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Network for congenital heart defect treatment to be set up

 The Nhi Dong 1 Hospital is working with the city’s Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Society and several lower-level hospitals to establish a network for treatment and management of congenital heart diseases across southern Vietnam.

Vietnam attends UNIDO projects

 The Prime Minister has approved Vietnam’s participation in a regional project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) as part of efforts to implement the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Bio-technology research pushed forwards in Vietnam

 Over 500 foreign and domestic scientists, lecturers and post graduates joined the national bio-technology conference held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 7.

Hanoi Council faces hot issues

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People's Council has received 257 questions from municipal voters, mostly reflecting hot issues, ahead of its three day meeting this week.

Government News 8/7

NA Judicial Committee gathers in Hanoi, Top legislator meets with voters in Ha Tinh, President inspects socio-economic situation in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam, DPRK foster legislative cooperation

Schoolboys learn about Japanese football, culture

 Selected boys from the 2015 U13 school football festival will be offered a trip to Japan from August 17-21 by the Yamaha Motor Vietnam Company, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Slovakia, Vietnam share judicial experience

 A high-level delegation from the Supreme People's Court led by Chief Justice Truong Hoa Binh paid a working visit to Slovakia from July 5-8 to share justice experience with their Slovakian counterparts.

Vietnam & US 20 years after normalization of relations

What will happen to Vietnam’s economy wad  be a question that many Vietnamese people raised at the historical moment when the US President Bill Clinton declared the lifting of the embargo against Vietnam, at 5 am  February 4, 1994, Hanoi time.

Laos, Vietnam reinforce time-honoured friendship, all-round cooperation

 Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and her Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith underscored the importance of fostering the two countries’ traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation at their meeting on July 7 in Hanoi.

Image: Party Chief holds talks with US President at the Oval Office

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Barrack Obama held talks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in the morning of July 7 (local time).

TPP to boost relations with Uncle Sam

VietNamNet Bridge – Those who assert that the secrets to the future always lie in the past have a bit of a problem when it comes to pontificating on the future of Vietnamese business with the US.

Pristine beauty of Ben En National Park

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located about 46km from the central province of Thanh Hoa, Ben En National Park is an attractive eco-tourism destination which is likened to ‘Ha Long Bay on land’.

VEF’s scholarships at risk of closure

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is likely to close in 2018, and opportunities to study in the US with VEF’s scholarships will then cease.  

'Extraordinary' gift of Vietnam – US ties

As part of the series about the 20th anniversary of normalized Vietnam-US relations, VietNamNet talks with Mr. Pham Duc Trung Kien, the first Executive Director (2003-2006) of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF).

Vinatex receives green light for $400 million IP in Nam Dinh

 The Nam Dinh Provincial People’s Committee has licensed the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group to initiate construction of the $400 million Rang Dong Industrial Park, a large scale industrial park dedicated for textile and garment suppliers.

Residential fire risk from factories worries HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of manufacturing facilities and businesses are operating in residential areas, posing threats to workers as well as local residents, city officials have said.

Import vessel scrap has its uses, but pollution is an issue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Without advanced technology to avoid pollution, banning import of cargo vessels for scrap might not be a practical move,

3G service in Vietnam cheapest in the world

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnamese believe they have to pay too much for 3G services, the reports of international institutions all show the 3G service fee in Vietnam is the cheapest in the world.

Patients wait hours for blood as shortage persists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Ngoc Hoa, a native of Dong Nai Province, goes to hospital once a month for a blood transfusion to treat her thalassemia, an inherited form of anaemia.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/7

Government works to create trust among businesses, Tax exemptions for many products exported to EEU, Garment firms queue up for TPP tariff incentives, US emerges as biggest export market of Dong Nai