Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has suggested in a draft degree that travelers can use cameras and other equipment to record traffic police officers’ interactions with the public.

-- The People’s Committee of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa has advised the Ministry of Transport to consider moving the Nha Trang railway station away from the urban part of the province’s namesake capital city.

-- The Ministry of Information and Communications recently reported to the National Assembly that it had urged Facebook to reveal the identification of users in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and remove fake news from its social platform.

-- People in Vung Tau City, located in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, have recently expressed their disapproval of a US$50-million project, as it encroaches on a beach in the city center for the construction of an aquarium.

-- Cat Lai Port and its surrounding areas in District 2 had the leading environmental pollution index in Ho Chi Minh City in January-September, Cao Trung Son, director of the Center for Natural Resources and Environment Monitoring, told a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Business

-- Vietnam jumped ten notches to 67th out of 141 economies in the global competitiveness ranking, according to the 2019 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City customs force seized a large clothing batch imported from China with 'made-in Vietnam' labels at Cat Lai Port in District 2 on Wednesday afternoon.

-- Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in the first nine months of 2019 reached about $3.8 billion, an increase of seven percent over the same period last year, according to a recent report by the branch of the State Bank of Vietnam in the city.

Lifestyle

-- Two special versions of ‘L’Art à Hué,’ a book about art in Vietnam's former capital Hue 100 years ago that was published on Wednesday night, have been auctioned for VND54 million ($2,322).

Sports

-- Vietnam will take on Malaysia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s Asian qualifier at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi at 8:00 pm today, October 10.

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