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SEA Games 29: Two more golds for Vietnam

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 22 grabbed a gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle category at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia. 

Tay Ninh wants sculpture declared as national treasure

Authorities of Tay Ninh Province have submitted a dossier to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, asking for an ancient stone sculpture to be recognised as a national treasure.

Karate athlete brings home gold

Karate athlete Nguyen Thi Hong Anh pocketed the third gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 22.

HCM City hosts Buddhist Cultural Week

 VietNamNet Bridge – Buddhist Cultural Week, organised to celebrate the Buddha’s 2,561st birth anniversary, kicked off at Pho Quang Pagoda in HCM City on Monday night.

Prime Minister: Many laws still hamper each other

 The Government convened a meeting on law making on August 22, during which Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said many laws still hamper each other.

4 sentenced to death for drug trafficking

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court in Ha Noị has sentenced four men to death for illegally transporting 75 bricks of heroin.

Pork in grapefruit leaves: a Muong delicacy

Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves. The dish is even unfamiliar to many food connoisseurs in Viet Nam, but not for the Muong ethnic group

Indonesia treasures ties with VN: lower house speaker

Speaker of the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia Setya Novanto met with Viet Nam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday in Jakarta, saying his country attaches importance

Turkey PM begins Viet Nam visit

 VietNamNet Bridge – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim arrived in Ha Noi yesterday, beginning a three-day official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Post-typhoon, no summer for kids

Summer vacation is the time for children to relax and enjoy themselves, but for those who grew up in Binh Minh Commune in the Thang Binh District of the central province of Quang Nam, it’s time to work hard. 

TD Ameritrade launches Facebook chatbot

 TD Ameritrade has launched a "chatbot", an automated program that can communicate with the brokerage's customers on Facebook Inc's messaging application, to give them information about markets

Foreign chains a launchpad for Vietnam goods to reach world market

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese enterprises are exporting goods via foreign supermarket chains.  

Enrollment declines at pedagogy schools, education reform in danger

VietNamNet Bridge - Even after accepting students with low entrance exam scores, pedagogical schools are continuing to see a drop in enrollment.

Social News 22/8

 Two held for toothpick scam in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake, HCMC education sector proposes tuition fee for new school year, Bank robbery under investigation in Dong Nai Province, From a child’s perspective

Supervise Formosa Ha Tinh’s operations: Deputy PM

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on Monday called on continued close supervision on the operation of the Taiwan-invested steel company – Formosa Ha Tinh – to avoid any violations.

Vietnamese taekwondo artists win bronze medals in Universiade

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese taekwondo athletes pocketed three bronze medals at the Chinese Taipei’s Summer Universiade on Monday.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/8

 Gov’t cuts inspections on some imports, Vietnamese firm starts building fish trawler for Canada, August retail sales in huge surge, Vietnam-Australia trade rises 4.7 percent each year: MoIT

Nam secures Viet Nam’s first gymnastics gold

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gymnast Dang Nam defended his title in the men’s rings event at the 29th Southeast Asian Games on Tuesday morning.

Ha Noi steps up fight on human trafficking

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi police plan to increase inspections to uncover human trafficking rings, focusing on inter-provincial and transnational criminals.

Hue plans to open pedestrian square on Truong Tien Bridge

 Hue City is working on a pilot plan to ban vehicle traffic on the Truong Tien Bridge over the Huong (Perfume) River on weekends and make the bridge a pedestrian-only area, local media reports.