Briefs on some of the leading news stories published on September 3 in Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper:

Society:

-- As many as 114 people were killed across Vietnam during the National Day holiday, lasting from August 30 to September 2, according to statistics released by the Vietnam National Traffic Safety Committee.

-- A massive power cut hit Vietnam on Tuesday, affecting electricity output in the north, central, and south of Vietnam.

-- All the injured in a fatal accident in the northern province of Lao Cai on Monday in which a sleeper bus fell into an abyss after colliding with a car are being treated free of charge, according to the Ministry of Health.

-- All drivers and employees of public passenger buses in Ho Chi Minh City will be taught how to behave professionally twice a year, according to a proposal by local transport officials.

Sports:

-- All matches during the first day of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2014 were postponed after parts of the roof of Phan Dinh Phung Sports House in Ho Chi Minh City where the tournament is ongoing, collapsed on Tuesday.

Business:

-- Vietnam Airlines and VietJet Air have finished testing the pilot air route that crosses the airspace of Laos and Cambodia to ply between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Politics:

-- The Vietnamese Party, State, Government and National Assembly have received messages of congratulations from leaders of numerous countries on the occasion of Vietnam’s 69th National Day (September 2, 1945 – September 2, 2014).

-- Vietnamese Party and State senior leaders on Tuesday paid their respects to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of Vietnam’s 69th National Day (September 2, 1945 – September 2, 2014).

-- A delegation of leaders of the Party, Government and Ho Chi Minh City on Monday offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the August Revolution Day (August 19) and the 69th anniversary of National Day (September 2).