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​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 19

​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 19

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 09:06 GMT+7

Good morning from Vietnam!

Politics

-- Indonesian naval vessels KRI Sultan Hasanuddin 366 and KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda 367 on Wednesday arrived at the Nha Rong Wharf in Ho Chi Minh City to commence a four-day visit to the southern hub, during which the countries’ naval forces will join activities to strengthen bilateral ties.

Society

-- Tran Vinh Tuyen, deputy chairman of Ho Chi Minh City, on Wednesday stressed the importance of applying technology in solving urban issues as an integral part of the development of a ‘smart city,’ during his remarks at the 21st annual conference of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA 21).

-- A police officer in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City is under investigation for allegedly offering to help a burglary suspect walk free in exchange for VND300 million (US$13,200).

-- Rescues have found the bodies of the last three missing victims of a tragic landslide in northern Hoa Binh Province last Wednesday, which buried four houses with 18 people sleeping inside.

-- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has expressed its concern over the slow capital allocation for the first metro line project in Ho Chi Minh City and other JICA-supported projects developed by Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport.

Business

-- Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market continues to be dogged by fake drugs, which constituted between 0.03 and 0.1 percent of drugs in the country from 2012 to 2016, according to statistics from the National Institute of Drug Quality Control.

-- A decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade this week to halt Vietnam’s competitive power generation market has raised concerns that electricity prices will hike in the coming time as a result.

-- Pig farmers and merchants have 3-5 days from Wednesday to adapt to Ho Chi Minh City’s origin traceablitity requirements, after which time non-traceable pigs will not be allowed to enter the southern hub, the municipal Department of Industry and Trace announced on Wednesday.

-- The will be no limit to the percentage of shares a foreign entity can hold in Vietnam’s dairy giant Vinamilk, said Nguyen Duc Chi, chairman of the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) on Wednesday during an event to put on sale 3.33 percent of the firm’s stakes currently owned by the state.

Lifestyle

-- The Southern Women’s Museum in Ho Chi Minh City has just launched a new exhibition featuring the ‘ao dai,’ the traditional costume of Vietnam, which takes visitors on a journey through the development history of the elegant garment.

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