Politics

-- The Draft Law on Public Investment and Public Spending will not be up for discussion at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly, scheduled to begin later this month, according to a decision by Assembly's Standing Committee on Tuesday.

-- Viet Nam would stand side-by-side with the UN Educational and Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in facing the difficulties of a changing world, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son said in Paris on Monday.

-- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday reaffirmed the solidarity between Viet Nam's Communist Party and Cuba's Communist Party, pledging to maintain solidarity during their just cause.

Society

-- Local residents have again rushed to hunt for the mysteriously valuable sua wood in the central province of Quang Ngai. The hunters have even destroyed the National Highway by digging up a hole with 2m depth in a bid to find the precious wood.

-- A tragic traffic accident occurring in the central province of Binh Dinh Tuesday claimed the lives of an entire family including a couple, their 3-year-old daughter, and an embryo. Eyewitnesses said the man was attempting to dodge a delivery tricycle when his motorbike crashed into a van traveling in the opposite direction.

-- At least eight villagers of the Dong Phuoc and Ngoc Phuoc hamlets in the central province of Phu Yen have won the 1st prize of the local lottery tickets. The lottery organizers said the villagers have 30 winning tickets, equaling to a combined cash prize of VND3.75 billion, or roughly $180,000.

-- A handful of filling stations in Ho Chi Minh City’s outskirt districts of Hoc Mon, Thu Duc, and Tan Binh have been caught as cheating customers by tampering the pumping gauges.Updating...