Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- All people and goods will be no longer required to undergo RT-PCR COVID-19 tests before entering Mong Cai International Border Gate, which borders China, in northern Quang Ninh Province starting January 8, according to a new policy of Mong Cai City’s authority.

-- Three sixth graders have been hailed for bravely rescuing a 83-year-old woman who fell into a ditch in cold weather in Quang Ninh Province, their school principal said on Tuesday evening.

-- A traffic accident involving two motorcycles and a truck killed two men in southern Dong Nai Province on Tuesday afternoon.

-- Heavy rains, with rainfall of up to 400 millimeters, are in the forecast for the localities from central Thua Thien-Hue Province to south-central Khanh Hoa Province from Thursday to Saturday, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

-- Police in northern Phu Tho Province are investigating a case where a white KIA Luxury car was spotted drifting in the Red River with nobody inside.

-- Vietnam’s artificial intelligence (AI) readiness index ranks 55th globally, up seven places compared to 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told an online conference on Tuesday.

-- Netizens have criticized a public bus driver who was filmed texting while driving a bus for dozens of kilometers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak in a video shared on social media.

-- Gene sequencing conducted on 541 COVID-19 patients’ samples by the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health in 2022 showed that 92 percent of the patients were infected with the Omicron strain.

Business

-- The Ministry of Planning and Investment has consulted 14 ministries and agencies on a plan to develop a non-tariff zone project in central Da Nang City before submitting it to the prime minister for approval.

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