Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 15

Check out the latest news in Vietnam:

Society

-- A representative of the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday that they had forwarded a tour guide’s report of a street food vendor allegedly overcharging six Lao tourists to An Hai Ward authorities for investigation. The group was charged VND760,000 (US$29.1) for grilled skewers and later received a refund of VND200,000 ($7.7) after the tour guide strongly argued with the vendor.

-- Despite a total of 69 contractors participating in all 10 main construction packages, not including subcontractors, the Tham Luong – Ben Cat – Nuoc Len Canal renovation project in Ho Chi Minh City remains behind schedule.

-- Police and the market management agency in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam announced on Monday that they are temporarily holding over 13 metric tons of chemically soaked chicken feet that were being prepared for distribution to the market.

-- Nearly 200 pigs of unknown origin, most of which were infected with African swine fever, were discovered and immediately culled on July 11 by authorities in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam, the Agency for Domestic Market Surveillance and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported on Monday.

-- Police in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam said on Monday that they had busted a ring illegally transporting and trading drugs from Laos to Vietnam, arresting three people and seizing 60 bricks of heroin and 37 kilograms of methamphetamine.

-- Despite repeated petitions, a stormwater drainage system in Ea Na Commune, Dak Lak Province has remained clogged for the past three years, causing hardship for many households as rainwater floods their homes and farmland during heavy downpours.

-- After two months of dedicated efforts, doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully saved a 10-year-old boy who was in critical condition after being struck on the head by a falling tree branch on May 7, the hospital informed on Monday.

-- Police in Tu Liem Ward, Hanoi told Tuoi Tre on Monday that they are investigating an incident in which a Vietnamese woman claimed she was verbally abused and assaulted by two South Korean women at a photobooth shop in Hanoi on Friday last week.

Economy

-- Bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and France is vibrant and diverse, and France hopes to welcome more Vietnamese investors, said French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Emmanuelle Pavillon-Grosser at the French National Day celebration, which also marked Vietnam–France Friendship Day, in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday.

Travel

-- Authorities in Kon Plong Commune, Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam have recently surveyed two pristine and stunning waterfalls located in a natural forest, which hold strong potential for tourism development, a local official said on Monday.