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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 30

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 30

Saturday, January 30, 2016, 08:33 GMT+7

Here are the leading Vietnamese news stories in brief for January 30, 2016.

Politics

-- Vietnam’s National Election Council convened its second session in Hanoi on Friday, discussing the general report on preparing for the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure, to take place in May.

Society

-- The Hanoi’s amnesty consideration council announced on Sunday that 145 inmates will either have their jail terms reduced or be released ahead of schedule on the occasion of Tet, or Lunar New Year.

-- Another cold spell is expected to hit Hanoi and northern Vietnam from February 2, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said Friday.

-- Around 14,000 people left the Saigon Train Station in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday for their hometowns, in the first day of the ‘season of migration,’ where people in big cities return home to celebrate Tet.

-- Several streets in Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown area will be blocked from January 30 to February 2 to serve the construction of the city’s iconic Flower Street for Tet.

-- The customs department in the northern city of Hai Phong said Friday they are investigating the case in which 500 wine bottles are found in the consignment of a Vietnamese diplomat, who returned to Vietnam after his overseas tenure has expired.

Business

-- Singapore was Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor in January 2016, with total newly registered and added capital reached $295.47 million, accounting for 22.1 percent of the total foreign investment influx in the month, according to the

-- To welcome Vietnam’s Tet holiday, from February 1-3, budget carrier Vietjet will give away 1 million promotional tickets just from VND0 for all domestic routes and international routes connecting Seoul, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Yangon.

-- Representatives from nine Japanese realty companies on Friday visited two projects in Ho Chi Minh City to find investment opportunities, at a time when the Japan’s property market is frozen due to the aging population.

-- AEON has exported some $150 million worth of products sourced in Vietnam to stores under its chain in Asia in 2015, the Japanese retail giant said Friday.

Lifestyle

-- The Hollywood movie “Kong: Skull Island” will start shooting in Vietnam on February 22, and film director Jordan Vogt Robert has hailed the country’s nature and landscapes as purely beautiful.

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