Politics

-- Vietnam celebrated the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialists on Wednesday. The victory ended French colonial rule in the country 60 years ago.

-- Chinese vessels have rammed many Vietnamese ships in Vietnam’s waters and thus injured six Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force members over the last few days, Vietnamese officials said at an international press conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Video of Vietnam-China ship confrontation

Society

-- A Vietnam court upheld Wednesday the death sentences for two former executives of the state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines on graft charges.

-- A Vietnamese firm has filed a complaint to a local court against the chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long for interfering with its waste treatment deal with a partner in neighboring Can Tho City.    

-- Vietnamese railway officials have promulgated regulations that ban gambling in any form in a bid to curb the social evil in the railway sector.

Business

-- Vietnam’s exports of rice to Malaysia and many African countries fell 20 percent in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year due to competition from Thailand, statistics have shown.  

Lifestyle

-- Many exhibitions are running in Vietnam to commemorate the UN Day of Vesak, which is celebrated in the northern Vietnamese province of Ninh Binh from May 7 to 11 under the theme of "Buddhist Perspective towards Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals."

Sports

-- Hosts Vietnam bowed out of the 2014 Asian Futsal Championship after being defeated 4-15 by Iran in the semifinal on Wednesday.

-- Soh Byung Yong, president of the World Martial Arts Union, started a four-day visit to Vietnam on Wednesday. Yong is scheduled to meet with Hua Ngoc Thuan, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and attend some martial art events in Vietnam.    

Education

-- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister has given the in-principle green light to the establishment of an association of junior colleges and universities in Vietnam.