VietNamNet Bridge – With around 57,000 travellers pouring into Phu Quoc in the first quarter of this year, Viet Nam's largest island is fast becoming the gem in the country's tourism crown.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "oil rig" crisis in the East Sea has had the world concerned by daily footage of clashes and confrontation between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels.

 Viet Nam's real estate inventory had an estimated value of VND83.5 trillion (US$3.9 billion) by the end of Q2 2014, the Ministry of Construction announced.

 The Mexico-Vietnam Cooperation and Friendship Institute (ICAMV) has called on China to fully commit to agreements it signed with Vietnam and international organisations, in order to settle the East Sea dispute peacefully.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Food Administration has announced that 24 people have died from food poisoning nationwide so far this year.

Netizens have been talking about the film "Apartment 69," which is rated by its own producer as 18 +. The first 20-minute episode was released on Youtube on June 5 and by June 18, it had more than 1.5 million hits.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has gone halfway to recovering the architectural space of Lan Ong Street, which specialises in selling Vietnamese traditional medicine and is one of the few streets in the capital that has maintained its time-honoured trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should sue China for misinterpreting and misusing the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, using force to possess another country’s territory, and violating the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnam.

 British harpist to charm HCM City; Artists gather for print workshop; Vietnamese students win prizes from international music competitions

A State-run helpline known as Marvellous Key that provides 24-hour advice on child-related issues has received more than 1.5 million of calls from children and adults over the past 10 years, 69 per cent of which came from children.

 Vietnamese farmers taken in by Chinese partners; VN, EU resolved to conclude FTA talks this year; Highway expansion hits a rocky slope; Economic outlook still ‘modest,' says Maersk report; PJICO compensates riot-hit Chutex

Viet Nam has diversified capital sources for infrastructure projects, Dinh La Thang, Minister of Transport told the Viet Nam Economic Times.

 Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped four places to 14th in the world badminton rankings, the sport's governing body has announced.

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Anh Vien set a new record at the second Southeast Asia Swimming Championships in Singapore yesterday.

 International grand master Le Quang Liem mustered only a fourth place finish in the blitz chess at the 2014 World Blitz and Rapid Championships which drew to a close in Dubai on June 20.

Eight species of flora enlisted in Vietnam’s Red Book are being preserved at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

 Police from the northern province of Quang Ninh on Thursday arrested Vu Khac Tu, Deputy Director General of Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) for involvement in a VND9 billion (US$423,000) appropriation case.

 National Assembly passes new notary legislation; Vietnam, Mozambique increase cooperation; Vietnam, Mexico cooperate in religious affairs; Oregon wants to elevate ties with Vietnam

Viet Nam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China's nine-dash claim to much of the East Sea, retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters yesterday.

China's illegal placement of its oil rig in Vietnam's waters is raising world indignation. President Truong Tan Sang has quoted an ancient Vietnamese King's words as an indication that the nation will never ease up on the issue.