Check out what is in the news today:Society -- The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has recently spent VND9.7 billion (US$433,036) helping local residents resume their production after suffering damage caused by recent marine problems. -- Lumberjacks cut down sixty-six 100-year-old fokienia trees in the Nam Song Bung Protection Forest in the central province of Quang Nam. The provincial People’s Committee is investigating the logging. -- The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province has requested local competent agencies to quickly inspect illegal workers in the locality. Authorities also encourage residents to denounce illicit foreign tour guides who distort Vietnamese history and culture. -- During 26 years of operation in Vietnam since 1989, non-profit organization Operation Smile has offered free-of-charge surgeries to more than 39,000 children suffering cleft palate in the country. Statistics show that one in 700 children was born in Vietnam with cleft lips and palate malformation.Business -- Management agencies should adjust and complete regulations on coffee standards to prevent the lack of transparency and fraud in producing coffee in Vietnam, delegates said Thursday at a workshop on tainted and fake coffee which has been rampant in the domestic market recently. The workshop was held by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper and the Vietnam Standard and Consumers Association.Sports -- The Vietnamese delegation on Thursday departed for the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio 2016) in Brazil, slated for August 5 to 21. The team includes 50 members, of which 23 are athletes in a variety of sports such as weightlifting, shooting, and swimming.Lifestyle -- French photographer Rehahn on Thursday launched his outdoor exhibition at the Hoi An Statue Garden with 40 portraits of Vietnamese women he had captured during the time he traveled the country by motorbike. The event runs until August 20. -- Le Quang Sung Street in District 6 has recently turned into a street of bread grilled with chili salt, with tens of stalls selling the dish named “bánh mì nướng muối ớt” in Vietnamese. The new snack has become popular lately and quickly mesmerized many young diners in the city.
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During last week alone, eight clusters with 195 patients were documented in Hanoi, the HCDC reported, warning that the city is entering a peak of the HFMD epidemic
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An electrical motor incident happened on a stone crushing line at the plant
3 days agoHo Chi Minh City childcare facility suspended over child abuse video
The facility owner was confirmed to have abused children
23 hours agoChinese jailed for lending $790mn in usury in Vietnam
The ring provided loans topping VND20 trillion (US$790 million) at an annual interest rate of 2,346 percent to more than one million people
22 hours agoPhu Quoc takes back nearly 28,000sqm of residents’ land for eco-tourism project
The land lots will be used for the Rach Tram high-end eco-tourism and residential area project
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Foreign visitors amazed by night stay in northern Vietnam ethnic village
In the central living area of a traditional Mong ethnic house in Lao Xa Village, Sung La Commune, located in Dong Van District of Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, over a dozen guests congregated around hot dinner trays prepared by a millennial local man and his wife.
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Foreign visitors amazed by night stay in northern Vietnam ethnic village
In the central living area of a traditional Mong ethnic house in Lao Xa Village, Sung La Commune, located in Dong Van District of Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, over a dozen guests congregated around hot dinner trays prepared by a millennial local man and his wife.
Glamping sites encroach on Ho Chi Minh City rivers, canals
Glamping has become a new tourism trend among the young
A closer look at BYD Seal ahead of entry into Vietnam
The car might be available in Vietnam in both hybrid and electric versions
Vandals paint cars red in Hanoi
'Police in the district are investigating this case of vandalism'
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
The animal, named Chakisaurus nekul, was found in the Pueblo Blanco Natural Reserve, in the southern province of Río Negro
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Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong commits $1 billion more to VinFast
He will spend VND10 trillion (US$394 million) from his pocket building charging stations in the next three years
Phu Quoc takes back nearly 28,000sqm of residents’ land for eco-tourism project
The land lots will be used for the Rach Tram high-end eco-tourism and residential area project
Ho Chi Minh City hosts Global Sourcing Fair Vietnam with 8,000 attendees expected
It features a wide range of product lines from Vietnam and other Asian countries
Chinese jailed for lending $790mn in usury in Vietnam
The ring provided loans topping VND20 trillion (US$790 million) at an annual interest rate of 2,346 percent to more than one million people