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Society

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City arrested a man who allegedly stole a motorcycle that was carrying lots of packages from a delivery worker on Thursday.

-- Police in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam, caught three suspects red-handed selling firecrackers, an act prohibited by Vietnamese law, and confiscated more than 80 kilograms of the explosives on Thursday.

-- Two officers were killed and three others injured after their fire truck lost control and tipped over in Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam, on Friday.

-- Doctors from Thanh Vu Hospital Medic Bac Lieu in the namesake province said on Thursday that they had successfully removed a kidney with an entire ureter from a patient who had rare bladder cancer.

-- Ferries and high-speed vessels between Rach Gia City, Ha Tien City, and Phu Quoc City  in southern Kien Giang Province were temporarily suspended on Friday due to bad weather.

Lifestyle

-- A Dong Ho folk painting exhibition is taking place at Ho Chi Minh City Museum in District 1 until January 28, offering visitors a chance to explore and experience the art of making a Dong Ho fold painting.

World News

-- “Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday,” Reuters reported.

-- “A 6-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher on Friday at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, police said, prompting consternation from local officials who vowed to find answers and prevent such an event from happening again,” Reuters reported.

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