Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- A waterspout hit Tri An Lake in Dinh Quan District of southern Dong Nai Province on Friday afternoon, damaging many fish-farming rafts. 

-- Beaches across the famous tourist city of Vung Tau in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province welcomed about 55,000 visitors on Friday afternoon.

-- Two teenagers have been unaccounted for after slipping on Nam Nua stream in northern Dien Bien Province on Friday.

-- Sixteen road traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam on Friday, the second day of the four-day National Day break, killing 10 people and injuring 11 others, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

-- Police in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi are investigating a widespread Facebook post accusing a taxi driver of overcharging two Japanese students by 10 times, from VND42,000 (US$1.8) to VND420,000 ($18), for a trip of about two kilometers.

Business

-- South Korea-based Lotte Group held a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lotte Eco Smart City project with a total investment of about VND20.1 trillion ($856.68 million) at Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday afternoon.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnam’s “Memento Mori: Earth” movie directed by Marcus Vu Manh Cuong was announced on Friday as one of the ten shortlisted candidates for the New Currents award at the 2022 Busan International Film Festival that will take place in South Korea from October 5 to 14.

-- Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 671,198 international visitors in August and more than 1.38 million in the first eight months of this year, according to the municipal statistics office.

Sports

-- Le Minh Duc won Vietnam’s first international bowling gold medal at the under-21 youth championship of the 2022 MWA-Singha Thailand International Open tournament in Bangkok on Friday.

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