Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnamese doctor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, who dedicated her life to the research of the impact of Agent Orange on the health of Vietnamese people, is among the five awardees of the 66th Ramon Magsaysay Award, internationally-recognized as the Nobel Prize counterpart of Asia.

-- The administration in Ben Tre Province in southern Vietnam has submitted to the relevant ministries the prefeasibility reports for three bridge projects worth a total VND11.2 trillion (US$450.4 million) connecting the province with three neighboring provinces.

-- The Hanoi People’s Court on Saturday handed down jail terms on 135 defendants involved in the provision of usury services with annual interest of 1,570 - 2,190 percent. Zhang Min, of Chinese nationality, received a prison term of 15 years, the highest among the defendants.

-- Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup on Friday broke ground on the national exhibition center project in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

-- Rescuers found five students from Ho Chi Minh City who got lost on Langbiang Mountain in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- Thousands of residents and tourists in Da Nang City in central Vietnam flocked to the bank of the Han River to enjoy a street dance program on Saturday night.

World News

-- “At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometers from the storm's center,” according to Reuters.

-- “Seven people, including a six-year-old and 16-year-old, were killed when a bus overturned east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, early Saturday,” Reuters reported, citing Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey.

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