Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you do not want to miss today, October 19.

Society                                            

-- A patient from the southern province of Long An has had a 40-kg cyst successfully removed from her ovary at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, doctors announced Sunday.

-- A 58-year-old man in the south-central province of Binh Thuan on Sunday slashed his wife, then killing himself by burning his house, after she woke him up early in the morning to complain about his adultery.

-- A wild boar on Sunday left a forest in the central province of Quang Nam and rushed to a nearby village, hurting five people while they were working in the field.

-- Two people were killed after an eatery that sold noodles served with goat meat in Ho Chi Minh City burst into flames in an apparent gas explosion on Sunday.

-- Ho Chi Minh City police said Sunday they are hunting for three Nigerian nationals, Chikelu Tobechukwu Samson, Nkwocha Peter Emeka, and Nmoruka Samuel Obumneme, who allegedly swindled Vietnamese women out of money via Facebook.

Business

-- Vietnam’s leading mobile network operator MobiFone inaugurates its first-ever gadget store in Ho Chi Minh City today, October 19, officially marking its expansion into the retail sector.

-- The U.S. accounted for nearly 50 percent of the US$17 billion worth of Vietnam’s apparel exports in the first nine months of this year, according to customs data.

-- The administration of the central city of Da Nang is slated to send a delegate to the Japanese city of Osaka next month to promote the launch of an air service between the two localities to boost tourism.

-- A $312.5 million polyester yarn making plant of state-run oil and gas giant PetroVietnam in the northern city of Hai Phong is operating at a loss and faces a shutdown only one year after coming on stream.

Lifestyle

-- South Korean singer Psy will bring his greatest hit “Gangnam Style” to Vietnam, at the Super X Festival, to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City next month.

Sports

-- India’s Saketh Myneni, the world’s No.168 tennis player, won the 2015 Vietnam Open championship after beating Australian rival Jordan Thompson in the finale in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

-- Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem, ranking 33^rd in the world, aims to increase his current Elo rating of 2717 and return to the world’s top 30, as he started competing at the 2015 SPICE Cup Open, which kicked off Sunday in Missouri, the U.S.

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