Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Choi Youngsam expressed his country’s desire to develop a nuclear power plant in Vietnam during a meeting with State President To Lam on Friday. 

-- State President To Lam also met with Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Steil on the same day.

-- During a meeting with Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on Friday, Lee Ka-Chiu, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, expressed his hope to strengthen cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City in various fields and offered to share expertise in developing an international financial center.

Society

-- According to the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security, as of Friday, over 1.18 million vehicle number plates had been made available for auction. Of these, 32,151 plates were successfully auctioned, generating more than VND2.7 trillion (US$107 million) in payments for the state budget.

-- The management board of Hon Cau Marine Protected Area in Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam, announced that its patrol team recently discovered a sea turtle egg nest, possibly from the rare hawksbill turtle, marking the first sighting of this species laying eggs in the area in two years.

-- A car caught fire while traveling through the Thu Thiem Tunnel from District 1 to Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City leading to a temporary closure of the tunnel for about an hour and causing traffic jams in the area on Friday evening.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs reported on Friday that city has recently sent nearly 2,400 homeless individuals and beggars to social assistance facilities.

-- Bien Son Commercial Shipping Service Joint Stock Company on Friday launched two additional high-speed boats on the Rach Gia-Phu Quoc route connecting Rach Gia City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and its Phu Quoc Island.

Business

-- In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Industry and Trade expressed regret that despite acknowledging many positive developments in Vietnam’s economy, the U.S. Department of Commerce still keeps Vietnam as a non-market economy.

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