NA Standing Committee to convene 28th meeting; Fisheries Society calls on fishermen to continue to go offshore; Party Central Committee discusses draft reports; Vietnam boosts anti-terrorism work with Cambodia

Security experts from VNCERT (the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team) and BKAV, have confirmed that 220 websites have been hacked by Chinese, but dismissed reports that a Vietnam-China cyberwar is underway.

 On 2nd May 2014, China placed the HD-981 drilling rig in the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of Viet Nam, 120 nautical miles from the Vietnamese coast.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will use all peaceful measures as stipulated in the United Nations Charter and international law to safeguard its rights and interests in the East Sea,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese associations in France issued a joint statement on May 11 condemning China’s serious infringement of Vietnam’s sovereignty, in response to China’s unilateral placement of oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Community in Singapore has expressed their anger at China’s perverse act of positioning a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese coast guard vessel 3041 on May 12 fired water cannon on Vietnamese ship Truong Sa 22, which was undertaking a law enforcement mission in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on May 11 delivered his remarks at the 24th ASEAN Summit held in in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

 Japan expressed support yesterday for ASEAN leaders' calls for restraint and a de-escalation of tensions in the East Sea following Beijing's commencement of oil drilling in waters off Viet Nam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although package tours to China have risen by 40 per cent this year, travel agencies are now seeing many of those tours cancelled because of the tension in the East Sea between China and Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After being attacked by Chinese marine surveillance ships, Vietnamese ships counterattacked. The confrontation took place over more than an hour, reported Tuoi Tre Daily.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Bar Federation has proposed that the government of Vietnam bring China to the international court.

 HCM City’s External Relations Department on May 12 called in a representative of the Chinese Consulate General to protest against China’s unilateral deployment of its drilling rig Ocean-981 and escort vessels in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and ASEAN countries have reached a consensus on the East Sea issue, said Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent interview granted to the media about the results of the 24th ASEAN Summit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Say No to Chinese Goods” campaigns have been launched on many fanpages and social networks following the recent Chinese provocations in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has sent nearly 80 vessels and dozens of patrol aircraft to the waters of Vietnam Friday, where it is laying an illegal oil rig.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The theme of this year’s ASEAN meetings is closely linked to the current situation, especially the recent developments in the East Sea, according to Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh.

Vietnamese Historian Association criticises China for illegal East Sea acts; Vietnamese living in Russia vow to support sovereignty; UK-VN friendship society voices concern over China’s illegal act in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – International organisations, governments and experts have continued expressing concern over China's latest provocative actions in the East Sea.

 Professor, Ph.D. in history Dmitry Mosyakov from the Russian Academy of Sciences has called upon China to stop oil & gas operations in the disputed waters and avoid a similar mistake it made in 1992.