Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Ho Chi Minh City needs about VND231 trillion (US$9.5 billion) to develop 59 key traffic infrastructure projects in 2024-30, excluding metro lines, with 67.8 percent of the capital sourced from the city’s budget, according to the municipal Department of Transport’s statement submitted to the municipal government.

-- A fire drill took place on Saturday morning at the Ben Thanh metro station, the central station for Ho Chi Minh City's inaugural metro line project in District 1. The exercise involved the mobilization of nearly 5,000 people and 205 vehicles.

-- The administration in Thu Duc City, under Ho Chi Minh City, on Saturday opened a revitalized Saigon River bank section from the Ba Son Bridge to the Saigon River Tunnel, with a highlight being a sunflower field.

-- Rescuers on Saturday found the body of a 47-year-old worker who was earlier reported missing in the wake of an accident at a coal mine in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam on Thursday evening. The accident left two dead and five others injured.

Business

-- On Saturday, the administration in Binh Dinh Province, located in south-central Vietnam, issued investment approval decisions and certificates to 22 projects. These projects collectively represent a committed investment exceeding VND12.7 trillion ($521.8 million).

-- The Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Tri Province in north-central Vietnam is consulting ministries and agencies over a Singaporean firm’s proposal to acquire a 100-percent stake in two local companies which are operating a total of five wind power projects in the province, according to a source of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

Lifestyle

-- More than 100 kite surfers from 18 countries across the world are gathering in Ninh Thuan Province in south-central Vietnam to participate in the Open Ninh Thuan - Binh Thuan Kitesurfing Tournament 2023, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday.

World News

-- “Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage video games, dealing a blow to the world's biggest games market, which returned to growth this year,” according to Reuters.

-- “An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck Taiwan early on Sunday,” Reuters reported, citing the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.

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