Viet Nam's software giant FPT inked a co-operative agreement on global business development with Slovakian Gratex International (GTI) in Ha Noi on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese-invested Viet Phuoc Agricultural Produce Co., Ltd. in Binh Phuoc province has been detected to throw hundreds of rotten pigs in the area adjacent to upper Saigon River.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Binh Chuong commune of Binh Son district in the central province of Quang Ngai, locals have thrown hundreds of dead chickens into the Thach Nham canal.

 An 1.3 kg hawksbill turtle, a rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world, was released in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last couples of days, caged fish in the lake of Mat Son in Thanh Hoa province died en masse, giving out a terrible smell. Local residents had to wear masks all day and night.

 The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Slovakia's Slavia Capital Services (SCS) signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation in Ha Noi on July 17.

VietNamNet Bridge - Gaps in the law on environmental protection need to be addressed to curb pollution caused by investment projects, said experts and officials at a conference reviewing the environmental situation in the first half of the year.

The French President has signed a decision to award the title of Knight in the National Order of the French Legion of Honor to Vietnamese French professor Le Kim Ngoc.

Local people living along Thi Vai River in Dong Nai Province are trying to adapt to the scant numbers of fish since the river was heavily polluted by Vedan Company eight years ago.

The government is determined to license 4G as soon as possible, most likely by the end of September or the beginning of October.

Over 80,000 labourers in the fishing industry and other marine businesses in Ha Tinh have received assistance in various forms from local authorities following the serious environmental incident that affected four provinces.

 The Vietnam Institute for International and Public Diplomacy Studies made its debut in Hanoi on July 18.

 Authorities in the central Quang Tri Province are seeking ways to create new livelihoods for locals living in coastal communes affected by the Formosa pollution from April this year.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) earned an estimated VND63.15 trillion (US$2.8 billion) in revenue and VND2.16 trillion in profit in the first half of this year, achieving 50.6 per cent of the yearly target.

Vietnam ICT COMM 2016, an exhibition of information and communication technology products, will be held in Hanoi from July 20 to 22.

 Foreign and Vietnamese scientists agreed that Vietnam needs more international research institutes where young scientists can do research and show their creativity.

Nearly a half of the Mekong Delta region would be badly hit by saltwater intrusion within the next 14 years.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan urged enterprises to send recent reports on 4G testing results as the Government had policies to accelerate the licensing for 4G this year.

 Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve and Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Dong Thap.

Vietnamese enterprises have registered a total of more than 200,000 .vn domain names, according the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).