Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Border guards of Ha Tien International Border Gate in Kien Giang Province on Friday received 226 more Vietnamese citizens who had been rescued and handed over by Cambodian authorities from labor-abusing companies during September 18-22.

-- A heavy rain flooded a section of Provincial Road 763, sweeping many motorcycles away and leaving one person missing in Dinh Quan District, southern Dong Nai Province on Friday evening.

-- Residents of Hateco Xuan Phuong apartment complex in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi still suffered water shortage as of Friday as the supply from Song Da Water Treatment Plant needs five to six days to resume normal operations following a service cut to deal with a risk of raw water contamination earlier this week.

-- The ground-breaking ceremony of the Nhon Trach Bridge belonging to a VND6.9-trillion (US$291 million) section of the Ring Road 3 project connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai Province took place on Saturday morning.

Business

-- The Horasis India Meeting will run in southern Binh Duong Province on September 25-27, expected to see the presence of some 500 delegates, including officials, diplomats, and experts from Vietnam, India, and other nations worldwide.

-- Vietnam’s shrimp exports reached more than $398 million in August and $3 billion in the first eight months of this year, up 41 percent and 24 percent over the same period in 2021, respectively, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Lifestyle

-- The Vietnam Day Abroad 2022 will be held in Austria, India, and South Korea on the occasion of the anniversaries of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and these countries, the organizer announced at a press conference in Hanoi on Friday.

Sports

-- Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem waved goodbye to the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2022 after failing to defeat champion Arjun Erigaisi from India in two extra games in the semifinals of the online chess tournament on Saturday morning (Vietnam time).

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