Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading news stories published today, October 11, in Vietnamese media. Politics — Vietnam and Japan should coordinate closely to contribute to maintaining peace, stability and development in the region in the context of complicated changes in the regional and world situation, visiting Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their talks in Tokyo on Friday. In reply, the Japanese PM pledged that he will try his best to step up cooperation between the two countries. Society — The oil tanker Sunrise 689, with 18 sailors on board, which was hijacked on October 2 and then set free by pirates, is expected to arrive in the coastal southern city of Vung Tau this morning, October 11, the Vietnam Coast Guard said. — The rising waters of the Saigon River, which reached 1.66 meters on Friday, submerged many areas in Ho Chi Minh City, including those in Binh Thanh, Nha Be and District 7, breaking down numerous vehicles and blocking traffic in many streets. This was the third day of flooding since the river began to rise on Wednesday. — A resident in Tan Hung District, the southern province of Long An was electrocuted to death on Friday when a rainstorm with powerful winds broke a power line that then fell on him. The strong winds also collapsed or blew roofs off 32 houses. — Anti-drug police in the central province of Quang Binh on Friday arrested two brothers, Nguyen Van Thuc, 24, and Nguyen Van Bot, 21, for illegally transporting thousands of synthetic drug tablets from Lao into Vietnam for sale. — The second phase of a $23.58 million project to upgrade and reform Nguyen Hue Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City into a square and later a street for walkers only kicked off Friday. Due to the works, the local transport department has banned vehicles on several streets located in the construction site. Politics — Vietnam and Japan should coordinate closely to contribute to maintaining peace, stability and development in the region in the context of complicated changes in the regional and world situation, visiting Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their talks in Tokyo on Friday. In reply, the Japanese PM pledged that he will try his best to step up cooperation between the two countries. Society — The oil tanker Sunrise 689, with 18 sailors on board, which was hijacked on October 2 and then set free by pirates, is expected to arrive in the coastal southern city of Vung Tau this morning, October 11, the Vietnam Coast Guard said. — The rising waters of the Saigon River, which reached 1.66 meters on Friday, submerged many areas in Ho Chi Minh City, including those in Binh Thanh, Nha Be and District 7, breaking down numerous vehicles and blocking traffic in many streets. This was the third day of flooding since the river began to rise on Wednesday. — A resident in Tan Hung District, the southern province of Long An was electrocuted to death on Friday when a rainstorm with powerful winds broke a power line that then fell on him. The strong winds also collapsed or blew roofs off 32 houses. — Anti-drug police in the central province of Quang Binh on Friday arrested two brothers, Nguyen Van Thuc, 24, and Nguyen Van Bot, 21, for illegally transporting thousands of synthetic drug tablets from Lao into Vietnam for sale. — The second phase of a $23.58 million project to upgrade and reform Nguyen Hue Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City into a square and later a street for walkers only kicked off Friday. Due to the works, the local transport department has banned vehicles on several streets located in the construction site. Business — The investor of the Long Thanh International Airport Project, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), not the State budget, will repay the official development assistance (ODA) loans that will be sought for the huge project, which is estimated to cost over US$18 billion, Nguyen Nguyen Hung, ACV chairman told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Friday. — Well-known Food and drink maker Nestle has inaugurated a new factory worth US$37 million at its plant Nestle Binh An plant in Amata Industrial Park in the southern Vietnamese city of Bien Hoa. The new facility, which will produce liquid Milo products, has increased the total investment by Nestle in Vietnam to US$450 million. Lifestyle — Hundreds of community cultural houses have been built in the Central Highlands provinces with a cost of VND100-150 million (US$7,070) per house, but most of them have been left unused and deteriorated, causing a great loss, local authorities reported. Sports — Vietnam’s under-19 football team, after losing 0-6 to their South Korean rivals on Thursday in its first match at the Asian Football Confederation‘s U19 Championship in Myanmar, will face their Japanese competitors at 4 pm today, October 11. The match will be broadcast live on the VTV6 channel. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:40:26 +0000
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