Staff at the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, the Ramsar site in Dong Thap Muoi (plain of reeds) in southern Long An Province, has just caught some lù đù fish (Sciaenidae).

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) on July 5 organised a regular press conference in Hanoi to clarify major issues in the first six months and highlight important events in the second half of this year.

MobiFone has begun a pilot project to provide a new 4G service in certain parts of Hanoi, HCMC and Danang.

 Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam has won a Bronze Lion for its ad campaign “Devalue Rhino Horn” in the PR Lions category at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Scientists say 80% of the phenol and cyanide in the sea water will decompose in three months, but it will take at least 50 years for the marine ecosystem in the four provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

Dr. Mai Trong Nhuan from Vietnam National University in Hanoi talked about measures to restore the ecosystem and environment in four central provinces that were polluted by the Formosa mass fish deaths.

Lee & Man Paper Co., Ltd. may face a maximum fine of VND20 million ($898.72) for the unregistered press conference held on June 23 to put to suspicions over its paper factory’s waste treatment system.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to solicit investment in and offer incentives to the information technology industry.

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) launched the north-south transmission backbone at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 1.

 Google has announced it offered free access for large and small-scale businesses in Vietnam to Google Apps for Work by the end of June this year, according to ICT news.

Numerous foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises have been fined for hundreds of millions of dong due to discharging untreated wastewater into the environment, causing serious environmental pollution.

 The government has enforced Decree 41/2016/ND-CP regulating the authorisation for foreign organisations and individuals to conduct scientific research in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many unique computer cases were displayed at an exhibition last weekend in HCM City, during a hand-made computer case competition held by Intel Vietnam.

 Six provinces are working on plans to get their geoparks recognized by UNESCO to promote tourism growth after Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern province of Ha Giang became the first and only global geopark in Vietnam.

 Thanks to cloud computing, Vietnamese executives can manage their companies from anywhere using Microsoft’s reasonably priced software.

Formosa has accepted its responsibility for an environmental disaster in the central Vietnam, which caused mass fish deaths in four provinces in April, and committed to pay $500 million of compensation.

  Mobile e-commerce (m-commerce) is set to boom in Vietnam in the upcoming years and companies need to forge plans to cash in on the growing popularity of this retail channel.

  Local residents are protesting Chu Lai Soda Processing Joint Stock Company’s relapse into discharging untreated wastewater into the river, in spite of the local authorities’ ban.

 The General Department of Environment looks set to inspect the paper mill of Lee&Man Vietnam Paper Co Ltd in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang from July 1.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications on July 30 requested offices, organisations and businesses nationwide promptly take measures to ensure their information security following hackers’ attacks at Vietnam’s airports.