Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – July 12

Vietnam eyes further religious cooperation with Cambodia in the near future, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said Wednesday at the reception for Venerable Tepvong, Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, in Hanoi. The official added that religions have made important contribution to the national construction and defense in each country.

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism awarded Wednesday the insignia ‘For the Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism’ to the First Secretary at the German Embassy in Hanoi in recognition of her contribution to promoting cooperation in these fields between Vietnam and Germany.

Society

-- All Chinese clinics in Ho Chi Minh City have committed serious wrongdoings during their operations so far, according to a document the local heatlh department submitted to the health ministry and the municipal people’s committee.

-- The management of a general hospital in the central province of Quang Binh chided Wednesday two doctors, two midwives, and one nurse following the death of an expectant mother in April.

-- Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong arrested Wednesday two men trying to rob a local gold shop.

Business

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Finance has said it will fine those transport firms that refuse to lower prices following a recent slump in local gasoline prices.

-- Dung Quat oil refinery, Vietnam’s only facility of its kind, has resumed operations after two months of maintenance.

Sports

-- Vietnam will play Thailand in the group stage of the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup to be co-hosted by Malaysia and Thailand from November 24 to December 22 this year.

-- Hok Sochetra, a former Cambodian striker, has been appointed as new coach of the Cambodia national football team. Sochetra scored 42 goals in his international career between 1995 and 2003, and was named player of Southeast Asia in 1997.

Education

-- British Council in Hanoi conluded Wednesday an English course for United Nations peacekeeping operation purposes. 24 Vietnamese defense ministry officials reached the A2 level of the six-level Common European Framework of Reference for Languages after 5 months of participating in the course. This is part of the memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation signed last November between Vietnam and the UK.

-- A college lecturer in Ho Chi Minh City was required to pay VND5 million (US$240) in compensation to his school after quitting it.

-- The Ministry of Education and Training signed Wednesday a deal with Pearson Education, a U.S.-based book publisher, to prepare textbooks for Vietnamese school students.

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