Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- One Vietnamese crew member remains missing after a 139-tonne fishing trawler sank off South Korea’s coast early Sunday morning, while two other Vietnamese crew members were rescued and are receiving treatment, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea.

-- The traffic police agency under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security announced on Sunday that a traffic police major has been temporarily suspended for violating cultural conduct and using inappropriate language toward violators, as recorded and shared on social media.

-- Research data recently released by the Vietnam Association of Real Estate Brokers shows that the minimum recommended income to purchase an average-priced house in Hanoi is 2.3 to 10 times higher than the city’s average household income.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control refuted recent social media claims about a new, undetectable, and highly toxic COVID-19 variant, stating there is no scientific basis for the information.

Business

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged Hoa Phat Group to produce high-quality steel in service of railway projects, particularly the North-South high-speed railway project, during his visit to the Hoa Phat Dung Quat Iron and Steel Production Complex located within the Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai on Sunday.

-- Vietnamese tech giant FPT Corporation’s IT service export revenue from Japan exceeded US$500 million in 2024.

-- Vietnam’s coffee prices in January rose over 78 percent compared to the same period in 2024, driving coffee exports to a historic $763 million in just 30 days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Culture

-- Tens of thousands of people gathered early Sunday morning to watch the swimming competition and the Lunar New Year sea gate opening ceremony on the Diem River in Thai Thuy District, Thai Binh Province, northern Vietnam.

Sports

-- “A much-changed Liverpool were dumped out of the FA Cup by struggling second-tier side Plymouth Argyle, who pulled off a stunning 1-0 fourth round win at Home Park on Sunday that put an end to the visitors’ hopes of a quadruple,” Reuters reported.

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