Measures to control saltwater intrusion and store freshwater in the Mekong Delta region were shared at a workshop held in Hau Giang province on July 13 as part of the ongoing Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum 2016.

Cycling machines attached to a water filtration system have been installed on the bank of the 8.7km Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal in HCM City. These have helped local people exercise,and have also kept the canal clean.

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.

The signing of a contract between the Formosa Ha Tinh Company and the Ky Anh Urban Environment Company that allows the former to dump its waste at a farm owned by the latter’s director violates environmental laws.

 Some three tonnes of dead fish have been collected from lakes and dams in this central province’s Tan Ky District over the last few days, according to a local official.

The State Bank of Vietnam Le Minh Hung and the World Bank signed an agreement on July 11 to provide Vietnam with $560 million to implement climate change response projects in Mekong Delta localities.

 Vietnamese online hotel booking start-up vntrip.vn on Monday said it got US$3 million from a group of foreign investors led by Fenghe Group and Hancock Revocable Trust.

 Japan professor Takaaki Kajita – Nobel laureate in physics in 2015- arrived in Binh Dinh on July 10 to attend Pascos Conference as part of the 12th ‘Meet Vietnam’ program.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The inter-Asia undersea cable route was broken and it will be repaired from July 12 to 19. During that time, Internet in Vietnam will be affected.

 The Government has issued new regulations for providers of information content on mobile and telecom networks.

 The ancient city of Hoi An has launched the ‘Green Fence – My Village’s Beauty’ campaign to promote greenery among households and home-stay hosts in ecotourism sites.

 Local residents in Hon Quan District’s Tan Hiep Commune in Binh Phuoc province reported a mass fish death stretching several kilometres upstream of Saigon River last weekend.

The three biggest broadband internet providers in Vietnam, VNPT, Viettel, and FPT, continue to battle over the growing fibre internet market.

 President Tran Dai Quang has hoped to receive further support from international professors and scientists for human resources training and science community connection, helping Vietnam attain additional achievements in science-technology.

 Director of the Institute of Oceanography, Vo Si Tuan, talks with Tien Phong Newspaper about possible measures to restore the marine ecosystem in four central provinces that have been affected by the mass fish deaths.

The GEOTEC Hanoi 2016 under the theme of “Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development” will be held on November 24-25 in Hanoi.

 The Fundamental Science and Society workshop opened this morning in the central Quy Nhon City, with the participation of foreign Nobel laureates and local agencies working in the field.

  Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan, a Vietnamese American astrophysicist who has been famous worldwide, will attend three talk shows in HCMC between July 10 and 13.

 TRAFFIC and Intelligentmedia on July 6 launched the second phase of their “Chi” or “Strength of Will” initiative, with updated messages and images to continue with the mission to instill a zero-tolerance towards rhino horn consumption.

 The third leadership committee meeting of the Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance took place in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, on July 6.