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​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – September 23

​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – September 23

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 08:58 GMT+7

Check out the news you should not miss today, September 23     

Politics

-- The new Country Partnership Framework between Vietnam and the World Bank Group (WBG) for 2017-22, announced at a workshop in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on Friday, will focus on inclusive growth among other main points.

Society

-- Authorities in the central Quang Nam Province have begun a probe into the destroying of 40 hectares of protection forests since the beginning of this year.

-- The urban railway management board in Ho Chi Minh City plans to expand the metro line No.2, from Ben Thanh to Tham Luong, by 9.3 km, with an additional 5.9km from Ben Thanh to Thu Thiem, and an extra 3.4km part from Tham Luong to An Suong Bus Station.

-- Members of the public are legally allowed to film and supervise traffic police officers when they are on duty, Huynh Trung Phong, head of Ho Chi Minh City's road traffic police unit confirmed on Friday, following reports that people were attacked by 'police assistants' when they were attempting to record alleged inappropriate behaviors of the police.

Business

-- Boeing said on Friday it had increased its 20-year forecast for Southeast Asian demand by 460 aircraft to 4,210 new airplanes, as low-cost carriers make travel more accessible in several countries including Vietnam, according to Reuters.

-- Vietjet is offering 55,000 super-saving tickets priced only from $0 (excluding taxes and fees) from September 22 to 24 for international routes from Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi to Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan (Taiwan) to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival.

-- The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO ) is holding a promotional program for Ibaraki pear, a delicacy of the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, in Ho Chi Minh City today, September 23, as part of the Japan Fair 2017 project.

-- Vietnam's mobile phone and component exports topped $29.05 billion in the year to September 15, up more than $5 billion from the same period last year.

-- Twenty-four businesses in Hanoi are collectively owing nearly VND3 trillion ($132.16 million) in taxes, the municipal taxman said Friday.

Lifestyle

-- A book fair themed "Books and Start-ups" opened at Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Hanoi, on Friday.

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