Vietnamese American golfer Brianna Do is making her second appearance in the prestigious 2014 US Women’s Open Championship taking place in the US State of North Carolina (NC) from June 19-22.

Hanoi Chair Nguyen The Thao has shown his dissatisfaction with the sluggishness of the urban rail project from Nhon to the Hanoi Railway station, which is being carried out by Vietnam's Hancorp and Korean contractors Posco and Daelim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese non-alcoholic beverage industry was once described as a sleeping princess who would awaken soon, and that finally has come true.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The political unrest in Thailand is one major reason causing tourists to change their destination to Vietnam,

VietNamNet Bridge - The work titled "House for Trees" from the Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd has won the AR House Awards 2014 in the UK, for the world’s best one-off house, over hundreds of other works submitted from around the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly on Thursday ratified the amended Marriage & Family Law, which allows surrogacy in the country. However, the issue of same-sex marriage is still out of the scope of this law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese athletes are set to compete at the 2014 World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and World Age Group competitions from June 23-29 in Cancun, Mexico.

 Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem failed to secure a place in the top ten players of the 2014 World Blitz and Rapid Championships in Dubai after pocketing only three points on June 18 – the final day of the rapid chess competitions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government is committed to augmenting the country’s attractiveness as a safe and hospitable investment destination with developed infrastructure facilities and a young talented workforce.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese piano students scooped up the top prize in three out of five categories at the Val Tidone International Music Competitions, which wrapped up in Milan on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The largest property groups in the Middle East have shown intense interest in the Vietnamese market recently, with plans to invest billions of dollars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese VNREDSat-1 can take high-quality pictures of any location in the world, not just in Vietnam, which could prove to be useful in the current dispute with China.

 Two ranking military officers, Lieu. Col. Mac Duc Trong and Lieu. Col. Tran Nam Nhan, will join the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

 Despite the Chinese aggression in the East Sea, Vietnamese fisheries surveillance and coast guard authorities on June 19 continued to relentlessly demand China remove its drilling rig out of Vietnam’s waters and respect international law.

The latest developments in the East Sea came to the fore at a seminar held by the Sri Lanka – Vietnam Solidarity Association in Colombia on June 18.

Young Vietnamese singer Hai Chau on June 17 debuted her single “Out of control” – a joint product between Chau and Universal Music.

 Increased tensions and solutions to the territorial dispute over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in the East Sea will be hotly debated at a seminar in Danang on June 20-21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy ministers would have to meet the highest level of foreign language standards set up by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) under a new decree currently being drafted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About five million square meters of surface area on Vam Co River is covered with water hyacinths, an indicator of serious environmental pollution.

 Japan has banned the possession of child sex-abuse images, one of the last developed countries to do so.