Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, signed a collaboration agreement with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday to establish the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Ho Chi Minh City.

Society

-- Nguyen Cong Khe and Nguyen Quang Thong, former editors-in-chief of Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper, have been detained for allegedly causing losses to state assets in a real estate deal, Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security, said on Tuesday.

-- Traffic police officers under the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday said that they booked a 39-year-old driver hailing from southern Binh Duong Province who, due to an insufficient balance in his automatic toll payment account, turned his car around at a tollgate and drove in the wrong direction on the road leading to the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway.

-- Many gardeners in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have voiced concerns as yellow apricot blossoms, a traditional ornamental plant for the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in southern Vietnam, have bloomed early due to the unusual weather conditions.

-- Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City is slated to unveil Thao Dien night street, a 465-meter stretch operating every Friday and Saturday evening from 7:00 pm to 2:00 am, showcasing the city’s cultural and culinary offerings starting this Friday. Serving as a gathering spot and an engaging destination, it aims to captivate both residents and tourists, with funding exceeding VND1.2 billion (US$48,939) sourced from private business contributions.

-- Nguyen Van Cu, renowned as the ‘genie’ in Vietnam, along with a team of engineers, successfully relocated a temple gate, over 200 years old and weighing more than 100 metric tons, to a secure and new location in Hong Linh Town, Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam after 10 days of hard work.

Education

-- Fifty-seven students from Nguyen Hien Elementary School in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, were absent from school on Tuesday due to stomach pain, diarrhea, and fever. Parents raised concerns about potential food poisoning, suspecting that their children may have been affected after returning from school the previous day. However, the cause has not been officially confirmed at this time.

-- The National Economics University in Hanoi on Tuesday held a ceremony to officially declare the inclusion of its Journal of Economics and Development in Scopus, a trusted, source-neutral abstract and citation database.

World News

-- Two aircraft belonging to Korean Air Lines and Cathay Pacific Airways clipped wings at New Chitose Airport on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday amid wintry conditions, Reuters quoted a Korean Air official as saying.

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