Resignation will transform into the forced acceptance of the de facto control of China in the East Sea and then the existence of the conventions on the law of the sea cannot do much to change the fact.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been sold at sky-high prices as they hold large land plots in advantageous positions, known as ‘golden land’. However, the sales might make the enterprises less attractive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of installation art by Vietnamese artist Tran Trong Vu and his French colleague Christine Jean will take place at French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi from May 12 to June 5, L’Espace has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The trial installation of security camera systems in the central city of Da Nang has helped the city to discover and prevent hundreds of crimes.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 40 ancient maps, indicating the Hoang Sa Islands belong to Viet Nam, and two atlases were displayed for the first time at a conference: Conflict in the South China Sea at Yale university in Connecticut, the US

In the first quarter of 2016, when Big C was not sold to Thailand yet, the trade deficit between Vietnam and Thailand was already nearly $1 billion. This was the highest trade deficit between Vietnam and an ASEAN member.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty-year-old singer Tran Hieu has been recognised by Viet Nam Guinness Records as the country’s oldest People’s Artist.

As seen throughout history, wherever Vietnamese citizens live, such places are also home to temples, pagodas or communal houses, without exception of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Thousands hectares of forest in the central highlands province of Kon Tum are facing extinction as the local authorities are determined to construct a road that seems of little benefit to travellers.

 A large free trade area will be open between Vietnam and its 55 partners, including all G7 members and 15 members of the G20 group from now until 2020, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Vietnam's Ly Hoang Nam went through to the quarter-finals of the India F3 Futures tennis tournament after his opponent withdrew yesterday in Jassowal City.

 The War Remnants’ Museum in Ho Chi Minh City received several valuable historic documents from writer Colonel Dang Vuong Hung during a ceremony on May 11.

 Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed the target of 10 billion USD in two-way trade turnover before 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though the rice export increased in the first quarter over last year in the same period, rice exporters have been warned about big difficulties ahead.

Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng have agreed to intensify information and experience sharing between the two countries in the fight against criminals.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has encouraged UAE firms to invest in renewable energy, hotel, tourism, infrastructure, seaport, aviation, real estate and farm produce production in Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 11 for Victoria Kwakwa, Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific of the World Bank (WB).

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will pay an official friendly visit to Vietnam from May 15-17.

 Vietnam has called on the ten-member ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance (PA) to increase their exchanges in order to effectively deal with challenges hindering their affiliation like geographical distance and cultural differences.

VietNamNet Bridge - BPhone was brought into life in an impressive way, but the smartphone which was hoped to be ‘Vietnamese technological pride’ did not have an impressive performance in the last year.