Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Weather conditions in the north of Vietnam are improving slightly, with temperatures gradually rising as a cold front weakens starting Monday, while the south may experience a hot and sunny day, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

-- After a year-long closure for expansion, the Prenn Mountain Pass, which is the main route connecting Da Lat City in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong with southern Vietnamese localities for all vehicles, has been fully completed, with authorities now finalizing procedures to reopen it for the 2024 Lunar New Year celebrations.

-- Three members of a family in Bac Giang Province, northern Vietnam passed away on Sunday after being poisoned by coal gas in a closed bedroom, where a pot of burning coal was found on the floor.

-- A container truck, while passing through District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, pulled down the height limit frame in front of the Quang Trung 2 overpass, dragging the horizontal barrier and causing damage to the front of a bus traveling in the same direction on Sunday.

-- A dispute between security guards and a group of Chinese customers occurred at Districk K restaurant in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. The incident resulted in no injuries.

-- The Vietnam Young Physicians’ Association on Sunday unveiled a platform for screening lung diseases and non-communicable illnesses on the website phoikhoe.net and Facebook page ‘phoikhoe,’ employing artificial intelligence, with plans to conduct examinations and X-rays to screen 100,000 individuals in February.

Lifestyle

-- The unveiling of the world’s largest sandstone statue of Maitreya Buddha at Ba Den Mountain, a tourist attraction in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam, drew thousands of Buddhists and tourists on Sunday.

World News

-- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce plans on Monday to ban the sale of disposable vapes to prevent their use by children, and reiterate the government’s intention to introduce a law preventing younger generations from buying tobacco, Reuters reported.

-- The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, Reuters quoted an executive as saying on Sunday.

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