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Politics

-- The 11th Party Congress of Ho Chi Minh City for the 2020-25 tenure is scheduled to take place from October 14 to 18, with the opening session slated for October 15 morning, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Society

-- Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally on Wednesday reached 1,113 with 49 in treatment, 1,026 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

-- Many people died and went missing, nearly 150,000 houses collapsed and got damaged, almost 4,500ha of crops were under water, more than 2,100ha of aquatic products were ravaged, and over 151,000 livestock died as serious flooding has swept through the central region of Vietnam during the past week.

-- The capital city of Hanoi has donated VND7 billion (US$302,017) to help the flood-hit central provinces of Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Binh, and Ha Tinh.

-- A three-month-old baby died on Monday while four other children are being treated at the General Hospital in the northern province of Son La after being injected with the ComBE Five vaccine, the provincial health department announced at a press conference on Tuesday.

-- Police in the central city of Da Nang on Tuesday broke up an online football betting ring, the largest of its kind ever, with the total value of betting deals topping VND10 trillion ($430 million).

-- The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority and the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam on Tuesday co-organized an awards ceremony for a contest titled 'Commune Disaster Risk Management Team,' aimed at honoring on-the-spot disaster response teams, with the local task force from the north-central province of Nghe An winning the first prize, UNDP said in a press release the same day.

Education

-- The University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday put into operation its smart library, which allows users to easily find and borrow books or book study rooms by using their smartphones.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnamese pop singer Thuy Tien on Tuesday raised VND2 billion ($86,290) to help people in central Vietnam who have suffered from serious flood.

-- More than 700 people on October 11 and 12 attended an audition for roles in Vietnam’s superhero movie Vinaman, which is expected to be released in 2021.

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