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Politics

-- Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen convened a meeting on Friday to bid farewell to U.S. Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie C. Damour at the completion of her tenure.

Society

-- An Indian tourist was found on Friday night in Ho Chi Minh City after going missing for one day while visiting Ngoc Hoang (Jade Emperor) Pagoda in downtown District 1.

-- A car driver in Hanoi has been held in custody as he fatally crashed into a commuter and injured other people while driving on a street on Thursday night.

-- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is planning to establish a website where Vietnamese can apply for a technical intern trainee program in Japan, with the goal of reducing the fees that Vietnamese interns must pay to brokers before entering the country, according to Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asia.

-- A company from Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam, has been fined VND400,000 (US$17) after a circulated video showed its two female staffs taking off their bras to carry seawater at a popular beach during a team-building game.

-- A container truck suddenly overturned while traveling on a pass in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam’s Central Highlands, killing two commuters and severely injuring the driver on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- The popular fire and water breathing performance at the iconic Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, central Vietnam, will be showcased every Friday starting this week, according to local authorities.

-- The organizing committee of Miss Fitness Vietnam 2022 has released a set of photos of the 30 best contestants in swimsuits ahead of the contest's upcoming finale.

-- Cao Nguyen Vu, a 39-year-old photographer from central Quang Ngai Province, has recently won first prize in the General-Color category at the HIPA International Photography Awards for a shot of hundreds of fishing boats anchored in his hometown.

-- The Moffatts, a Canadian band, will participate in the upcoming HAY Glamping Music in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi and will shoot four music videos in an attempt to promote tourism in the Southeast Asian country.

-- Tourism authorities from Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam, organized a gastronomy event to set a national record of 101 tuna-based dishes in Tuy Hoa City on Friday, drawing hundreds of chefs from across the country.

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