Have a nice Sunday!
Politics
-- Vietnam’s State President Tran Dai Quang on Saturday met with former volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who assisted Cambodia in the struggle against the genocidal Pol Pot regime in the 1979-1989 period, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the two nations’ ties.
-- As part of his ongoing official Vietnam trip, Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez on Saturday inaugurated and named a kindergarten in Giong Trom District, located in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.
Society
-- Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have been struggling to cope with terrible gridlock around Cat Lai Port, one of the country’s largest and most modern ones.
-- A search and rescue ship of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Nha Trang City in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on Saturday rushed a 48-year-old crewman who had suffered a stroke on Friday to a hospital for treatment.
-- Several streets in downtown Ho Chi Minh City are scheduled to close or have limited traffic starting Sunday for the construction of the city’s first metro system, planned to connect Ben Thanh Market with Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9.
-- Police in the southern province of Binh Phuoc confirmed on Saturday a 34-year-old man had stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide in their home in Bu Dop District two days earlier.
-- An official in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that local authorities were looking into a case in which two police officers had shot at and injured three young men who were breaking traffic rules and defying their command to stop on Friday evening.
Business
-- Many consumers, including children and farm owners in Ho Chi Minh City were delighted after touring Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup’s VinEco Long Thanh Farm in Dong Nai Province, neighboring the southern hub, and engaging first-hand in its clean production procedures on Saturday.
Lifestyle
-- More than 7,000 residents and tourists on Saturday flocked to the opening show of the Cave Festival 2017, organized in the north-central province of Quang Binh, home to Son Doong Cave, the world’s larg