Chinese ships on June 12 continued to encircle and cut off Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance vessels and then retreat in order to photograph and film misleading footage aimed to make it look like they were being rammed by Vietnamese ships.

China is trying to create “a fait accompli" to rationalise its presence in the areas it uses force to occupy the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Record Organization recently published the list of 50 gift specialties which were nominated by localities, tourism agencies, domestic and foreign tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vivid images of life in the Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Nha Trang and Saigon of the late 19th century appear in the precious photos of then Governor General of Indochina, Armand Rousseau.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called “U-shaped” line China has drawn by itself in the East Sea as well as its recent moves are the main causes of the complicated and tense situation in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese football striker Le Cong Vinh is taking part in a campaign launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to prevent child labour.

 Thailand's ruling junta has ordered TV regulators to ensure that football fans will not have to pay to watch any matches at the World Cup.

Foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Australia have expressed strong opposition to the use of force or coercion to unilaterally alter the status quo in the East and East China Seas.

China’s act of locating its oil rig in contested waters in the Paracels is more than a dispute over sovereignty. It is also a dispute about international law of the sea.

 News that Hong Kong's government has objected to plans to allow same-sex couples to wed at the British consulate in the Chinese city has angered gay rights activists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Government programme to create a temporary stockpile of one million tonnes of rice from the winter-spring crop has ensured that many farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta earned profits,

VietNamNet Bridge – The ambience of game-day was in the air on June 11 as the northern province of Hung Yen hosted a football rally displaying the revelry that Vietnamese fans have for the game of football.

Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh advanced to the second round of the Yonex Japan Open badminton tournament yesterday (June 11) in Tokyo.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese students walked away with honours at the 13th Russian Olympiad which was wrapped up in Moscow on June 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most banks have had to cancel or delay their plans to increase chartered capital because of current economic conditions.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang was quoted in Dat Viet as saying that rumors that China had prohibited its state-owned businesses to offer bids for projects in Vietnam were not a cause for concern.

The Health Ministry's Food Administration will carry out inspections of the production, trade and use of food additives in a number of localities from now until the end of this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's property market is revising but depending too much on the financial market, which makes investment still risky, so developers should take prudential steps towards the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should develop further in accordance with market mechanisms, said experts at a conference in the city.

Tension has continued to escalate in the East Sea as China has maintained the presence of a large number of ships around the drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.