Here are the news stories you should not miss today, October 10:

Politics

-- A ceremony was organized on Monday at the base of the 2nd Regional Command of the Vietnam People’s Navy to launch two Molniya-class guided missile corvettes, which were built by Ba Son Shipbuilding Company under Vietnam’s General Department of Military Industry.

Society

-- Police in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh on Monday evening arrested Le Van Thiet, chairman of the management board of Thuong Thao JSC, for allegedly masterminding the destruction of 61 hectares of forest in An Hung Commune, An Lao District.

-- A tropical depression is forecast to make landfall in north-central Vietnamese provinces today, bringing heavy rains and floods to the region, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

-- A representative from the Hanoi People’s Procuracy has suggested that Chau Thi Thu Nga, a former member of the law-making National Assembly, serve a life sentence for conducting a real estate fraud and appropriating VND348 billion (US$15.27 million) from over 700 victims.

-- Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Monday captured Bui Van Dung, 40, for shooting dead Dinh Tien Sang, vice-chairman of the People’s Council in Phi Lieng Commune, over a love conflict.

-- The People’s Committee in the southern province of Binh Duong on Monday fined Viet Huong JSC, the developer of Viet Huong 2 Industrial Park in Ben Cat Town, VND1.96 billion ($86,054) for discharging untreated wastewater into the Saigon River.

Business

-- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has ordered the verification of the use of bumper stickers on many Vinasun taxis in Ho Chi Minh City to protest against Grab and Uber.

-- The first railway service for container delivery was operated on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City.

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