Construction workers are moving an 800-tonne building 40 metres from its original location in the central Nghe An Province.

 Fish have died en masse in farming cages in the central Thua Thien Hue Province, causing distress to farmers who fear they have lost all the money they invested.

US hospital ship USNS Mercy, a Japanese Navy ship of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, JSDS Shimokita, and the Vietnam People’s Navy ship Khanh Hoa docked at Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port to begin Pacific Partnership 2016.

 Vietnam’s team won six medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2016, according to the Department of Educational Testing and Accreditation under the Ministry of Education and Training.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on July 15 presented the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia to the outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander.

 The 2016 technology and equipment market (Techmart) will be held from September 28 to October 10 at Hanoi Museum.

 An A320 CEO Sharklet airplane touched down at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15, ready to make its maiden commercial flight in Vietnam as part of Jetstar Pacific’s fleet.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined other country leaders at the 15th Asia-Europe Business Forum at the State Palace of Mongolia in the capital Ulan Bator on July 14, asking for high resolve to promote Asia-Europe cooperation and integration.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team dropped six places to the 139th position in the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking table, which was released on July 14.

 Vietnam will play Malaysia in the first match of the Southeast Asian Junior Women’s Volleyball Championship on July 16 in Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City won the National Youth Vovinam Championship which closed yesterday (July 14) in Tay Ninh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Nhan won the first gold medal for Viet Nam at the ongoing ASEAN University Games in Singapore on July 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, for the first time, took a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Kendo Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.

 Work to remove the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co Ltd’s waste buried at a farm in Ky Trinh commune, Ky Anh town the central province of Ha Tinh began in the locality on July 14.

 The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has asked the National Salary Council to increase regional minimum wages in 2017 by 10-11 percent from the current rates.

 Quang Binh is holding a performance week of sailboats on the Nhat Le River in an act to save the tourism industry from the mass fish deaths that have occurred since April.

 The Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) has submitted a plan to build underground water tanks around HCM City to store water from treatment plants.

Russia maintains its “consistent and invariable” stance on non-use of force and diplomatic dialogue to settle maritime disputes in the East Sea, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on July 14. 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will send former president Fidel Ramos to China for talks after the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a ruling on the case brought by the Philippines against China’s claims in the East Sea.

 Victor Oh, a Canadian senator, encouraged all parties to come together to find a diplomatic solution to the overlapping claims in the East Sea in a statement from Ottawa on July 14.