Check out the news you should not miss today, December 2
Politics
-- Top leaders of Vietnam on Friday sent messages of congratulations to their Lao counterparts on the nation’s 42nd National Day today, December 2.
-- Vietnam opens widely the door for and vows to stand side by side with Australian enterprises who wish to do business and invest in the country, top lawmaker Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said at the Vietnam-Australia Business Dialogue in Perth on Friday.
Society
-- A gang consisting of five Colombian nationals have been arrested for stealing from people shortly after they left ATM booths with large cash withdrawal in Hanoi, local police said on Friday.
-- Binh Duong police are investigating a case in which a female worker set fire on her own factory over disagreement of her work, causing financial damage worth some VND260 million ($11,454), officer said on Friday.
-- A new fleet of 24 buses using environmentally friendly fuel was put into use in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.
-- A driver has been fined VND8.2 million ($361) and had his driving license suspended in three months after he was filmed maneuvering a tractor trailer with his feet in a video clip going viral on the internet last month, police in Ho Chi Minh City said on Friday.
Business
-- Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek said its subsidiary Novatek Gas and Power Asia Pte Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Total and Siemens on cooperation in liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and development of the infrastructure for newly built gas fired generation plants in Vietnam.
-- German engineering and electronics company Bosch will channel an additional $67 million into the gasoline system plant in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai, totaling its investment there to $372 million, next year, Peter Tyroller, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH responsible for Asia Pacific, said Friday.
-- A flower village in the southern province of Ben Tre has been hit by false rumors that they were using cancer-causing chemicals in their crops.
Lifestyle
-- One-hundred fashion models will perform in The Muse 2 show by fashion designer Do Manh Cuong on December 30 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City to usher in the New Year.
-- A 'book city,' spanning nearly 3,000 square meters, was inaugurated by The Garden Mall in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, by Phuong Nam Corp on Friday.
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