Check out the news you should not miss today in Vietnam:

Society

-- Police in Hai Duong Province, northern Vietnam arrested a twelfth grader for murdering a gold shop owner last week in order to rob the victim and use the money for gaming.

-- A man from Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam was arrested on Sunday for stabbing another man to death over a money conflict, according to local police.

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on Sunday suggested issuing a citizen identity card at the same time as registering a child's birth on demand for those under the age of six who have not yet registered their birth certificate.

-- The Rach Mieu Bridge, which lies along a major route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, was heavily congested on Sunday as people returned to their hometown to visit ancestral graves and deliver ornamental plants.

Lifestyle

-- A three-meter-tall cat mascot statue in Ai Tu Town, Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, which was created to welcome the Year of the Cat, has captured the online community's attention due to its lovely and realistic appearance. 

-- As Tet approaches, a farmer from Dong Thap Province, located in the Mekong Delta, is being sought after for his watermelons, which are shaped like a gold bar.

World News

-- “At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation,” Reuters reported on Sunday.

-- “Storm-lashed California is bracing for what may be a final battering of rain and snow starting late Sunday, adding to the damage unleashed by a weather system that has caused severe flooding and killed at least 19 people across the state,” Reuters reported.

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