Tuoitrenews briefs some leading news on Vietnamese press today

Politics:

- President Truong Tan Sang on September 12 received Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is on an official visit to Vietnam. The Vietnamese leader spoke highly of the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two countries, especially at a time when they celebrate the 40th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

Society:

- On September 12, HCMC functional agencies decided the discipline on eight officials at four public service companies for an investigation into their abuse of wages, through which one of them paid himself up to US$123,600 per year. The officials include four chairmen of the boards of management and four directors at the HCMC Urban Drainage Co Ltd, Saigon Traffic Works One-Member Co Ltd, HCMC Public Lighting Co Ltd, and HCMC Green Tree and Park Co Ltd.

- On September 12, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Japan’s Nogoya University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to put the gastrointestinal endoscopy center equipped with the most modern Vietnam in operation. The center sponsored by the Japanese university can receive 150 – 2000 patients per day.

Business:

- The 2013 International Travel Expo in HCMC was opened on September 12. At the event, many international tourist operators expressed their will to bring more visitors to Vietnam. Pegas Turistik said the company plans to bring 1 million Russian tourists to Vietnam from now to 2015.

Lifestyle:

- The National Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism has recently issues a dispatch regulating the limitation of using images featuring services and goods on screens. The document is released after “Lua Phat,” Vietnam’s first fantasy action film, directed by Vietnamese-American director Dustin Nguyen received negative responses for its alleged advertising for a brandy brand.