VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has released a regulation on wastewater zoning and wastewater standards with stricter requirements than the ones currently in force in the city.

 Representatives from many foreign nations and organizations have stated publicly that Vietnam has displayed the proper attitude accentuated by a consistent respect for international law.

 HCM City overpowers opposition at swimming championships; Teenager Tien progresses into national quarter-finals; Victory for Da Nang gives them place in last eight; VTV Women’s Volleyball Cup opens in Bac Ninh

Vietnamese artists Le Hong Linh and Tran Phong have been accorded the prestigious distinction of being cited in the “Who’s Who Masterpieces” of modern contemporary photographers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnamese investors are rushing to sell stocks out of fears brought on by current uncertainties, foreign investors are injecting money into Vietnamese stocks, finding the cheaper goods attractive.

Motorcyclists may soon be fined VND100,000-200,000 (US$5-10) if found wearing substandard helmets.The helmets, including some described as "eggshells", would then be destroyed.

 Fishing boat QNg 90205-TS from the central province of Quang Ngai has safely landed at Tinh Ky Port in Quang Ngai city on May 18, despite damages it suffered from an attack by a Chinese fisheries administration ship two days earlier.

 Vietnamese and international friends around the globe are continuing to protest against China’s illegal placement of an oil drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Group Christian Poncelet has critisised China’s placement of the Haiyang Shiyou -981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has become the first Vietnamese swimmer winning a berth to compete at the world championships after her outstanding performance in the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Continuous foreign buying last week helped cushion the market fall, but escalating tensions between Viet Nam and China is expected to impact the stock market in the short term.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's women's football team will have to prepare themselves for the play-off match in order to win the continent's fifth ticket to the Women's World Cup next year after a 2-0 loss to Australia in the last match of Group A

VietNamNet Bridge – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is paying a working visit to Vietnam from May 18-20 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang, which aims to embrace bilateral economic ties.

 China has become a global power with extensive outreach to all continents. But it has never been so isolated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese investors have lost billions of dollars overnight because of heavy fluctuations in the asset markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese traders, seeing a plunge in demand for Chinese products, have decided to stop importing goods from China for domestic sale. This trend has been accelerated with the ongoing dispute in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the websites hacked by Chinese, 120 have resumed their normal operation. However, 173 other websites have been warned that they have security holes making them vulnerable to hackers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese teachers and students have been participating in many meaningful activities to show their patriotism these days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-nine artists have held an exhibition of paintings made from Vietnamese paint at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In relation to recent incidents at the Vung Ang Economic Zone in the Ky Anh District of Ha Tinh Province, local police on Sunday morning arrested and charged 16 people for theft and disturbing public order.