Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – July 20

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – July 20

Tuoi Tre News briefs you onsome of the leading stories published today in Vietnamese media:

Politics:

— A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on Friday wrapped up a visit, led by Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan, to the Dominican Republic at the invitation of the Unified Left Movement of Dominica (MIU) to strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries.

— Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Beketzan Zhumakhanov on Saturday handed over a decision of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry to appoint a Vietnamese citizen, Nguyen Thanh Hung, as its Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.

— Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Saturday said Cambodia always considers Vietnam a “big friend” who always supported and provided valuable assistance for his country during historical periods at a reception for outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Anh Dung in Phnom Penh. The king also said he wishes for further development of solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two countries for the benefit and happiness of the two peoples.

Society:

— Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Van Tuan from the Hanoi Capital High Command, a victim of the Mi 171 military helicopter crash earlier this month in Hanoi, passed away on Saturday due to serious burns and injuries at the Military Medical Academy, raising the incident’s death toll to 19. The helicopter with 21 military personnel on board came down only 16 minutes after it took off from Hoa Lac airport for a parachute training exercise on July 7.

— Vietnam has been ranked 81st in the information-communication technology (ICT) Development Index for 2013, jumping five notches from the previous year’s index, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). The country was ranked 4th in Southeast Asia and 12th among 27 countries in the Asia Pacific region, said the ministry. Meanwhile, the country’s e-government index climbed three positions to 34, thanks to the government’s effort to push the development of the ICT sector in Vietnam.

Business:

— From August 15, the Department of Science and Technology of the southern province of Kien Giang will coordinate with its counterparts in other localities nationwide to launch an overall inspection of the use of the Phu Quoc fish sauce brand. The department will ask for a product withdrawal if it discovers any firm using the brand without authorization for the second time in a row.

Sports:

— Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, the No. 4 seed of the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei badminton tournament, was knocked out of the quarter-finals on Saturday after losing 21-16, 20-22, 15-21 to Hong Kong’s Nan Wei, who is seeded 10 in the men’s singles event.

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