Check out what is in the news today!Society -- The deputy head of Sa Pa District People’s Committee in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai said on Tuesday that they had dispatched more than 100 people and expanded the search area for Aiden Webb, a 23-year-old from Cambridge, the UK. Aiden’s relatives, including his father, who had flown over to the locale, home to beloved town Sa Pa, have offered a reward of VND100 million (US$4,445) to those who first spotted the young man. The Briton has gone missing since being last seen last week in Fansipan Mountain, the highest peak in Indochina. -- A ceiling patch at the examination quarter of the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi came off on Tuesday, sending plaster tumbling down a child patient, slightly injuring the baby. -- At a conference organized on Tuesday in Hanoi, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced the hotline number 112, meant to receive distress information and facilitate search and rescue efforts in emergency or disaster situations on a nationwide scale. -- Police in Long Ho District in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long have arrested a suspect who set fire and caused burns to a 47-year-old police officer when he was asleep at home early Tuesday. -- Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Tuesday started legal proceedings against two suspects for beating a 13-year-old girl to death on Saturday last week after robbing her and attempting to rape her.Business -- Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue urged at a seminar organized in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday that a capital market for start-ups, small and medium businesses be established in two or three years. -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday announced that all Vietnamese rice exports to China will undergo stricter quality checks conducted by Chinese agencies. -- Bui Hong Quy, chief of the People’s Committee Office in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has confirmed that they had dispatched a team to the Republic of Korea for a joint project to build a solar power plant at an estimated cost of US$0.6-1 billion. The provincial administration had also reached an agreement with a local firm and another Korean company on the construction of another solar electricity plant, projected to cost $200 million. Lifestyle -- The 2016 Chiec Thia Vang (Golden Spoon) contest, organized annually for chefs working in restaurants across Vietnam, kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.Sports -- Dustin Ha, a 12-year-old American boy of Vietnamese origin, has been named champion in both the U-14 single and double categories at a U.S. tennis tournament for juniors.
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This was the result of an expanded probe into a cross-border network to traffic in narcotics from France into Vietnam through airports
2 days agoVietnam’s Buddhist ‘phenomenon’ Thich Minh Tue requests privacy to focus on spiritual practice
He has asked that the public stop filming, photographing, or sharing his images on social media
1 day agoSome 70,000 passengers expected to travel between Ho Chi Minh City and Long Thanh airport daily
The under-construction Long Thanh International Airport will receive 80 percent of international passengers from Tan Son Nhat International Airport
2 days ago4 Vietnamese women arrested in baby trafficking ring
They allegedly took turns visiting the maternity department of Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital
2 days agoTyphoon Toraji weakens further, storm Man-yi headed for East Vietnam Sea
Man-yi is estimated to enter the East Vietnam Sea around November 18
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Sugary drink consumption in Vietnam soars 420% over 14 years: Euromonitor
About 13.5 percent of Vietnamese adolescents drink sugary beverages almost daily
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Sugary drink consumption in Vietnam soars 420% over 14 years: Euromonitor
About 13.5 percent of Vietnamese adolescents drink sugary beverages almost daily
Vietnam state leader underscores 3 connectivity rules at APEC leaders’ dialogue
Vietnam is ready to cooperate with economies within and outside APEC to effectively promote inter-regional connectivity
Ho Chi Minh City police hunt man causing hit-and-run collision with foreign women
The victims were injured and required hospitalization
Spate of child poisoning deaths sparks S.Africa xenophobia
Twenty-three children in Johannesburg have died this year from suspected food poisoning linked to small corner shops run by foreign nationals
Tens of thousands flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears Philippines
Around 255,000 people have fled their homes ahead of Super Typhoon Man-yi
Russia-US summit likely to take place in Vietnam: official
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi was chosen to host the second U.S.-North Korea Summit in 2019
Bettors slap money on Mike Tyson to take down Jake Paul
More than 70 percent of moneyline bets were on Tyson
Week-long moon worshipping festival celebrates Khmer culture in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The event expresses gratitude to the moon
Ho Chi Minh City police seize 9.7 tonnes of illegally-traded cyanide in 2 months
The illegal trade of cyanide is rife as the poisonous substance can be bought via social media
South-central Vietnam province reports 2nd death from to A/H1pdm influenza in one month
The public are advised not to be overly concerned about this ailment