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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 12

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 12

Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 08:03 GMT+7

Take a look at what you need to know on Tuesday in Vietnam.

Politics

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to organize exhibits of maps, documents, pictures, objects, and publications about Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The exhibits will be held in 48 provinces and cities in the nation and be organized in France, Russia, the U.S., and the Czech Republic from 2015 to 2017.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday during a visit to Singapore that Vietnam wants to learn from the state city in fighting corruption.

Society

-- The management board of the Hanoi urban railway project yesterday decided to replace all building partners who failed to meet standards after a 630kg iron bar dropped down on Ho Tung Mau Street in Hanoi, almost injuring two passers-by.

-- A group of street vendors in Ho Chi Minh City have been discovered luring and forcing foreign tourists to buy their coconuts at exorbitant prices.

-- The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a decision to fine national broadcaster Vietnam Television VND25 million (US$1,150) for airing a wrong map of Vietnam, ‘relocating’ Hanoi to China.

Business

-- Made-in-Vietnam polyester fiber products have been under dumping investigation by Turkish authorities, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

-- The prices of construction materials in Vietnam have kept on increasing due to a hike in fuel prices and a reduction in promotional activities from manufacturers.

-- Experts have agreed that it is necessary to warn of a real estate bubble as the market has shown signs of recovery after years of being frozen.

Sports

-- The Vietnam General Department of Sports has blamed the table tennis coaching team and management unit for internal disagreement during the selection of athletes to take part in the 28th SEA Games to be held in Singapore in June.

Lifestyle

-- Free tickets will be distributed to viewers who want to watch 13 European films to be shown during the 2015 European Film Festival that will run in Vietnam from May 15 to 24. The distribution of the free tickets will be made from May 12 at the British Council in Ho Chi Minh City and the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

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