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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 20

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 20

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 07:32 GMT+7
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 20
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in the U.S., September 19, 2023. Photo: Duy Linh / Tuoi Tre

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on Tuesday morning (local time) landed in Washington D.C., the second leg of their business trip to the United States.

Society

-- Strong winds caused many corrugated iron panels from apartment buildings to dislodge and land at other residential properties, becoming entangled in electric poles and posing a hazard to traffic users in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday afternoon.

-- Police in Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Tuesday said they were investigating a case where a 20-year-old man rented a local house and turned it into a location for processing synthetic marijuana.

-- A district in Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam reported over 4,300 students afflicted with conjunctivitis in one week. According to the Ha Tinh health authorities, the province has now tallied over 30,000 cases of conjunctivitis.

Business

-- Vietnam’s four biggest state-owned lenders -- VietinBank, Vietcombank, BIDV, and Agribank -- have announced further decreases in deposit interest rates for various terms, with reductions ranging from 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points per year. The lowest available rate has now reached a historic low of 3.5 percent per annum, marking the lowest point recorded since the emergence of COVID-19.

-- The International Finance Corporation announced on Tuesday that it is investing up to US$150 million in Vietnam's first-ever local currency sustainability-linked bonds issued by BIM Land Joint Stock Company and its subsidiary, Thanh Xuan Joint Stock Company.

Lifestyle

-- Irish boy band Westlife thrilled the Vietnamese audience on Tuesday night by revealing their plan to come back to Vietnam for a live concert scheduled for November 22.

Sports

-- Vietnam had a good start in men’s football at the 19th Asian Games tournament in China with a 4-2 victory against Mongolia in their opening match in Hangzhou on Tuesday.

-- Vietnam staged a comeback to hold reigning European runners-up Russia to a 3-3 draw in a friendly futsal match in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday night.

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Bao Anh / Tuoi Tre News

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