Good morning from Vietnam!

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Part of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong is scheduled to pay an official visit to China from January 12 to 15, on the occasion of the 67^th anniversary of the two nations’ relationship, according to the Commission for Foreign Relations of the Party Central Committee.

Society

-- A young boy from the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai was killed by a fire that broke out at his house on Saturday morning, which had been locked by his parents before they went to work.

-- Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh are looking into a case in which a man committed suicide after allegedly stabbing his wife to death with a knife on Sunday morning. The suspect was showing signs of being high on crystal meth before killing himself by drinking herbicide.

-- A new center has been established by the National Lung Hospital in Hanoi, which is set to enable lung transplant in the country by 2018.

-- Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are encouraging each married couple to give birth to two children, given the city’s low birth rate compared to that of the whole country.

Business

-- Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has begun to be overwhelmed by the large number of passengers ahead of the Lunar New Year as many flights have been delayed or canceled, frustrating flyers.

-- Many types of miniature plants, including a species of pineapple imported from the U.S., have been offered for sale on the market in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as decorations for the upcoming Lunar New Year.

Lifestyle

-- About 5,500 units of blood were collected during the Red Sunday, a blood donation festival, which was organized by the National Committee for Traffic Safety, the National Institute for Hematology and Blood Transfusion, and Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, on Sunday.

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