VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Council last Saturday approved a resolution to increase subsidies for preschool education, which will take effect on June 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies agreed on June 23 that revisions to the Investment Law should bolster investors' confidence through further cuts in red tape related to investment activities.

After inspecting textile and garment enterprises, taxation bodies will cast their eyes on automobile manufacturing enterprises and put international auditing firms under probe, according to the General Director of the General Department of Taxation.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's coastal destinations have lured more and more tourists and created competitive advantage for sea tourism, said the Vietnam Economic News.

 On June 9-10, 2014, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi paid an official visit to Vietnam. The visit is the first one of an Italian prime minister since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1973.

 A South Korean court is to hear evidence in the trial of the captain and 14 crew members of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Researcher Ho Tan Phan is holding an auction of two books by war correspondent Bernard Fall to collect money for fishermen who sail the Vietnamese sea despite East Sea tensions.

VietNamNet would like to give our readers a panorama of the East Sea tensions in the last two months, since China began deploying its HD-981 oil rig in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, through the following video clip.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They not only have assets worth of millions of USD but also create jobs for many Vietnamese people in Africa, with monthly salaries of $1,000-$1,500.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's low labour productivity has caused concern among labour experts, who recently voiced worries and called for urgent measures to boost the number of skilled workers.

 Vietnam has officially recognized the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands as having binding authority to settle international disputes spanning a wide range of legal issues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Pacific Boychoir Academy from the U.S will perform for Vietnamese audiences in Hanoi, HCMC and Quang Nam’s Hoi An from July 12 to 16 as part of their Asia Tour 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has unexpectedly decided to discontinue its use of Cambridge University’s English teaching curriculums, after four years of its application at 20 primary schools.

ESET, an internet security firm, has discovered an intentional cyberattack against the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE). Top confidential documents, it warns, may have been stolen by attackers.

 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Hanoi on June 16 to clarify China’s wrongful, groundless allegations of the current situation in the East Sea made on June 13 and provided fresh developments.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Observing from a height of 300m, the Hanoi Old Quarter is covered by reddish-brown roofs.

 Vietnamese ambassador to Turkey recently handed over documents protesting against China’s illegal placement of the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone to Turkey and a number of other countries.

 The legal ramifications and motivation for China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in the East Sea was the topic that captured major attention of international and Vietnamese scholars.

 A Vietnam Fishing Surveillance Department ship was deliberately rammed and seriously damaged by two Chinese ships illegally operating in Vietnamese waters on June 23.