Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, January 9, 2016.

Politics

-- An inter-ministerial meeting to review the results of Vietnam’s ASEAN cooperation in 2015 and define priorities for 2016 was held in Hanoi on Friday.

-- China has threatened aviation safety of Vietnam and the region for landing planes on Da Chu Thap (Ferry Cross) in the East Vietnam Sea without notifying local air traffic controlling agencies, which is also going against the international aviation regulations.

Society

-- A 34-year-old man was stabbed to death by two unidentified men shortly after he took his son to school, in the northern province of Hai Duong on Friday.

-- A Chinese national was caught using a fake passport to board a flight from the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang to the northern city of Hai Phong on Friday.

-- A Vietnam Airlines departing from Da Nang landed safely at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on Friday morning, despite a type burst.

-- There were 207 times Chinese ships violated the Vietnamese waters up to 50 nautical miles off the Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Da Nang in 2015, the city’s border military unit said Friday.

Business

-- Netflix must seek permission from relevant agencies to legally operate as a paid TV service provider in Vietnam, otherwise it will go against the law, the inspectorate of the Ministry of Information and Communications said Friday, shortly after the company announced its expansion into 130 countries including Vietnam.

-- Uber will be forced to pay taxes for its operation in Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal tax man said Friday.

-- Toyota Vietnam is recalling 19,616 Corolla, Vios and Yaris cars over faulty window switches, the automaker said Friday.

-- Environmental police on Friday seized nearly 2,000 bottles of soya sauce and a similar amount of fish sauce bottles at a facility in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, which had used toxic chemicals to make the sauces.

Sports

-- Vietnam will send some track-and-field athletes, weightlifters, swimmers and gymnasts to such countries as the U.S., Cuba and South Korea for training to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training said Friday.

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