Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - July 30

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Vietnamese wood and wooden furniture businesses have received a rising number of export orders since the end of the second quarter of this year, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Handicraft and Wood Industry Association Nguyen Quoc Khanh said on Friday.

-- Novaland, a leading Vietnamese property developer, has announced its business performance in the second quarter, obtaining more than VND1.040 trillion (US$43.9 million) in consolidated net revenue and posting a negative profit of VND201 billion ($8.4 million), improving 72 percent and 51 percent, respectively, against the same period last year.

Society

-- A three-year-old boy from southern Binh Phuoc Province was wounded and required 30 stitches after being bitten by a dog on his neck and chin when he was strolling along the street during his family vacation in south-central Binh Dinh Province on Thursday.

-- Police in Tien Giang Province on Saturday afternoon blocked the Rach Mieu Bridge, which spans over the Tien River and links Tien Giang with neighboring Ben Tre Province, to capture 31 armed men who were traveling in six cars to Ben Tre for a fight, a local police official confirmed the same day.

-- The administration of My Tho City in southern Tien Giang Province is facilitating site clearance works for building two riverside roads and parks by the Bao Dinh River in the city, with a total investment of nearly VND2 trillion ($84.4 million), said a local official on Saturday.

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse returned to Hanoi on Saturday morning, wrapping up his six-day visits to Austria, Italy, and the Vatican from July 23 to 28 with around 50 activities done with positive outcomes.

World News

-- Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, Reuters cited the attorney general's office as saying early on Saturday.

-- The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy's Carabinieri police said on Friday, Reuters reported.

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