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Vietnam calls for int’l assistance for climate change adaptation

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has called on the international community to continue supporting Vietnam in effectively implementing the National Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation.

VN senior defence officials visit Cuba

 Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and a high-level delegation from the Ministry of National Defence are paying an official visit to Cuba from July 17-21.

HCM City: 15kg of elephant tusks seized at Tan Son Nhat Airport

 About 15 kilogrammes of South African elephant tusks were seized by the customs office at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 19.

Taiwanese pig farm throws dead pigs into environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese-invested Viet Phuoc Agricultural Produce Co., Ltd. in Binh Phuoc province has been detected to throw hundreds of rotten pigs in the area adjacent to upper Saigon River.

Quack fined for treating incurable diseases by razor

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man who did not finish high school believed that he could treat diseases by “Dharma" through splitting the patient’s body with a razor and by using medicinal herbs.

Quang Ngai: residents throw dead chickens into canal

VietNamNet Bridge – In Binh Chuong commune of Binh Son district in the central province of Quang Ngai, locals have thrown hundreds of dead chickens into the Thach Nham canal.

Gov’t to aid tourism recovery in central Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has promised help from the Government for the tourism sector in the central provinces hit hard by the Formosa environmental disaster. 

Landslides and erosion threaten people in mountainous areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Almost 1,100 households in the northwestern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Son La and Lai Chau are in areas with a high risk of landslides, erosion and flash floods.

Marketing war among breweries breaks out

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, South East Asia's largest market, brewers spend hundreds of billions of dong to hire promotion girls to serve marketing campaigns.

Hoi An – one of the best cities in the world

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year Vietnam’s Hoi An ancient town ranks 6th among the ten best cities in Asia, voted by readers of Travel & Leisure.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/7

 Toyo Ink Group still on look out for power plant partners, $300 million Korean factory comes to Ha Nam, Authorities struggle to collect gold mine taxes, Trade balance reaches a plateau in Q2, Finance firms raise $1bn with deposit certificates

Rotterdam offers burial at sea for greenhouse gases

 A scheme to collect millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases and bury them under the North Sea off the coast of Rotterdam is Europe's best hope of showing it can make carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology work.

Hanoi increases inspection of violations in tourism

A seminar was held in Hanoi on July 19 to seek solutions to dealing with the influx of tourist arrivals in Hanoi, particularly those from China.

Rare hawksbill turtle released in Bac Lieu

 An 1.3 kg hawksbill turtle, a rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world, was released in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 19.

Maritime transport slides into crisis

VietNamNet Bridge - The record low freight for both inland waterways transport and international routes has caused a crisis among shipping firms, big and small, state-owned and privately run.

Nintendo shares fall 10 percent after doubling on Pokemon GO craze

 Nintendo Co's (7974.T) shares fell 10 percent in early trade on Wednesday after they more than doubled in value over the past seven sessions powered by the record-breaking success of the Pokemon GO mobile game.

New head of steering committee for northwest named

 Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh has been appointed as head of the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region.

HCM City: 1,000 start-up projects to receive support

 The Ho Chi Minh City Young Businesspeople Association (YBA) has said it will support 1,000 creative start-up projects during the 2016-2020 period.

Slovak Prime Minister concludes Vietnam visit

 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on July 19 concluded his four-day visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

14th National Assembly begins first session

 The 14th National Assembly convened its first session in Hanoi on July 20, focusing on electing high-ranking State personnel for the 2016-2021 tenure, and discussing crucial issues of the country.