Here are today’s leading news stories: Society — Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang extended his greetings to doctors and workers of the healthcare sector during a ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) held at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on Monday. — The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has asked the prime minister for an ODA (Official Development Assistance) or other forms of financial assistance to facilitate the construction of the Rach Mieu Bridge 2, which will connect Ben Tre and Tien Giang Provinces. — Workers of the South Korea-invested KL Texwell Vina Company in the southern province of Dong Nai were not able to return to work on Monday following the Tet holiday as the firm remained closed, while its leaders did not show up. — Three college students in Hanoi were hospitalized with multiple burns across their hands, faces, and necks on Monday evening after some Galaxy balloons, a type of transparent balloons wrapped in LED string lights, exploded. — A 22-year-old man in the central city of Da Nang was arrested on Monday for breaking into a motel and stealing four iPhone 6’s, along with VND10 million (US$440), from a couple. — Police in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on Monday captured Nguyen Ngoc Vien, 22, for causing serious injuries to another after shooting him during a quarrel. — All bars and pubs in Hoi An, a popular tourist town in the central province… [Read full story]
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]
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]
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]
Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Politics -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on Wednesday launched the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017 at a ceremony in Vientiane, in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. Society -- Police are searching for a masked bank robber who threatened tellers at a Vietcombank branch in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on Wednesday with a gun and got away…... [read more]
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]
