Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, October 25.

Politics

-- Vietnam calls on all countries to make constructive contributions in line with international law to maintaining peace, stability and the rule of law at sea and in the ocean, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on Monday, responding to questions about Vietnam’s reaction to the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur’s sailing near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago last week.

Society

-- The wife and son of a high-ranking official of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s Party Committee were found dead with cuts on their throats at home in what appears to be a murder on Monday.

-- A water spinach growing facility in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was fined VND39 million (US$1,741) on Monday for dousing the vegetable in chemicals to retain their green.

-- Former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has been ‘admonished’ by the Central Party Committee for a number of wrongdoings, including the appointment of Trinh Xuan Thanh, who is now internationally wanted, to many important positions.

-- Only one out of seven people aboard the five-seater car toll involved in the railway crossing crash outside Hanoi on Monday survived the accident as the death toll rose from five to six later the same day.

-- As of the end of Monday, 406 out of 562 drug addicts who escaped from a rehabilitation center in the southern province of Dong Nai earlier the same day have been captured, according to a police report.

Business

-- Vinastas, the non-profit association behind the controversial survey on Vietnamese fish sauce, has been placed under an investigation for deliberately releasing misleading test results, spreading false fears among the public.

-- Vietnam’s Mekong Delta received the first-ever container ship on Monday, with the Tan Cang Pioneer V1631S vessel docking at the Tan Cang-Cai Cui port in Can Tho City.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnamese supermodel Ngoc Duyen won the crown of the 2016 Miss Global Beauty Queen during the finale in South Korea on Monday.

Sports

-- Japan trounced Tajikistan in the third quarterfinal of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship in Bahrain on Monday to set up the semifinal clash against Vietnam, to take place on Thursday.           

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