Briefs of some of leading news stories published Tuesday (August 13) in Tuoi Tre Newspaper that will be carried today on Tuoitrenews.vn:

Politics:

-- Addressing at the National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday, Transport Minister Dinh La Thang said that authorities can only manage over 19,000km out of almost 42,000km of water way with transport services, accounting for 45 percent of water transport traffic of the nation.

-- The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has instructed leaders of all administrative management levels and departments to publicize their phone numbers and addresses to receive complaints from people.

-- Minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Thai Binh yesterday proposed at a meeting of the government that Vietnam should not organize the People’s Council (law-making agency) at the low levels of district and ward.

Society:

-- 59 percent of Vietnamese youths have jobs after leaving schools, according to the International Labor Organization in Vietnam.

-- Over 1,000 households in the central province of Thanh Hoa have abandoned their farming land to do other jobs for better income, according to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

-- The National Park U Minh Thuong in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang was yesterday recognized as the Heritage Park of Asean.

-- The super typhoon Utor, which entered the East Sea yesterday and is forecast to land in the coastal area of China today, may likely turn its direction and lash in Vietnam, according to the weather forecast.

-- Complaints lodged to the central agencies have not lessened, especially the cases referring to land clearance by people in the central and central highland regions, according to the Government Inspectorate.

Business:

-- Owners of over 518 foreign-invested firms in Vietnam have abandoned their businesses and returned home during the first five months this year. Most of them come from enterprises of China and South Korea trading in the fields of construction, real estate, software, and restaurant.

-- Travel companies have offered many cheap tours with sales promotion during the holiday of September 2.