Read what is in the news today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session in New York on Tuesday.

Society

-- A sea of people and vehicles thronged the streets in downtown Hanoi to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on Tuesday evening, the first day after social distancing regulations were relaxed in the capital city.

-- A 17-year-old student drowned after falling into a lake while hanging out with his friends in north-central Quang Tri Province on Tuesday afternoon.

-- The People’s Committee of south-central Phu Yen Province in collaboration with the Dong Nai Province Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs took home nearly 800 people stranded in the southern province due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 27 passenger buses on Tuesday evening.

-- Residents of Tan Phong and Tan Phu Wards in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City took part in physical activities at local parks for the first time in months on Tuesday afternoon as local authorities began piloting another step to lift COVID-19 restrictions.

Education

-- A lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology has apologized to his students after a video capturing him yelling “buffalo’s brain” at one of them during an online lesson went viral on social media platforms on Tuesday evening.

-- The People’s Committee of northern Bac Ninh Province, which was hard hit by COVID-19 in May and June, has allowed students to return to school from Friday this week after putting the pandemic under control.

Lifestyle

-- An online exhibition themed ‘Hue - the Ao Dai Capital of Vietnam’ is being held by the Thua Thien-Hue Province Department of Culture and Sports on its websites and social networking platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Zalo, and YouTube. The exhibition will run until October 20.

Sports

-- Vietnam have been placed in Group B of the Suzuki Cup of the ASEAN Football Federation after a draw that took place virtually on Tuesday, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

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