VIETNAM TODAY

The Formosa Group has paid the first half of USD500m compensation after being found responsible for the mass fish deaths which badly affected tourism and fishing communities in the four central coastal provinces.

Electric skateboards are a hot item in HCM City and the pedestrianised Nguyen Hue street has become popular place for young people and kids to try out new tricks. However, it has bothered and annoyed other people.

Con Dao Island has found itself in fourth place on Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Asian Destinations 2016.

In-app advertising has been overtaking the mobile web channel in Vietnam, with the click-through rate on apps found to be 1.5 times as high as the mobile web click-through rate, according to the Mobile First Insights (MFI) on Vietnam

WildAid has launched a new campaign to raise the public awareness about the impact of the consumption of pangolin meat and scales in an effort to reduce demand for pangolin products in Asia.

The Can Tho Oncology Hospital in Can Tho City has removed an ovarian tumor weighing 32 kg for a woman from the southern province of Hau Giang.

Vietnam will lose 2.08 per cent of daylight working hours by 2025 due to rising temperatures, according to the “Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace” report from the UNDP released recently.

An alleged Chinese hacker group has carried out several cyberspace attacks on Vietnam’s two biggest airports and the official website of the national flag-carrier Vietnam Airlines.

A staff member working at Noi Bai International Airport has been suspended from work after being found for stealing an iPad from luggage of a passenger.

About 10,000 fans will participate in the Fun Beach Festival, a music festival, at East Sea Park in Đà Nẵng from August 12 to 14.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will conduct an inspection of the large Nui Phao mine in northern Thai Nguyen province in August after claims of environmental pollution were made.

Officials from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage have announced they will begin conducting regular inspections and will carry out random checks along the wall to ensure local authorities are complying with national protection laws, the Guardian reports.

The government has instructed to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to inspect projects across the country which have a big waste discharge amount from August this year following Formosa’s case.

The destruction of many of the newly-planted trees on Hanoi streets by the Typhoon Mirinae has triggered doubts over the quality of the planting process.

Newly-elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has suggested measures to develop agriculture in the context of global integration.

Dozens of packs of the endangered southern white-cheeked gibbons have been spotted in the Dong Chau forest - Nuoc Trong stream area in the central province of Quang Binh.

A stream in Dak Nong Province has been severely polluted after an alkaline spill accident at an alumina plant.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has fined Coca Cola Beverages Vietnam Ltd. USD19,000 for violations in the production of food supplements.