Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you do not want to miss today, September 28.

Society

-- A man allegedly under the influence of methamphetamine was arrested by police after he broke the window of a bus and stole the steering wheel, sending 40 passengers to panic, in the north-central province of Nghe An on Sunday.

-- Hanoi water prices will increase 19 percent on October 1, the capital city’s water supplier announced on Sunday, shortly after a major water pipe system ruptured for the 15^th time.

-- Animal health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday busted an illegal poultry slaughterhouse in the outlying district of Hoc Mon, where unquarantined chickens are treated with a combination of kerosene and chemicals to make them look yellowish and tasty.

-- Thirty-nine people were held for allegedly using drugs and storing weapons after police raided a karaoke parlor in the southern city of My Tho on Sunday.

-- A fire truck was deployed to take a man purportedly under the influence of methamphetamine down to the ground from the window on the 21^st floor of a building in Hanoi on Sunday, as he kept threatening to jump down.

-- Many people were severely injured in a pile-up involving five cars on the Trung Luong expressway that connects Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Tien Giang early Monday.

Business

-- Vietnam attracted US$17.15 billion worth of foreign direct investment in the first nine months of this year, a solid 53.4 percent year-on-year increase, as many large-scale projects were licensed during the period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

-- The Vietnamese Goods Identity Week - Pride of Vietnamese Goods fair, aimed at boosting sales for locally-made products, was simultaneously launched in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the central city of Da Nang on Sunday.

-- The State Bank of Vietnam has lowered the interest rate cap for savings in U.S. dollars of individual depositors from 0.75 percent to 0.25 percent, starting today, September 28.

Lifestyle

--  Vietnam’s “Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh” (Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass) was among the three winners of the Features Films of 2015 awards at the 2nd Silk Road International Film Festival, which concluded Sunday in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian.

Sports

-- Vietnam’s rising football (soccer) star Cong Phuong is likely to join J-League 2 side Mito HollyHock on loan to play at Japan’s second-tier league next year, Doan Nguyen Duc, chairman of his current club Hoang Anh Gia Lai, said Sunday.

-- Hosts Vietnam won the 2015 Southeast Asian Handball Championships after trouncing Indonesia 69-26 in the final game in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

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