Politics

-- President Truong Tan Sang is scheduled to visit Indonesia from June 27-28, aiming to lift the bilateral relations between the two countries when he meets with his Indonesian counterpart.

-- Vietnamese and South Korean maritime police forces joined Tuesday a fire fighting, rescue exercise in Ba Ria–Vung Tau.

-- Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), Sen. Lieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich visited Tuesday the Luang Prabang’s Military Headquarters in Laos.

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong met Tuesday the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party (PTP) Jarupong Ruangsuwan during his Thailand visit.

Business

-- Intel Vietnam will seek to increase the localization rate of its Vietnamese plant from the current 10 percent to 50 percent, though it is a tough road to go, its CEO said at a conference on Tuesday.

-- The Van Phong Economic Zone now looks like a mess after two major projects in the venue have been canceled due to the incapacity of the investors.

-- Hanoi police caught Tuesday the transporting of two tons of snakehead fish smuggled to China to be sell in the city’s restaurants.

-- The chairman of the board of members of a company in Khanh Hoa Tuesday took all employees by a shock as he reported to authorities that the firm has been evading taxes.

Society

-- D. Jason, a US national, was Tuesday held by officers at Tan Son Nhat Airport before his departure for Sydney as three cakes of drugs were found in his luggage.

-- A number of flights of the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on Tuesday were delayed due to what the airline said was technical faults.

-- The director of the Thai Binh Radio and TV Station was Tuesday suspended from working as he failed to thoroughly broadcast news coverage about the recent storm.

-- The HCMC Supreme Court upheld Tuesday the death sentence for Duong Kim Lien, 45, who poisoned her husband who was a traffic police.

Education

-- Binh Dinh Province has begun an advanced English teaching program that is worth an enormous VND176 billion (US$8.46 million).

Lifestyle

-- Hoa Duc Cong, a prize-winning young dancer and who is popular not only for his dancing talent but also for his iron will to combat his devastating renal failure, has signed up for the audition of the Vietnam So You Think You Can Dance season 2 after he had to withdraw from the first season halfway to continue his medical treatment.