Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you do not want to miss today, November 16.

Politics

-- Vietnam and New Zealand have agreed to upgrade their comprehensive partnership to a strategic relation during talks between Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his visiting counterpart John Key in Hanoi on Sunday

-- President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Stech arrived in Hanoi on Sunday, beginning an official visit ending November 20 to Vietnam at the invitation of Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Society

-- All of the four stewardesses, including a foreigner, of a Vietjet flight from the north-central city of Vinh to Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday were sexually harassed by a passenger, identified as the director of a construction company, but the man disappeared immediately after arrival and now faces penalties from aviation authorities.

-- Eight people were injured after an Innova car crashed into six motorbikes and a cattleman in a series of two accidents in Hanoi on Sunday.

-- A 15-year-old boy has been chained to a pillar right outside his house in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak by his father, who wanted to punish him for his addiction to online games.

-- Around 1,000 people, mostly French nationals, attended a memorial service held on Sunday at the French Embassy in Hanoi for victims killed in the Friday terror attacks in Paris.

-- A newborn baby died on Sunday at a hospital in the southern province of Dong Nai, only two days after he was born and vaccinated there.

Business

-- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines inaugurated Sunday a new service connecting the northern city of Hai Phong with Nha Trang, the capital city of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, with four flights per week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

-- Work started Sunday on a VND3.5 trillion (US$156.25 million) project to add an international terminal to Da Nang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang.

-- A Chinese-contracted steelmaking plant project in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, whose construction began in 2007 with a total investment of more than VND8.1 trillion ($361.61 million), is now a pile of rusted metal while the contractor has run away after receiving a hefty amount of money.

Education

-- The total amount of unpaid tuition of students of Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University between 2007 and 2014 was more than VND5.18 billion ($231,250), according to its president.

Lifestyle

-- The Japan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City wrapped up on Sunday after three days full of activities attracting thousands of visitors.

Sports

-- Brazil’s Bangu Atletico beat South Korean Students 3-2 to win the 2015 BTV Cup international football tournament in the southern province of Binh Duong on Sunday.

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