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The News:
More foreign visitors choose Vietnam for repeat visits
Source: VN Express International
Link: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel-life/travel/more-foreign-visitors-choose-vietnam-for-repeat-visits-3774106.html
Summary: More than 40 percent of international tourists in a recent survey were visiting Vietnam for at least the second time and are choosing Vietnam as a repeat travel destination.
Vietnam's Agent Orange cleanup enlists Japanese tech
Source: Nikkei Asian Review
Link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Vietnam-s-Agent-Orange-cleanup-enlists-Japanese-tech
Summary: Shimizu to build soil decontamination plant at polluted Bien Hoa air base. The facility, to be built at Bien Hoa Air Base near Ho Chi Minh City, is supposed to remove more than 90% of dioxins from up to 40 tons of soil per hour.
Auto exports to Vietnam restart after 6-month stoppage
Source: Nikkei Asian Review
Link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Auto-exports-to-Vietnam-restart-after-6-month-stoppage
Summary: Automakers are resuming exports to Vietnam from production bases in Southeast Asia after clearing strict new rules that attest to the growing importance of the auto industry in the region.
Kingston family raising money for Vietnam school
Source: The Whig
Link: http://www.thewhig.com/2018/07/06/kingston-family-raising-money-for-vietnam-school
Summary: The Wagner family of twin Vietnamese girls (from Canada) who received life-saving liver transplants more than three years ago is raising money to help children in the girls’ homeland in Binh Thuan. They have launched the From Bamboo to Brick fundraiser to collect $15,000 to pay for renovations to a school in a remote village in the central highlands of Vietnam, which include a new roof, renovating the walls, and others.
Vietnam trounce Singapore in second match of AFF Women's Champs
Source: Nhan Dan
Link: http://en.nhandan.org.vn/sports/item/6354402-vietnam-trounce-singapore-in-second-match-of-aff-women-s-champs.html
Summary: Vietnamese women’s football team put ten goals past Singapore in the second match of the group round of the 2018 AFF Women’s Championship in Indonesia on July 5.
Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Begins Hunger Strike
Source: Radio Free Asia
Link: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/hunger-07062018155121.html
Summary: Jailed Vietnamese blogger known as Mother Mushroom, has begun a hunger strike in prison, citing authorities’ refusal to transfer her to a cell away from a hostile and threatening cellmate.
Malaysia arrests 6 Vietnamese poachers, seizes Malayan tiger skins
Source: VN Express
Link: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/malaysia-arrests-6-vietnamese-poachers-seizes-malayan-tiger-skins-3774353.html
Summary: Malaysian wildlife officers arrested six Vietnamese suspected poachers and seized a large cache of animal parts, including skins of the critically endangered Malayan tiger, during a raid this week.
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