Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, April 9

Politics

-- Vietnam’s legislative body is scheduled to vote in for 21 members of the new government, including three deputy prime ministers, this morning, April 9.

Society

-- The Ho Chi Minh City administration on Friday declared Zika outbreaks on a ward level at Thanh My Loi Ward, District 2, where one of the first two cases of Zika-positive patients in Vietnam lives.

-- The marine force of the border guard unit of the central province of Quang Binh said on Friday it had asked six Chinese fishing boats to leave Vietnamese waters after finding them operate too close to the province’s coastline.

-- A truck carrying soft drink overturned when it was passing the southern province of Dong Nai on Friday, with the driver admitting he was too drowsy for driving without sleep for days.

Business

-- The Vietnam Railways Corp will launch short-haul train services connecting Ho Chi Minh City and the neighboring province of Binh Duong between April 15 and June 30, with tickets as cheap as VND5,000-10,000 per turn.

-- Twelve metric tons of sugar with unknown origin were seized from a local facility on Friday by economic police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

-- Some 80 percent of online games being launched in Vietnam are of a Chinese origin, and most of the operators dodge taxes and violate content regulations, the Vietnam’s electronic information agency said on Friday.

-- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has released final results of its 11th administrative review on Vietnamese shrimp, with higher duties set for any shipment from the Southeast Asian country sent to the U.S. from August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnam’s publishing authorities on Friday requested a publishing house to recall a children’s question book that says “the biggest bird on earth is the camel.”

-- A Tuoi Tre-backed music show held to raise fund to help combat the drought crisis in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta took place in Ho Chi Minh City, with donations totaled VND14 billion (US$625,000), which will be turned into 1 million cubic meters of fresh water.

-- Four pair of professional dancers from Czech, Russia, China and Romani will compete at the Vietnam Cup Showdance in Ho Chi Minh City tonight, April 9.

Sports

-- Famed former footballers Ruud Gullit and Carles Puyol met fans in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, as part of the UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour, which takes the prestigious trophy around the world annually.

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