Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnamese people have an average life expectancy of 74.5 years, according to the Ministry of Health.

-- An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale struck Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, around 3:21 pm on Sunday, with the epicenter at a depth of approximately 8.1km and posing no risk of disasters.

-- Since the beginning of the year, more than 660 outbreaks of African swine fever have occurred in 44 provinces and cities in Vietnam, leading to the culling of over 42,400 pigs.

-- Due to adverse weather conditions, the fast ferry service from Rach Gia City to Nam Du Island was temporarily suspended for two consecutive days, on Saturday and Sunday, leaving approximately 700 tourists stranded on the island in An Son Commune, Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam.

-- Quang Tri General Hospital in the namesake north-central Vietnamese province on Sunday reported a successful surgery to remove a right kidney that had accumulated 4.5 liters of pus over the past three years, resulting in a loss of functions for a female patient from Laos.

-- Five Vietnamese children’s groups will engage in exchanges with Chinese children in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, China, as part of a bilateral children’s exchange program scheduled for Monday to Friday.

Business

-- Seventeen Vietnamese shops on Shopee and TikTok Shop generated over VND12.6 billion (US$495,770) by selling 63,000 plush toys of the trending capybaras – giant cavy rodents that are native to South America – in the first half of the year, according to Ho Chi Minh City-based e-commerce data analysis firm YouNet ECI.

Lifestyle

-- Thousands of people and tourists enjoyed a jubilant and impressive night of music and light festivities, marking the conclusion of the 2024 Binh Dinh Essence of Sea and Land Festival in Quy Nhon City, south-central Binh Dinh Province on Sunday night.

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