Over 300 Vietnamese and foreign supporters raised banners in front of Sydney Town Hall on May 25, expressing their overwhelm indignation over China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou- 981 and escorting vessels in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone since early May.
Japanese electric bike firm Terra Motors said that it has started manufacturing electric bikes in Vietnam in HCM City's Cat Lai industrial zone.
Scientists from the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa have suggested preserving the rare population of a Camellia species which were found in the local mountainous region in 2013.
A requiem for martyrs and sailors who defended the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago is being held in Ly Son island, central Quang Ngai province on May 23-25.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered contractors, investors and consultancy providers to ensure the deadline for the completion of the National Assembly building as well as absolute safety and top quality of the project.
Thousands of Vietnamese people living in Belgium held a meeting in front of the headquarters of the European Council in Brussels to denounce China’s unlawful act of placing its Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
In response to China’s illegal positioning of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, the Liaison Association for Overseas Vietnamese has issued a statement, unyieldingly protesting China’s behaviour.
The Court of Appeals under the Supreme People’s Court on May 23 reduced the sentence of Duong Tu Trong, former Deputy Director of the northern port city of Haiphong's Police Department, from 18 to 16 years in prison.
Using oil prospecting as a pretext, China is adding fuel to the fire of tension in the East Sea, Ass. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Chu Hoi, senior lecturer at the Hanoi National University, has said.
Businesses in the southern province of Tay Ninh have earned nearly VND1 billion (US$47,000) from their daily export of 10,000 chickens to Cambodia through auxiliary border checkpoints.