Tuoitrenews briefs some leading news published today:

Society:

-- An investigation report by Tuoi Tre Newspaper has found a shocking truth that Hoai Duc General Hospital based in Hanoi has given same hematology test results to thousands of patients.

-- A typhoon formed in the East Sea is predicted to make landfall in the northern region this evening (Aug 7) and Hai Phong city and Nam Dinh province are expected to be mostly affected by the storm, according to the national weather forecast service.

-- Some doctors and nurses at Quang Nam General Hospital in the central province of Quang Nam are under public criticism after they have pronounced a premature baby son dead and asked his family to bring him home for funeral.

-- Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan on Tuesday carried out a maneuver involving 3,700 people to cope with tsunami.

-- Convicted murderer Nguyen Anh Tuan has become the first prisoner in Vietnam to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday.

-- A 24-year-old man in Nam Dinh northern city has been detained for three months and charged after he splashed acid on five members of a family at the same time because he was prevented from flirting a 10-year-old girl whose father is his employer.

Sports:

-- Vuong Bich Thang, head of the National Sports Administration, said ASIAD 18 to be held in Vietnam will cost VND15 trillion (US$712 million).

Business:

-- Milk product manufacturers in Vietnam claim that they do not use any raw materials provided by Fonterra based in New Zealand – the world's biggest dairy exporter who is at the center of a contaminated milk scare after it admits that it has found botulism-causing bacteria in some of its products.

Politics:

-- Defense Minister General Phung Quang Thanh and other senior officers from the Vietnam People’s Army have left Hanoi for a European tour, including: official visits to Russia, Poland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, according to Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

-- Leaders of Vietnam and New Zealand have affirmed that both nations will work closely together in negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in the time ahead. In related news, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong has called on the governors of states of the United States to back the ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Asia Pacific (TPP) agreement, according to VNA.