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Bitexco offers to run major bays

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bitexco Group has proposed a plan to the Quang Ninh People's Committee to manage tourism activities in the Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay for 50 years.

Pictures: The toilet-shaped restaurant in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - A toilet-shaped coffee shop owned by a young girl in Hanoi has attracted customers with its odd style. Each month, the shop earns tens of thousands of dollars of revenue.

India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth

 Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation.

Aviation sector needs human resources breakthrough

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s aviation sector needs a breakthrough in human resources, especially when airlines are expanding their fleets, launching new routes and preparing for their initial public offerings (IPO).

Children study xam folk singing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first-ever class in xam (ancient folk songs performed by blind beggars) for primary and junior high school students has opened in the northern province of Ninh Binh's Yen Mo District.

Vietnam strives to eliminate persistent organic pollutants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will stop using all types of machinery and equipment containing poluchlorinated biphenyl, one of the persistent organic pollutants, by 2020 and safely dispose the substance by 2028.

Red tape adds complication to drug rehabilitation strategies

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City officials are concerned that due to longer and more confused procedures, a large number of drug addicts will be unable to enter mandatory treatment centres.

Algeria airliner missing on Sahara route from Burkina Faso

 Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso.

Arrests made after eBay's Stubhub suffers cyber-thefts

 The US has charged six men in connection with a scam that defrauded eBay's Stubhub of about $1m (£587,000).

Pollution reaches alarming levels

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam hopes to control environmental pollution at the source, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Environment Administration, Tran The Loan, told the Thoi bao Kinh te Newspaper

More bank M&A deals expected in second half of 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although only one merger & acquisition (M&A) deal was announced in the first few months of the year, more are expected in the second half of the year.

Travel News 24/7

 Two guesthouses in Sam Son fined for insulting travellers; Vietnamese visitors to Singapore record double-digit growth in Q1; Thanh Hoa to host National Tourism Year 2015; Can Tho asks VietJetAir to ensure quality of new air route

39 new caves in Phong Nha discovered

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 39 grottoes with total length of 17 kilometers have been newly discovered in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province, promising more destinations for adventurous tourists to the province to conquer.

Trade surplus tops $1.46b in first half of this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country had a trade surplus of US$1.46 billion by July 15, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.

MH17 plane crash: Netherlands holds solemn ceremony for victims

 The Netherlands has received the first victims' bodies from crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in a solemn ceremony at Eindhoven air base.

Taiwan plane crash: Toll hits 48 as families visit scene

 Forty-eight people are now known to have died after a passenger plane crashed in Taiwan's Penghu island, as a storm passed over the area.

Import/export companies complain about new port service fee

 VietNamNet Bridge – Import/export companies say that there was no legitimate reason for the Saigon Port Corporation to raise service fees, complaining that the fee increases would push enterprises up against the wall.

Quang Ngai has two more heritage trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two over-200-year-old banyans in Ly Son island district of central Quang Ngai Province have been recognised as national heritage trees.

Cai Cuong ancient house

 VietNamNet Bridge - Situated near Cai Muoi Canal which is always crowded with boats and junks, Cai Cuong ancient house in Binh Hoa Phuoc Commune, Long Ho District of Vinh Long Province is an architectural structure of European and Oriental styles.

The charms of Hoang Su Phi Market

 Hoang Su Phi Market is held once a week on Sunday morning. It takes place along the main street, a few kilometers long, in Vinh Quang Town in Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province.