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​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 20

​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 20

Monday, November 20, 2017, 08:00 GMT+7

Check out the news you should not miss today, November 20

Society

-- More than 500 students took part in the Urgent Run 2017, held to raise awareness of the importance of toilets in daily life and in response to the World Toilet Day, in the southern province of Binh Duong on Sunday.

-- Police in the northern province of Son La on Sunday launched legal proceedings against Trieu Ngoc Hoan on charges of intentionally violating state regulations on economic management with severe consequences for his role in wrongdoings related to the construction of a local hydropower plant.

-- A Vietnamese pilot was completing a helicopter training flight in London on November 17 when his chopper crashed into a Cessna 152 jet, killing him and three others on the spot, Vietnam’s aviation watchdog confirmed on Sunday.

-- Ngo Truong Son, head of the anti-corruption division under the inspectorate department of the southern province of Ca Mau, has been arrested and taken into three-month custody for an investigation into his allegedly forging state documents, a police source said Sunday.

-- Several young people who organized a ‘motorbike parade’ that followed a wedding car in the north-central province of Nghe An have been fined VND6 million (US$265) for not wearing the compulsory crash helmets.

Business

-- Singapore-listed Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd currently holds a ten percent stake, worth $1.15 billion, in Vinamilk, following three purchases of Vietnam’s biggest listed company’s stocks in a row last week.

-- Foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam are enjoying huge tax incentives and many other preferential treatments, enabling them to operate at greater advantages than the already less-competitive local businesses.

-- Two Japanese companies, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering and CAN Holdings, worked with local authorities in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai on Sunday to study the possibility of investing in garlic crops on the province’s Ly Son Island.

Lifestyle

-- An exhibition, showcasing mosaics of 21 leaders of APEC economies and Vietnam's top leaders, kicked off in Hanoi on Sunday.

Sports

-- Manchester United legends Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes arrived in Hanoi on Sunday, ready to attend the opening of a football training center in the northern city of Hung Yen today, November 20.

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