Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese citizens in Israel remain safe amid complicated developments in the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang told a press briefing on Thursday.

Society

-- A South Korean tourist died after falling four meters off a cliff on Lang Biang Mountain, a popular tourist site in Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands region, on Thursday afternoon.

-- A woman and her two children were killed in a fire that erupted in their makeshift house in Thanh Tri District, Hanoi on Thursday evening.

-- Sixty-one Vietnamese have been rescued from fraudulent casinos in the border areas of Myanmar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang told a press briefing on Thursday.

-- Vietnam is facing a severe dearth of waste recycling facilities, heard a seminar themed ‘Toward a Successful Extended Producer Responsibility Approach,’ held in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.

Business

-- Revenue from toll collection on the Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway in southern Vietnam amounts to an average of VND2.3 billion (US$93,600) each day. The road records a traffic flow of over 20,000 vehicles a day.

-- As of October 20, fresh foreign investment approvals in Vietnam had totaled nearly $25.8 billion, up 14.7 percent year on year, according to statistics from the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

-- Thailand’s flagship carrier Thai Airways will resume its air routes connecting Bangkok with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from Sunday, following the soaring number of Vietnamese tourist arrivals in Thailand.

Lifestyle

-- U.S. band Maroon 5 will perform during the 8Wonder music show, which is set to take place on Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam on December 16, the organizer of the event announced on Thursday night.

Sports

-- Young Vietnamese chess player Dau Khuong Duy won the gold medal in the competition for the under-12 age group at the FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2023 on Thursday. The event was hosted by Egypt from October 14 to 27.

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