VIETNAM TODAY

A man from Binh Duong Province has decided to sue Tribeco Company for refusing to grant him the VND100 million prize he won by using their product.

The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of a Vietnam-Japan College under the Vietnam National University in Hanoi.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will invest 52 billion VND (2.45 million USD) in building a 30-bed hospital in Truong Sa island district by 2015 under a scheme on offshore healthcare services.

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG), an international humanitarian organisation operating in mine clearance, will spend 3.9 million USD clearing unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in central Quang Binh province from January 2015 to December 2015.

Authorities in Nghe An Province are preparing to renovate the abandoned cemetery that is the final resting place for more than 200 martyrs.

Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) dipped 19.90% in the first seven months of 2014 year-on-year to US$9.53 billion, according to) the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Israeli fire Friday pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree a week-long humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce.

An air traffic controller has had his license revoked while many others were fined for their involvement in a near-collision between Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific aircraft.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on July 24 stated that the batch of Vietnam’s military equipment that has been temporarily seized by Finland is meant to go to Ukraine for repair and maintenance.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on July 24 asked the Prime Minister to extend visa exemption from 15 days to 30 days for Russian visitors.

Japanese journalist Murayami Yasufui opened a photo exhibition in HCM City on July 24, displaying nearly 30 images on the hotspots in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Searching teams have found human remains and wreckage of the Air Algerie jetliner which crashed Thursday in Mali," Burkina Faso presidential aide said.

The Bersa Vietnam Group has been forced to stop their mining activities at the Phuoc Son gold mine, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, due to mounting tax debt.

Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet Air on July 24 officially launched a new air route between Hanoi and Seoul (the Republic of Korea).

The Central Inspection Commission has announced a decision to look into the assets of Tran Van Truyen, former Chief Government Inspector.

The Foreign Ministry Spokesman had asked the Chinese side to clarify the incident on July 23, 2014 in Guangxi that caused the death of three Vietnamese women.

Ukraine's PM has resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the country into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east.

The population of large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) living in the southern Ca Mau Province is facing depletion in its numbers.

Air Algerie flight AH5017, en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers and carrying 116 people, has crashed, an Algerian aviation official said.