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VN kids need to be saved from life-saving classes

It's been a bleak week for Vietnamese schools, parents and their children. A boy was found dead in a school van on August 6, suspected of being forgotten by the caretaker and locked inside the vehicle.

13 to be prosecuted in inter-provincial online football gambling case

The police has initiated legal proceedings against 13 defendants for their alleged involvement in a major football gambling ring worth VND1.6 trillion (US$64million), according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Thai Son Nam put best foot forward at AFC tournament

Thai Son Nam will have to do without star player Vu Duc Tung in the AFC Futsal Club Championship’s quarter-final versus Chinese Shenzhen Nanling Tielang today.

5.6 percent of Vietnamese children face risk of trafficking

About 5.6 per cent of Vietnamese children are at risk of trafficking according to results of a nationwide survey.

Ca Mau seeks $60.4 m from Government to resettle households in disaster–prone areas

The Ca Mau Province People’s Committee has asked the central Government for VND1.4 trillion (US$60.4 million) to relocate families living in natural disaster-prone areas to new residential areas built in 2016-25.

Hue folk singing to be taught at school

The Culture and Sports Department in Hue has signed an agreement to co-ordinate with the local Education and Training Department to add folk singing to the academic curriculum in schools.

BUSINESS NEWS 14/8

Online revenue suddenly plunges at MWG

HCM City opens new Eastern Bus Terminal

The new Eastern Bus Terminal in District 9 will open soon following two years of construction of the first phase of the project.

Safety of reservoirs called into question after plant incident

The concerning situation at Dak Kar Hydropower Plant in the central highlands province of Dak Nong has once again raised alarm on the safety of the region's many small and medium-sized hydropower plants during the rainy season, 

Oysters die en masse in Thai Binh

Massive oyster deaths in Tien Hai District, northern Thai Binh Province, in recent days have devastated local farmers.

VP Bank Hanoi Marathon 2019 to open

The International VP Bank Hanoi Marathon tournament (VHM) will open on October 20 at Ly Thai To Park, by Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi.

Saigon Heat secure VBA playoff berth

Saigon Heat ended hosts Danang Dragons’ Viet Nam Basketball Association playoff hopes after beating them 70-62 at the Military Zone 5 Gymnasium on Sunday.

NA Standing Committee to question ministers

Fifteen minsters and leaders of sectors will field questions lawmakers this week at the 36th session of National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

Ha Noi demolish Thanh Hoa in V.League

Ha Noi trounced Thanh Hoa 5-0 on Sunday to stay on top of V.League 1.

Striker Pape Omar and captain Nguyen Van Quyet netted a double each while Papa Ibou Kebe scored the other.

Six charged with bribery in protection racket

Six men have been prosecuted for bribery in a protection racket that ramped up billions of dong from truck drivers to avoid traffic offences, Hanoi police announced on Sunday.

Three family members killed by lightning

Three members of a family in Tram Tau District, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, were killed by lightning on Sunday, according to local authorities.

Man appears in court accused of abducting Vietnamese teenager in UK

A Vietnamese man has appeared in court in the United Kingdom accused of abducting a Vietnamese schoolgirl.

E-sports take off in VN after team wins world championship

In recent years, e-sports has emerged as a new and exciting concept in Vietnam after a period of strong development worldwide. 

BUSINESS NEWS 13/8

Businesses seek ways to boost food export

Climate-change adaptation models help farmers escape poverty

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have escaped poverty by adapting to climate change and shifting from rice to corn or peanut cultivation as well as the breeding of goats and aquatic species.