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Da Nang authorities sue 15 scholarship recipients

VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang city has to change their policy on recruiting talents because som people it sent abroad to study have not returned to Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines has emergency landing because of cracked cockpit glass

VietNamNet Bridge - A plane from Hanoi to Can Tho on June 21 morning had to land in HCM City as the cockpit glass was cracked at an altitude of over 10 km, according to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper.

Thanh Bui and The Lyricist appear in RedOne’s music video

Vietnamese singers Thanh Bui and the band The Lyricist appeared in the music video for "Don’t You Need Somebody" by American music producer - musician RedOne, a Grammy award winner.

Vietnam spends nearly $1 million/day to import pesticides from China

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first 5 months of 2016, Vietnam spent US$140 million for the import of Chinese pesticides, or nearly $1 million a day, according to statistics of the General Customs Administration.

Young man has nearly 20 extra teeth

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 28-year-old man from Quoc Oai district, Hanoi, has to have 20 extra teeth extracted.

Odd news: Random shot injures woman at home

 VietNamNet Bridge – An bullet of unknown origin went through the roof and hurt the leg of a woman in the central province of Quang Tri. The local authorities are investigating the incident.

Con Dao coral bleached by high sea temperatures

VietNamNet Bridge – As the sea temperatures increase, a large area of coral off Con Dao Island has been bleached white and is no longer living. In some areas there is whitening of up to 70% of coral.

Foreign giants seek profits in Vietnam retail market

VietNamNet Bridge - Economic experts have recently discuss opportunities and challenges of the retail market in Vietnam as foreign giants have been pumping money to acquire the market share.

Vietnam spends modestly for tourism promotion

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s spending on tourism advertising in the international market is equivalent to 2.9% of that of Thailand's, according to Forbes.

Two Vietnamese lifters compete at junior world champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has sent two representatives to the International Weightlifting Federation’s Junior World Championships 2016 in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, which will be take place on June 23-July 2.

Good news for Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s creditors

Sugar, palm oil and rubber, the three crops that Hoang Anh Gia Lai of Doan Nguyen Duc grows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, have seen prices increasing in the context of a lower global supply due to climate change. 

Samsung takes fight to Apple with mobile wallet strategy

 Smartphone leader Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has for years been a spectator as Apple (AAPL.O) built a services "ecosystem" supporting its products.

WHO says Saudi misdiagnosis caused MERS outbreak

The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to the disease in a Saudi hospital, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Tuesday. 

Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony

 A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers,

At least six dead as rains batter quake-hit southwestern Japan

 At least six people died and a university student was missing on Wednesday as record-breaking rains battered parts of southwestern Japan still reeling from earthquakes two months ago, setting off flooding and landslides.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/6

 Transport industry yields US$91.46 million from non-core divestments, JETRO: Supporting industries still underperform, WB economist pinpoints main pillars for Vietnam’s growth, Government bonds remain attractive

VN church gets architecture prize

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ka Don Church in Don Duong District in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has come in second place at the 6th International Prize for Sacred Architecture.

HCM City setting up club to help sex workers

 VietNamNet Bridge – A club for women at high risk of falling into prostitution will be set up in HCM City to apprise the women about labour laws and test them for sexually transmitted disease, a city official said.

HCM City offers startup assistance

 Ho Chi Minh City has announced the introduction of a credit support package for startups worth VND1 trillion ($45 million).

Social News 22/6

 Ben Tre: 872 cases of dengue fever recorded in six months, HCM City approves anti-poverty programme, PM urges further press renovation, VFF leader meets pilot in SU30 MK2 accident, Hospitals fail to gain effective IT access