Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- The Lam Dong General Hospital in the namesake Central Highlands province mistakenly performed a surgical operation for a man after looking at the X-ray scan of another patient, a hospital representative confirmed on Wednesday.

-- Vietnam Railways on Wednesday held a ceremony to launch the first international freight transport train in the Year of the Dragon from Song Than Station in Binh Duong Province in southern Vietnam to Henan Province, China.

-- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam on Wednesday required local airlines to report their air ticket sale during the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, on Monday next week at the latest following complaints about difficulties in buying air tickets and high air fares during the holiday.

-- Fifty-seven workers of a company in Quang Ninh Province, located in northern Vietnam, were hospitalized for suspected gas poisoning on Wednesday following a broken compressor, the local administration reported.

-- Police in Long An Province in southern Vietnam said on Wednesday that they had received a thank-you letter from the Consulate General of China in Ho Chi Minh City after two local police officers rescued a Chinese child from drowning in a swimming pool in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, late last month.

Business

-- Vietnam is set to see the sharpest spike in wealth growth over the next decade as it cements its status as a global manufacturing hub, according to a report by global wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth and investment migration advisors Henley & Partners.

-- Vietnam imported more than 716,000 metric tons of meat and meat by-products worth US$1.43 billion from 57 markets in the world last year with India being the largest supplier, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

-- Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast announced that it will break ground at its integrated EV manufacturing site in Thoothukudi City, Tamil Nadu, India on Sunday this week.

World News

-- “The Biden administration is turning up the heat on China's top sanctioned chipmaker by cutting off its most advanced factory from more American imports after it produced a sophisticated chip for Huawei's Mate 60 Pro phone,” Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.

-- “U.S. labor unions embarked on the highest number of strikes in 23 years in 2023 as they sought hefty wage increases, benefits and better working conditions for their members,” according to Reuters.

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