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Hanoi 'kicking cop' will not face suspension: boss [Tuoi Tre]

2 confirmed dead after floating restaurant sinks in central Vietnam [Thanh Nien]

Officials dismissed for certifying 800 substandard aquaculture products [VietnamNet]

Aiden Webb: Cambridge memorial for Vietnam backpacker [BBC]

Large-scale farm model a success but lacks cooperation [VNS]

Craftsmen work to spread the fame of Bat Trang pottery [SGGP]

Vietnam’s resort in world’s top best hotels [Hanoi Times]

Vietnam mulls tough measures for 'misbehaving' Chinese tourists [VOA]

Loggers fell hundred-year-old Fokienia trees in central Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

Incheon National University students join volunteer program in Vietnam [Korea Herald]

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