Here are today’s leading news stories: Society — The Vam Cong Ferry Station, which provides transportation service between Dong Thap and An Giang in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, was severely congested on Monday afternoon, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year festival, due to a large number of vehicles traveling back to Ho Chi Minh City following the holiday. — A serious traffic jam occurred along the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway in southern Hanoi on Monday evening as many people were rushing back to the capital after the Lunar New Year holiday. — As a large number of commuters were heading back to Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, the tollgate of the Rach Mieu Bridge, which connects the Mekong Delta provinces of Tieng Giang and Ben Tre, was forced to shut down to alleviate gridlock. — A total of 231 traffic accidents happened across Vietnam during the six festive days of the Lunar New Year, from February 14 to 19, killing 179 people and injuring 186 others, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety. — Police in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on Monday arrested a 35-year-old man for injuring his wife and killing her lover with a knife. The couple was separated prior to the incident, according to officers. — A 15-year-old girl and her 23-year-old cousin in the north-central province of Nghe An have gone missing since Saturday after going out with a friend they had met on social media. — Ho Chi Minh… [Read full story]
Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Society -- A 33-year-old Polish man, Cwiakala Rafal, has died in a fatal zip line accident on Thursday in the Central Highland Vietnamese tourist city of Da Lat along with his Vietnamese tour guide after the two illegally participated in an adventure game at Hang Cop Waterfall in the city’s Xuan Tho District. -- A Ha Long Bay tourist yacht carrying 47 passengers, 45 of whom are foreigners, hit an unidentified submerged object on Thursday morning, resulting in a leakage and forcing tourists to be transferred to another…... [read more]
Tuoi Tre News wishes our readers and contributors the best of luck, happiness and success in this new lunar year, the Year of the Dog! Society -- Fireworks lit up the sky in over 20 provinces and cities across Vietnam at midnight on Friday as the country rang in the 2018 Lunar New Year, or Tet, the biggest public holiday of the year when locals celebrate kinship and the family spirit. -- Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang wished for peace and prosperity for Vietnam and the world as he addressed his people in a televised Tet message broadcast on…... [read more]
Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading stories published today in Vietnamese media: -- Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and his spouse will visit Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Choummaly Sayasone from March 23 to 25, 2015, according to the Foreign Ministry’s announcement released on Thursday. Vietnam and Laos established diplomatic ties in 1962 and signed the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty in 1977. -- Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty on Thursday hosted Flag Officer-in-Command…... [read more]
Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading news stories that are published today, September 27, in Vietnamese media. Politics -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada at a meeting in Hanoi on Friday that Vietnam wishes to enhance its cooperation with Japan to further develop the two countries' strategic partnership in a sustainable and long-term manner. the Japanese ambassador expressed his wish for the two countries to boost their cooperation in trade, investment, official development assistance (ODA), education and training, and culture. -- Affected by the strike of Air…... [read more]
Spread love on St. Valentine’s Day with Tuoi Tre News! Spread love on St. Valentine’s Day with Tuoi Tre News! Society -- The southern provinces of Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Tra Vinh have the highest rates of migration to other provinces and cities among Mekong Delta provinces, according to a report published Monday by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. -- The administration of Nui Thanh District in central Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province is working with local authorities on collecting oil lumps and garbage found washed onto a seven-kilometer coastline in the district last week. -- A recent…... [read more]
