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Hanoi: Music festival at ten public locations

VietNamNet Bridge – The “Ngay Hoi Am Nhac Mua Thu 2015” will shake up Hanoi’s streets at ten different public locations in the city simultaneously on August 23, featuring many local famous artists.

Pictoral book a journey through VN history

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam News Agency Publishing House has issued a bilingual pictorial book recording historical events in the country over the past 70 years since its independence.

Vietnam to tackle growing antibiotic overuse

 VietNamNet Bridge – The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/8

 Japanese ODA loans sought for transport projects, Trade deficit with China widening, SCB keen on branch in Vietnam, Vietnam Rubber Group to finalise equitisation this year, Kinh Do exports 20 tonnes of moon cakes to US

Lam to exhibit new paintings in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established painter Doan Hoang Lam is going to display his new and never-before-seen works at a solo exhibition in Ha Noi.

Transgender rights to remain in limbo

VietNamNet Bridge – Transgender people are not likely to be legally recognised in the upcoming amended Civil Code, said the National Assembly Law Committee at its regular meeting with the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday

Farmer catches crocodile in Ca Mau

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents in the province are not allowing their children to approach ponds or the edges of canals, worried that there might be crocodiles in the shrimp ponds.

Relics discovered at Ho Dynasty Citadel

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several relics and artifacts have been excavated from the Ho Dynasty Citadel's southern area in the central province of Thanh Hoa,

Another Vietnam-Laos auxiliary border gate to be opened

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien met with authorities from Laos’ Phongsaly province on August 18 to discuss the opening of the Na Bung – Lao Phu Chai auxiliary border gate

Image: Hundreds of tons of toxic trash in Dung Quat

Concerned that the Binh Nguyen waste treatment factory will affect human health, local people have blocked trucks carrying waste to its factory, with hundreds of tons of garbage now stuck in residential areas and the Dung Quat Economic Zone.

SBV widens forex trading band. What’s next?

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have repeatedly urged the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to devalue the dong in response to the Chinese yuan devaluation. SBV, in its latest move, shows signs that it will continue stabilizing the dong.

How hackers hijack the net's phone books

 Online services that charge to kick people out of games or bombard websites with data have been put out of action by PayPal and security researchers.

The unique alleys of Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The shortest street or the street with only one house number are attractive places for tourists as well as Hanoians.

Vietnam spends over $4 billion to import animal feed

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam General Administration of Customs has said that in the January-July period, Vietnam imported animal feed and raw materials to produce animal feed worth more than $4 billion.

Ganh Da Dia - Giant “beehive” in Phu Yen sea

Ganh Da Dia, which means Sea Cliff of Stone Plates, is a seashore area of uniformly interlocking basalt rock columns located along the coast in An Ninh Dong Commune, Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province in central Vietnam.

Social News 19/8

 Infant stabbed in skull in stable condition, Quang Tri discovers illegal deforestation, Dengue fever claims two lives in Binh Duong, Doctors in HCM City reattach broken fingers, Tobacco use rampant among men in Hanoi

Highest special consumption tax of 75% on autos proposed

 Under-nine-seat autos whose engine capacity is over three liters may be subject to a special consumption tax rate of up to 75%, according to the special consumption tax rates proposed by the Ministry of Finance.

C.bank denies rumors about Eximbank chairman’s arrest

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has shot down swirling rumors that police have detained Le Hung Dung, chairman of Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank).

Vietnam consumes 14.5 tons of gold in Q2

 The World Gold Council’s (WGC) report on gold demand trends showed Vietnam’s gold consumption was 14.5 tons in the second quarter of this year, falling around 23% compared to the previous quarter.

VN Central Bank widens exchange rate band again

 On the morning of August 19 the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced that the exchange rate band will increase from +/-2 percent to +/-3 percent, effective immediately.