Briefs of some of leading news stories published Tuesday (August 23) in Tuoi Tre Newspaper:

Politics:

- President of the Republic of Seychelles James Alix Michel will pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 28-29. The visit will be made at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- At a ceremony to mark Indonesia’s 68th National Day (August 17), which was hosted by the Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on August 20, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed that Vietnam always wants to further strengthen cooperation with Indonesia. He congratulated the people of Indonesia on their achievements during nearly seven decades of national construction and development.

Society:

- An environmental improving project in the coastal city of Nha Trang has been criticized since it has more and more made environment pollution. Due to the unfinished works on some tourism streets like Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Nguyen Thien Thuat and Hung Vuong, wastewater has flooded on the road, causing stench over the area.

- Doctors Hanoi’s E Hospital on August 22 joined a training course on cardiac surgery with robot assistance, offered by experts from the Japanese Kanazawa Hospital. Doctor Le Ngoc Thanh, director of E Hospital’s Cardiovascular Center said Vietnam will invest on robot to assist heart surgery in the near future.

Business:

- Although moon cake manufacturing enterprises have offered their products since early this month, local customers have seemed to be indifferent and kept waiting to the peak time for lower price.

- Noi Bai International Airport has recently applied the service price for many non-aviation products to erase the twist that sellers offer different prices for the same products and to decrease the products' high prices. For example, a 0.5l bottle of water does not exceed VND15,000, bottled soft drink does not exceed VND25,000, and a bowl of noodle does not exceed VND50,000.

Lifestyle:

- An exhibition titled “Vietnam’s Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands – Historical Evidents” featuring 200 maps  and many documents about the islands was opened at the Thong Nhat Stadium in HCMC. The event has attracted many people including locals, foreign tourists and expats. The exhibition will run until August 29.

- On Ausgust 22, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism held a meeting on positioning Vietnamese tourirsm trademark. Le Anh Tuan, head of the administration’s market department said Vietnam’s tourism should focus on three main products including sea - islands, culture and ecology.