Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnam needs nearly US$14 billion to develop a network of charging stations in a bid to build a green transport system, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Authorities in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam on Saturday afternoon successfully rescued four residents trapped in a hillock amid a river by floodwaters from Friday, a local official reported.

-- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long suggested opening direct air routes between Vietnam and Malta to boost the two countries' bilateral tourism cooperation at a ceremony to celebrate 50 years of their diplomatic relations in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

-- A dump truck hit a truck and four cars stopping at a red light on Vo Nguyen Giap Boulevard in Thu Duc City, a district-level unit under Ho Chi Minh City, damaging the vehicles and causing severe congestion on Saturday.

-- Authorities on Saturday evening found the body of a 22-year-old woman and her seven-seater car in the Dong Nai River in the namesake province in southern Vietnam after the car reportedly fell from a bridge.

Lifestyle

-- Delegations from 16 cities and provinces across Vietnam gathered in north-central Quang Tri Province to participate in a culture festival of Vietnamese ethnic groups taking place from Saturday this week to Monday next week.

-- Saudi Arabian people were fond of Vietnam’s dishes and traditional culture and art at the Vietnam Day in Saudi Arabia which will last until Sunday.

-- More than 3,000 runners, including 40 foreigners, joined the first night-time running event in Nha Trang City of south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Saturday.

World News

-- “A retired California highway patrolman has stumbled into possession of a trove of unreleased Michael Jackson songs -- which the world may never have a chance to hear,” according to AFP.

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