Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:
Business
-- Ho Chi Minh City received nearly US$7.4 billion in remittances from abroad between January and September, up 10.5 percent year on year.
-- Many passengers were surprised at the appearance of five Gulfstream ultra-luxurious aircraft at Da Nang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang on Tuesday afternoon.
-- Gia Lai Province’s coffee exports reached 193,000 metric tons of coffee worth $552 million between January and September, representing 80 percent of the Central Highlands province’s total export revenue during the period, buoyed by sky-high coffee export prices.
-- GAC Aion, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, on Tuesday debuted two electric vehicle models in Vietnam, the Aion ES and Aion Y Plus, priced at VND788 million ($31,610) and VND888 million ($35,620), respectively.
Society
-- A fire erupted at Hoan My Da Nang Hospital, located on Nguyen Van Linh Street in Da Nang, central Vietnam, at around 8:40 pm on Wednesday, panicking many patients and caregivers.
-- Fish have died en masse along the iconic West Lake in Hanoi's Tay Ho District over the past few days, exuding a disturbing odor.
-- The number of measles cases in 19 cities and provinces in southern Vietnam, except for Ho Chi Minh City, is on the rise, Dr. Luong Chan Quang from the Department for Disease Control and Prevention of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City said on Wednesday.
Lifestyle
-- Ho Chi Minh City gave over 200 Vietnamese books about culture, history, and society to one of Goethe University Frankfurt’s libraries on Tuesday, as part of the Ho Chi Minh City delegation’s visit to Germany to join the Frankfurt Book Fair, which lasts through Sunday.
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