Check out what is in the news today, December 6

Society

-- The administration in the central city of Da Nang is working to trim down and streamline its mechanism and cut 2,000 jobs at local government agencies.

-- A 34-year-old pregnant woman was carried on Tuesday from Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago in a hydroplane to a military hospital in Nha Trang City in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa for better care.

-- More than 5,500 houses remained inundated in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh as of Tuesday following a recent typhoon while its neighbors were struggling to clear roads blocked by landslides.

-- Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh and the border guard unit at the Mong Cai border gate on Tuesday deported 52 Chinese nationals for running an online goods selling ring on tourist visas.

Business

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asserted at an international conference and exhibition on Tuesday that the government is focusing efforts on fostering the growth of the digital economy and smart industries.

-- Vietnam welcomed over 3.6 million visits from China, or nearly 31 percent of the country’s international visitors within the 11 months of 2017.

-- World Dream, the second cruise ship of the Chinese premium brand Dream Cruises, on Tuesday arrived at Tan Cang Cai Mep Port in Ba Ria- Vung Tau Province, approximately 120km from Ho Chi Minh City, with 3,600 vacationers and crew members on board in its first-ever commercial voyage to Vietnam.

-- The Japanese prefecture of Nijgata is committed receiving more youths from the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria- Vung Tau to train in mechanical engineering and metallurgy, Isato Kunisada, mayor of the prefecture’s Sanjo City, said at a MoU signing ceremony on Tuesday.

-- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Tuesday welcomed its 200 millionth passenger at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.