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Farm sector set for wave of mergers, acquisitions

Thanh Thanh Cong Tay Ninh Joint Stock Company (TTCS) will fully acquire Bien Hoa Sugar Joint Stock Company (JSC), becoming in the process the biggest sugar producer in Viet Nam.

Foreign workers can apply work permits online from October

Foreign workers in Vietnam can apply for work permits online from October 2, according to a circular recently issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

HCM City’s 1st river bus begins operation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thuong Nhat Co. Ltd. on Monday started the first public river bus route in HCM City.

Dang Van Thanh thrives as former rival Tram Be is sent to prison

Dang Van Thanh lost in the battle for control over Sacombank five years ago, but he has returned to business and is prospering. However, the former winner in the bank battle – Tram Be – has been sentenced to prison.

Karate athletes seek gold medals at SEA Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – Karate is back in the SEA Games this August, following its absence in Singapore two years ago.

HCM City: Bui Vien pedestrian street opens for tourists

 Thousands of local and foreign tourists flocked to Bui Vien Walking Street in the popular backpacker area of HCM City’s District 1 as it officially welcomed walkers at its grand opening on August 20’s night.

Condolences to Sierra Leone over losses in mudslide disaster

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 21 sent a message of condolences to Sierra Leonean Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara on heavy losses

GOVERNMENT NEWS

 NA leader lauds ambassador’s efforts to tighten Vietnam-Cuba links; Vietnamese, Lao Party offices sign cooperation agreement; NA leader: Vietnam treasures relations with Mongolia

Judicial ties important to Vietnam-Mozambique relations: NA leader

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan underlined the importance of judicial cooperation, which helps strengthen traditional cooperation between Vietnam and Mozambique, 

SEA Games 29: Vietnam at third on medal tally

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam was ranked third in the medal tally as of the end of August 21, the second official competition day at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Vietnam wins two silver medals in Wushu

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Wushu artists on August 21 bagged two more silver medals at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

SEA Games 29: Vietnam bags 7th gold with fencing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fencer Vu Thanh An won a gold medal in the men's sabre individual after defeating his Thai rival at the ongoing SEA Games 29 in Malaysia on August 21. 

SEA Games 29: Vietnam’s swimmers grab one gold, two bronzes

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 21 won a gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke category at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games in Malaysia. 

Pepper growers reap organic farming benefits

 VietNamNet Bridge – When international market pressures challenged Vietnamese farmers to adopt good agricultural practices and produce organic pepper, many responded positively.

Female professor develops vaccine to protect newborns

VietNamNet Bridge - One of Dr Hoang Thị Thu Ha’s most prominent works is the pertussis acellular vaccination for pregnant women to protect children from the time of birth. 

Professor wants to turn Vietnam into an “herbal medicine garden”

VietNamNet Bridge - Associate Prof Tran Van On, dean of botany at the Hanoi Pharmaceutical University, is on a mission to develop Vietnam’s medicinal herb market to match its great potential.

Foreigners who want to buy houses in Hanoi told to wait

VietNamNet Bridge - The regulation on allowing foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam took effect three years ago, but the list of projects that can be sold to foreigners has still not been released.

How will the math curriculum change after 2017?

The new mathematics curriculum is based on four elements, “streamline, practice, modernity and creativity”, according to Do Duc Thai, chief editor of the math curriculum compilation division.

Social News 21/8

 Fire tears through southern Vietnam city, destroys 3 homes, Vietnam - most known ASEAN nation among Russians, Central Highlands pays heed to education in remote, ethnic areas, Photo exhibition helps bring Vietnam, India closer

APEC climate information is of ‘good quality’

Dr Hong-Sang Jung, executive director of the APEC Climate Center, speaks to Viet Nam News on the sidelines of the APEC Food Security Week in Can Tho about the significance of utilising climate information