VietNamNet Bridge – The new investment law aims to improve fairness and transparency, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Legal Department deputy director Quach Ngoc Tuan told Dau Tu (Viet Nam Investment Review). 

 Plastic sector targets export growth; Equitisation gains momentum; VN shrimp exports to US jump in Q1; Samsung looks to boost investment in Vietnam; US abolishes anti-dumping tax for one Vietnamese seafood business

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese real estate market is littered with many unfinished large-scale projects worth hundreds of millions of US dollars, and no one knows if and when they will be completed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued an action program for the realization of the Party Central Committee’s Resolution 22-NQ/TW on international integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from May 18-20 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang,

 Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been unearthed in Argentina, palaeontologists say.

 Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Phuoc Tuong, 90, has invested almost 20 years researching about Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands, despite facing many difficulties.

The Vietnamese women could not build on their previous 3-1 victory over Jordan in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup knock-out stage as they lost 0-4 to defending world champions Japan in their second Group A tie on Friday, May 16.

 Hanoi school students support Vietnam’s sovereignty over seas, islands; Central region heat wave shows no sign of relenting; Exploring the universe on Space Day in Hanoi; HCMC public hospitals set to hike fees

 Prof. Nguyen Huu Viet Hung and Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ba An received the 2013 Ta Quang Buu Award at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge - An international press conference was held in Hanoi on May 17 to inform foreign reporters about bad individuals’ extremist actions that affected social order and safety in several localities in the country.

 PM Dung to attend World Economic Forum on East Asia; PM asks for more efforts in ensuring security, order; UAE, Vietnam hold first political consultation; NA Standing Committee ends session with bauxite projects

 The White House has described China's placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s waters as a provocative act and warned Beijing not to raise tensions in the region.

Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang on Saturday talked on the phone with his Chinese counterpart Guo Sheng Kun over recent spontaneous protests against China’s illegal placement of its HD-981 rig in Vietnam’s waters.

China on Saturday continued showing its aggressiveness by sending more military ships to areas surrounding the HD-981 oil rig that it is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, said a senior official of the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German choreographer Arco Renz, winner of the 2012 ZKB Patronage Award for choreographing Crack in Cambodia, held a week-long dance workshop for dancers from the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra

 VietNamNet Bridge – BIDV Insurance Corporation (BIC) admitted at its annual general meeting that the company had fallen to seventh position in the non-life insurance market based on market share, with premiums of VND790.55 billion ($37.6 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese brides in Taiwan have become teachers of native language after engaging in a programme entitled “Ngọn đuốc tân di dân” (New Immigrant Torch).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of Ha Noi Water Company has denied claims that water supplied by several water companies in the city has been contaminated with arsenic, a toxic chemical linked to skin cancer.