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What you need to know in Vietnam today: Politics -- China’s military drill in Hoang Sa (Paracels) is a blatant violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday, demanding that Beijing not repeat the infringement. -- Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a high-ranking delegation on an official visit to Hungary from June 26 to 28, the Vietnam News Agency cited the NA’s Committee of External Relations as announcing. Society -- Nguy Thi Khanh, an environmentalist, has been jailed for evading tax, not for her activities and opinions related to climate change, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press briefing in Hanoi on Thursday. -- Eighty-two percent of the Vietnamese respondents in the Travel Confidence Index Ranking survey conducted by Booking.com said that they felt comfortable with Vietnam’s reopening of its … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — June 24

The University Ranking by Academic Performance, a Turkish non-profit organisation URAP, has honoured 17 Vietnamese universities for their outstanding academic performance globally. Top 10 Vietnamese universities in the global list with best academic achievements Among the honoured institutions, Ton Duc Thang University was ranked 427th, Duy Tan University 446th, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City 1,013rd, and Vietnam National University in Hanoi 1,104th. Notably, Duy Tan and Ton Duc Thang universities were named in the top 500 globally. Last year, Vietnam had 12 universities in the URAP’s list. This year, the URAP ranked more than 3,000 good universities in the world. Elsewhere, the US’ Harvard University came first in the list, followed by Canada’s Toronto University, England’s University College London, and the US’s Stanford University. The URAP, established in 2009 at the Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University, … [Read more...] about 17 VN universities in global list with best academic achievements