VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has got ready to take legal action against China over its illegal stationing of a giant oil drilling rig well within the Vietnamese exclusive economic zone, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official.

A wild bull killed one man and wounded three others in Dai Lanh commune in this central province yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defying aggression from Chinese ships, fishermen in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa are still bringing in daily loads of tuna, squid, mackerel and other high-value seafood. Bui Hoai Nam reports from Da Nang.

 Long time ago, the feudal state of Vietnam carried out policies to send people to Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes to affirm its national sovereignty, said the People's Army Newspaper online on May 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Cong Ngu had once bowed to commemorate the Vietnamese soldiers who had died during the sea battle in the Hoang Sa (Paracels) archipelago between Vietnamese and Chinese forces in January 1974.

 An international press conference was organised on May 23 in Hanoi to update reporters on information of the East Sea situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, 100 artists and over 1,000 fans gathered in HCMC to shoot a music video entitled "Vietnamese Hearts", to show their love for the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands and the East Sea. This song was composed by Phuong Uyen.

 Chinese ships recently interfered and fired high-power water cannons at a Vietnamese ship, injuring a number of fisheries surveillance staff and destroying equipment.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam late last week called for the public, particularly patriotic workers at industrial parks, to stay vigilant against ill-intentioned elements.

Every Vietnamese citizen has a right to feel outraged at the illegal and hostile acts of China in Vietnam's waters. Fortunately, though, most Vietnamese have remained calm enough not to take extreme actions, and to advise their compatriots similarly.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In its confrontation with China, Vietnam has two things going for it that China has no hope of laying claim to:  the legal and ethical high ground.

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

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 VietNamNet Bridge - Many people who are believed to have opposing opinions are invited to join a delegation of overseas Vietnamese to Truong Sa Islands (Spratlys) at the end of April.

The exhibition of historical and legal evidences asserting that Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) and Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) belong to Vietnam is held in Phu Yen from March 28 to April 3, on the occasion of Vietnam Seafood Festival 2014.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has asked China to seriously investigate the recent acts of chasing and damaging two Vietnamese fishing vessels in Vietnam’s waters by several Chinese ships.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Education and Training and research institutions to add the contents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands into in textbooks at all levels of education.

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Carrying 257 leaflets with Vietnam maps, which do not have the two islands of Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys), a Chinese passenger was fined VND30 million ($1,500) at the Da Nang International Airport.