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Society

-- Local authorities are investigating after many households near the Dung Quat Economic Zone in Binh Son District, central Quang Ngai Province, reported gray dust with a burning smell appearing in the area, allegedly causing chest pain and nausea to local residents in the past few days. 

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap are working on a case in which a truck carrying nearly 30 tons of goods caused Xeo Quyt, a nearly 20-year-old bridge with a tonnage of five tons in Cao Lanh District, to collapse on Wednesday. 

-- A global network of young Vietnamese medical scientists, bringing together Vietnamese scientists or scientists of Vietnamese origin aged below 45 working in the medical field, on Wednesday was officially launched at a science and technology conference held at Hanoi Medical University.

Business

-- Ho Chi Minh City welcomed more than 2.65 million international visitors in the first ten months of 2022, an increase of 100 percent compared with the same period last year and reached 75.9 percent of the city's plan, according to the Department of Tourism.

-- The southern province of Dong Nai recorded a trade surplus of nearly US$4.7 billion in the first ten months of this year, the Vietnam News Agency cited the provincial statistics office on Wednesday.

-- The four-day International Exhibition on Industrial Machinery, Equipment, Technology and Products (VINAMAC EXPO 2022) on Wednesday kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring more than 300 booths of about 200 domestic and foreign enterprises, the Vietnam News Agency reported the same day.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnamese central city of Da Nang is planning to launch its famous Da Nang International Fireworks Festival again in June 2023 with the competition of eight teams after a three-year halt due to COVID-19.

-- French author Michel Bussi will meet with local media and audiences in two events in Ho Chi Minh City on November 3 and 4, respectively at the Vietnamese release of his book titled “Code 612 Who killed the Little Prince,” and the screening of “Maman à tort,” a TV series adapted from Bussi’s namesake novel.

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