Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- The border station at the Lao Cai international border gate in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam on Sunday reported that its patrol team had detected and confiscated almost one metric ton of sturgeon smuggled from China into Vietnam.

-- A driver, seemingly under the influence of alcohol, crashed his car into a motorbike carrying five people, causing the latter to land on the roof of the car on Thuy Khue Street in Tay Ho District, Hanoi on Sunday afternoon.

-- A 24-year-old resident of Cai Nuoc District in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Sunday reported that he was nurturing an unusual orange-colored crab caught from a crab farming pond.

-- The World Bank has withdrawn its $10 million funding for two investment contracts linked to a sustainable environmental project in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. The withdrawal is attributed to the project's failure to compensate residents whose land is affected, in accordance with the World Bank's resettlement policy framework.

-- Vietnam’s aviation industry is expected to see a growth rate of 7.1 percent in transport volume next year, reaching 80.3 million passengers compared, to this year’s figures, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Business

-- Vietnam’s coal exports reached 673,658 metric tons in January-November, amounting to $211.3 million, reflecting a 41.2-percent decrease in volume and a 46.3-percent decline in value compared to the corresponding period in 2022, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

World News

-- British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe struck a long awaited deal on Sunday to buy a 25% stake in Manchester United and pledged to invest $300 million in the English Premier League football club to try to revive its fortunes, Reuters reported on Sunday.

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