Society -- The 4th ASEAN Children Forum attended by 35 child representatives from countries in the Southeast Asian region (except Brunei) concluded on Wednesday with many proposals sent to the respective governments on issues related to kids, including violence, sexual abuse, and trafficking. -- Until Wednesday, the black box of the Vietnamese coast guard aircraft CASA-212 that disappeared from radar last week during a mission to search for a missing fighter jet pilot had not been found, said Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army. -- The National Civil Aviation Security Committee has requested authorities in Hanoi and the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s terrorism prevention forces to come up with solutions to protect planes from laser projected from the ground, which seriously threatens aviation safety. Recently, local authorities have recorded four cases of laser projecting targeted at planes while they were taking off or landing at Noi Bai International Airport. -- The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Wednesday issued a dispatch temporarily banning vehicles from traveling on the Prenn Pass at night to ensure safety during one month of upgrading the road. -- Police in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture have arrested six Vietnamese men after catching them red-handed transporting 112 stolen melons. -- A company in Ho Chi Minh City has proposed building an overhead road leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, at an estimated cost of VND15 trillion (US$670 million). -- The rate of hypertension in people aged above 25 in eight provinces and cities in Vietnam has increased to 25.1 percent, said Doctor Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.Business -- The southern province of Dong Nai has attracted $1.01 billion in foreign direct investment since the beginning of this year, reaching 101 percent of the entire year’s plan. -- Vietnamese real estate firm Vingroup said it has decided to invest more than VND1.1 trillion ($49.11 million) in developing a high-quality workforce for its healthcare system Vinmec in 2016-20.Lifestyle -- Fifty-seven new caves have been discovered in the north-central province of Quang Binh, home to the world’s biggest cave Son Doong, according to Howard Limbert, from the British Cave Research Association.
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