VietNamNet Bridge – Home-grown badminton player Pham Cao Cuong has jumped 118 spots in the May world rankings to 242, according to the Badminton World Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Cao Plateau and the islands of Co To and Ly Son offer several wonderful campsites in Vietnam during the summers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – McDonald’s is finishing its second Vietnam restaurant located in Ho Chi Minh City’s heart for a soon opening.

 American National Geographic Magazine has honoured photos taken by Vietnamese photographers for overall excellence in print magazine photography on a number of occasions in 2014.

 Another baby dies from measles; Vietnamese students win physics prizes; Two die in motorbike accident; Pharmacist admits to medicine theft; Ha Noi, Bac Ninh tackle deadly fires

 Local banks urged to get tough on money laundering; Beer production continues to bubble; Boom in garment and textile exports to the US; Local banks fund PVD $160m to purchase oil rig

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) revealed that Toshiya Miura has been appointed the new manager of the national and Olympic football squads.

 The United States may face a 70 percent increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050 as the climate warms, according to a government-funded study released on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past two days, the Indian media has run news stories criticising China’s illegal deployment of a drilling rig and military vessels in Vietnamese waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega has strongly condemned China for violating Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea and called upon the US to make a clear and decisive response to China's acts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bottled drinks with the label “functional food” and alcohol concentrations of up to 35 percent are regularly served at street shops and luxurious restaurants.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 Three outstanding Vietnamese footballer’s Cong Vinh, Van Quyet and DinhLuat have been selected to play with a group of Asian stars in a friendly match against the Indonesian squad on May 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the latest FIFA rankings for May 2014, Vietnam has retained its No.1 position in Southeast Asia and 116th in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 24th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on May 10-11, amid escalating East Sea tensions which are expected to be hotly contested and dominate debate at the meeting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The private air carrier Air Mekong may return to the market in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department has asked Thailand to stop unfriendly acts made by officials towards Vietnamese citizens, who are being forced to prove their financial means before entering the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – China’s deployment of an oil rig in Vietnam’s waters is a hazardous escalation that creates an extremely dangerous scenario to the region, the Straits Times, Singapore’s leading daily, quoted the country’s analysts as saying

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation Tran Quoc Tuan has been appointed as head of the management team of men’s and women’s football at the upcoming 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week 2014 will take place in Hanoi from May 11 to 14, with the participation of 17 designers who will introduce 800 designs.