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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 19

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 19

Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 07:56 GMT+7
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 19
A woman is pictured in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today: 

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday proposed that Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying Can Gio District, known for its mangrove forest ecosystem and biosphere reserves, should be transformed into a forest urban area.

-- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had a meal at a local eatery at Maxwell Food Center in Singapore with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday, his last day of official visit in the island country.

Society

-- The weather in the northern region on Wednesday is influenced by the weakening of a low pressure from Typhoon Talim, resulting in widespread rainfall, while heavy rain is in the forecast for some parts of the southern region due to the southwest wind, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting’s update on Monday morning.

-- The three airports of Noi Bai, Van Don, and Cat Bi in northern Vietnam resumed operations starting Tuesday afternoon following Typhoon Talim’s landfall and subsequent weakening.

-- A bus carrying Chinese tourists overturned on Khanh Le Pass in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the loss of four lives and leaving several others injured.

-- Based on reports from various ministries, departments, and localities, the total number of civil servants and public employees who resigned from their positions between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, amounted to 18,991. On average, approximately 1,582 people resigned each month during this period.

-- National carrier Vietnam Airlines on Tuesday announced the ban of smart luggage with integrated lithium batteries exceeding 300Wh from its flights.

-- The forest patrol and protection team in Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Province, came across the carcass of a decomposed elephant on Tuesday.

-- Ho Chi Minh City has requested the central government to raise the capacity of waste-to-energy incineration from 240MW per day to 340MW per day to handle the growing amount of waste.

Sports

-- The Vietnam Football Federation and Vietnam Professional Football JSC are anticipated to introduce the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology to the top-tier V-League 1 later this month.

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Bao Anh / Tuoi Tre News

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