Check out news you should not miss today, October 6:

Politics

-- Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Evgueni Stoytchev on Thursday received the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations for his contributions to strengthening mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

-- The Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong on Thursday launched a project to build a 100km-long border patrol road which is expected to complete in 2020.

Society

-- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget airlines VietJet and Jetstar are collectively offering more than 3 million tickets for Tet holiday which will fall on February 16 next year.

-- The Saigon Railway Transport Company Limited will begin selling Tet tickets from October 15 with more than 300,000 tickets available online and via ticket agents.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation will pilot charging car parking fee on three streets in District 1 via a mobile app from this month.

-- The southern province of An Giang has installed 350 surveillance cameras at 14 communes and town in An Phu District to prevent crime with a budget of VND800 million (USD35,200).

-- Environment police of Binh Duong is handling an industrial landfill which has been illegally operated by a local named Huynh Thi Ha at Di An town for the past five years.

-- A fire on Thursday afternoon burned down four houses of four brothers in a family at Tan Nghia Commune in the southern province of Dong Thap’s Cao Lanh District.

Lifestyle

-- ‘Luxury’ bubble milk tea is enjoying its heyday in Ho Chi Minh City as there are always long lines of customers happily waiting and paying high for a cup of the cold drink at stores around the city.

-- Alla Sokolova, a Latvia-born photographer now living in France, has recently won five medals including two gold, one silver and two bronze, at the 9th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam (VN-17).

Education

-- Ho Chi Minh City will continue to arrange flexible school time to reduce traffic, following the success of a pilot program initiated in 2006.

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