Briefs on some of leading news stories published on Tuesday (July 22) in Tuoi Tre newspaper:

Politics:

-- State President Truong Tan Sang yesterday paid a visit to the army unit 952 and a radar post in the northern city of Hai Phong, reminding officials to be active and cooperative in preparations for all possible circumstances.

-- The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will coordinate with relevant agencies to organize a design contest for a memorial to commemorate 64 late Vietnamese soldiers who perished while defending Gac Ma Island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago. They died in 1988 in a battle against Chinese invaders.

Society:

-- A group of footballers of V-League club Dong Nai have been detained on suspicion of fixing and betting on several league matches this season, according to police. They are now alleged to rig matches for up to VND800 million (US$38,500) each.

-- Ho Chi Minh City authorities are mulling installing equipment for monitoring the quality of water and mud in city canals.

-- By the end of yesterday, typhoon Rammasun claimed the lives of 24 people while two were reported missing, and another two were injured in Vietnam. The tropical storm also destroyed large areas of crops in the northern region.

-- Two traffic policemen were yesterday alleged of nabbing a 17-year-old student and putting him under a wristlock on the street after he was discovered riding in the wrong lane.

-- A mobile weighbridge in Can Tho City has stopped over 24,300 trucks to check their loading capacity in the last three months but only 630 of them were found violating the law.

-- Bodies of dead fish are abundant on the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal in District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City due to contaminated water.

Business:

-- A conference on waterway transport was held yesterday in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to promote the cheap means of transportation in Vietnam.

-- The Hanoi consumer price index increased by 0.18 percent in July, according to official statistics.

Education:

-- The 46th International Chemistry Olympiad opened in Hanoi on Monday, with the participation of 550 teachers and students from 77 countries and territories in the world.