all predictions, the opportunities for opening new golf courses are still open.

Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favor of its own mapping system, it was reported on Friday.