Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse met with the Vietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore on Wednesday evening (local time) right after arriving in the island state for a three-day official visit, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- A teenager from Hue City, central Vietnam died after a football goal fell and slammed him in the nape as he was playing at a local football field on Wednesday night.

-- Da Lat tourism authorities suggested a plan on Wednesday to construct a casino in the Valley of Love and replace the famous Da Lat Night Market with a new night market as part of a night economic development strategy.

-- An eight-year-old boy died after being hit by a school bus in front of an elementary school in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam.

-- A woman from An Giang Province, southern Vietnam died on Wednesday, suffering multi-organ failure after eating sweet white bean soup delivered by a philanthropist.

-- Relevant forces found the body of a fisherman on Wednesday who had gone missing after his fishing boat was hit and sunk by a cargo ship the day before.

Business

-- “Netflix Inc on Wednesday laid out plans to crack down on password sharing for accounts on its streaming platform, including setting up primary location and paying a couple of dollars for an extra member,” according to Reuters.

World News

-- “A city bus driver is facing first-degree murder charges after his vehicle rammed into a daycare center in a Montreal suburb on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six others,” Reuters reported.

-- “President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday admitted there were problems with his government's initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey, amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams,” according to Reuters.

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