Here are today’s’ leading news stories:

Politics

-- A workshop was held in Hanoi on Thursday to highlight the historical value and mark the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution of Russia.

Society

-- The environmental police division under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security on Thursday night discovered several rare animals, including pangolins, king cobras and long-tailed monkeys, being raised illegally at a house in the southern province of Binh Phuoc. 

-- Six fishermen in the south-central province of Binh Thuan were hospitalized for food poisoning after eating pufferfish on Thursday.

-- Two doctors in the north-central provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh have been attacked within the past three days, sparking concern over the increasing risk that medical practitioners in Vietnam are facing.

-- A truck driver in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on Thursday killed a three-year-old child and injured three people after running over them while backing up the vehicle.

-- An employee at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City was found stealing a baggage containing over US$1,000 and JPY43,000 left by a Japanese passenger on a luggage cart.

Business

-- The construction of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro route No.1, which connects Ben Thanh Terminal in District 1 with Suoi Tien in District 9, has reached 43 percent of its overall process, the Management Authority for Urban Railways reported on Thursday.  

-- Vietnam Rubber Group on Thursday introduced its line of automotive tires following a period of developing and testing.

Education

-- Associate Professor and Doctor Le Kim Phung, 42, from the Ho chi Minh City University of Technology, has been placed among this years’ top 100 scientists in Asia by Singaporean magazine Asian Scientists.

Lifestyle

-- An international guitar festival is scheduled to take place at the Youth Theater of Vietnam in Hanoi form October 27 to 29. 

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