Briefs of some of leading news stories published on Tuesday (October 14) in Tuoi Tre Newspaper that will be carried today on Tuoitrenews.vn:

Politics:

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a talk yesterday with EU President Manuel Barroso in Brussels, Belgium and stressed his desire that both sides should soon approve EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

-- Nguyen Van Trung, 63, was yesterday voted as the chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Lawyers’ Association.

Society:

-- A delegation of 11 cars registered in Thailand entered Vietnam yesterday without permission from Vietnamese authorities. The cars were stopped by provincial police of the central Quang Tri Province.

-- Online newspapers www.giadinh.net.vn, www.nld.com.vn, and www.dantri.com,.vn and several websites at the addresses of www.soha.vn, www.vccorp.vn were inaccessible yesterday because of technical troubles from data center system.

-- Colonel Dao Van Chuong, deputy head of the economic security department under the Ministry of Public Security, was appointed to hold the post of deputy head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

-- Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung, deputy director of the center for flood prevention in Ho Chi Minh City, told the law-making People’s Council of the city yesterday that, “It’s impossible to answer when the city is getting rid of floods.”

-- The Central Ha Tinh Province has established a mobile police battalion and a fire prevention police team at the local Vung Ang economic zone.

-- A mother in the southern Binh Duong Province died of hanging in her house and her 4-month-old baby died in bed. Police are investigating the case.

-- Vietnam is almost unable to control soil contamination, according to Ph.D. Nguyen Dang Nghia – director of the center for studies of soil, fertilizers, and environment.

-- A multi-purpose theater in the central Da Nang City that was built at a cost of VND90 billion (US$4.3 million) in 2009 has been sold for VND50 billion ($2.4 million).

Business:

-- South Korea has announced to transfer 167 technologies which are vital for manufacturing to Vietnam, in the fields of automobile, textile and garment, leather processing, mechanics, and mechanics.

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Transport to report to the Politburo about the investment for the construction project of the international airport Long Thanh in the southern Dong Nai Province.

-- The production of toys for children in Vietnam is fighting a losing battle against the illegal import of Chinese toys and the ‘landing’ of famous trademarks of the world.

-- The retail prices of fuel in the Vietnamese market were pulled down yesterday from 670 – 880 dong per liter.

-- The retail market of Vietnam is ranked in the top ten of the most favorite retail markets in Asia – Pacific region in 2014, according to Ms. Dang Thuy Ha, customer care director in Vietnam’s northern region of the market research company Nielsen Vietnam.

-- Forbes Magazine Vietnam said it will honor 50 best listed companies in the nation on October 17. The firms had an average turnover growth of seven percent in 2013.

Sports:

-- China drew 1-1 with Vietnam at the last match yesterday of Group C and thus won a ticket as the group’s runners-up, after the winners Japan, to advance to the quarterfinals of the AFC U-19 Championship.

Education:

-- Vocational college Lilama 2 based in Long Thanh District of the southern Dong Nai Province will recruit students for two new majors of aviation services and underground train (metro) services as from the new school year 2015-16.