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More Swing for the Kids scholarships go out to excellent students in Hung Yen province By By Anh Duc 11:02 | 17/08/2017 In the lead-up to the 2017-2018 school year, Vietnam Investment Review, the press agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, has ... Swing for the Kids 2017 hands out 160 scholarships By By Duc Hanh 08:00 | 19/05/2017 Vietnam Investment Review honours 160 disadvantaged students who produced stellar results in the previous academic year with scholarships worth VND80 ... Swing for the Kids 2017 a fun and meaningful competition By By Hong Anh 18:39 | 22/04/2017 The 11th Swing for the Kids charity golf tournament, co-organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, Vietnam Investment ... VIR's Swing for the Kids 2017 teed off By By … [Read more...] about Society, The latest news about Society

Read what is in the news today, January 11: Politics -- Leaders of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China agreed on Wednesday to reinforce security, trade and environmental cooperation as they met in the Cambodian capital of Phom Penh for the second Lancang Mekong Cooperation (MLC). Society -- The southern cities of Can Tho and Vung Tau will soon have their own book streets where readers can find their favorite books while attending regular cultural events, according to recent proposals by the local governments. -- Six brand-new trains with a combined 90 carriages have been put to use by the Vietnam Railways Corporation at a cost of around VND957 billion (US$42.16 million) to improve railroad capacity during the upcoming travel season in February. -- A fire that broke out at solar farm in south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Wednesday afternoon led to the complete destruction of 32,000 solar panels, with damages amounting to VND30 … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 11

Check out the news you should not miss today, January 8: Society -- Dinh La Thang, former chairman of the Member Board of PetroVietnam, Trinh Xuan Thanh, former chairman and general director of PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), and 20 other defendants began standing trial in Hanoi today, January 8, for their alleged wrongdoings at the two state-run companies.-- A severe cold front started to hit northern and north-central Vietnam from today, January 8, and will last through January 14.-- A traffic police officer in the southern province of Dong Nai has been held in custody for allegedly shooting a local man to death at his rented room on Saturday, the provincial police department confirmed on Sunday. Business -- Forty-six defendants, including Pham Cong Danh, former chairman of the erstwhile Vietnam Construction Bank, and banking tycoon Tram Be, appeared at a month-long court in Ho Chi Minh City today, January 8, for economic mismanagement resulting in serious … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 8

Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense organized a ceremony to announce the establishment of the Cyber Command, aimed at protecting national sovereignty in cyberspace, in Hanoi on Monday afternoon, following a decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Society -- After Doan Ngoc Hai, vice-chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 and ‘sidewalk clearing’ icon, tendered a resignation letter on Monday, the municipal People’s Committee is expected to convene a meeting with him to listen to his reasons and wishes, before making a suitable decision.-- The Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday requested that the editor-in-chief of Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper discipline Dao Tuan, a reporter, for insulting H’Hen Nie, the freshly-crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, on Facebook.-- Police in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Giang have arrested and initiated legal … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 9