Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Vietnam’s Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City air route has continued to rank fourth among the top 10 busiest domestic routes in the world for two consecutive years, according to statistics from OAG, the world's leading provider of digital flight information, intelligence, and analytics for airports, airlines, and travel tech companies.

-- Ho Chi Minh City began offering an uninterrupted day-and-night double-decker bus service from Thursday to serve tourists and promote local tourism, with the night double-decker rides available from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am every day, according to the service provider Anh Viet Hop On Hop Off Vietnam.

Society

-- The State Securities Commission of Vietnam on Thursday imposed an administrative fine of VND1.5 billion (US$61,872) on Nguyen Viet Ha, a native of Hanoi, and banned him from trading stocks in two years, with effect from October 9 this year, as he was found to have used 23 securities accounts to manipulate the local stock market.

-- A six-year-old boy in Gia Lai Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region, has died of rabies after being bitten by his family’s dog three months ago, the Gia Lai Center for Disease Control confirmed on Friday.

-- The My Thuan 2 Bridge, which spans the Tien River and links Vinh Long with Can Tho Provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, recently underwent its final load test in which a dozen large trucks weighing nearly 1,000 metric tons in total traveled onto the bridge before it opens to traffic tomorrow.

Lifestyle

-- The third Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival Ho Do 2023 kicked off in the city on Friday evening, with the opening ceremony gathering the city’s officials along with many Vietnamese singers like Binz, Grey D, My Anh, and the male band Chillies.

World News

-- India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, a top weather official said, Reuters reported.

-- Angola's decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could open the way for Beijing to increase investment in the country's oil and other sectors, as part of a deepening of decades-old ties, according to Reuters.

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