The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations yesterday sent a letter to the China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries expressing concern over Chinese ships repeatedly violating Vietnamese sovereignty

VietNamNet Bridge – The life and the unity between the people and soldiers in Truong Sa Island District are represented through 150 photos at an exhibition held on the occasion of the Nha Trang Sea Festival in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

Party leader to visit Laos; Vietnam actively takes part in ILO meeting; Vietnam gives priority to boosting ties with Cuba; Viet Nam-Myanmar look to improve economic ties

VietNamNet Bridge — Teenager Hoang Quy Phuoc clocked a time of 24.16 seconds to finish first in the boy's 50m freestyle at the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Da Nang on Sunday.

Ha Noi suspends sustandard antibiotics; ACB ex-official arrested for embezzling $1 mln; Woman’s corpse found floating on Huong River

Vietnam’s exporters not eager for export credit insurance; Expanded e-customs procedures urged; Dung Quat zone to be expanded; Ministry spotlights top exporters; EuroCham hosts seminars on global trends’ impact on local labor   

The maximum fine for travel companies that operate without the correct licence will increase from VND30 million ($1,400) to VND40 million (US$1,900) under a new draft decree drafted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top middle-distance runner Truong Thanh Hang won gold at the Borsig Track and Field Tournament held in Germany over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Children should be taught life skills at an early age, educational experts told the Khoa hoc and Doi song (Science and Life) newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – Film studios are likely to make 5,000 TV serials this year, compared to just 50 a decade ago, but many filmmakers are worried about their quality.

VietNamNet Bridge - A rise in the number of strikes at Vietnam-based, foreign-invested enterprises has sparked calls for an overhaul of the current salary regime.

VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Nguyen Ngoc Thanh and goalkeeper Nguyen Manh Dung will be participating in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers' training session, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean-based KBS TV station will launching its reality TV Shootdori in Viet Nam under the name Football Kids in August.

VietNamNet Bridge - Homebuyers in the capital are paying far more than HCM City residents despite lower per capita incomes.

To date, 50 investment and purchase affairs, where investors inject money in Internet service companies have been reported. Meanwhile, investors are continuing seeking new investment opportunities in the companies.

At least five people were killed and some 25 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack in the southern Iraqi port of Basra on Monday, a local police source said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The credit growth rate of many commercial banks has nearly reached or exceeded the allowed level of 20 percent. Therefore, banks now have to restrict disbursement and seek new channels to spend their money.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key renewed his pledge Monday that the country 's second largest city of Christchurch would be rebuilt after a series of fresh tremors rocked the city, injuring dozens of people.

Lebanese new government was appointed by an official decree on Monday, after almost five months that the former national unity government collapsed in January.

VietNamNet Bridge - A US senator on June 13 urged condemnation of China's behavior in maritime rifts with its neighbors, saying Washington has been too weak-kneed as tensions rise in the East Sea.