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Check out the news you should not miss today, January 22: Society -- Ho Chi Minh City will reduce the number of sidewalk parking lots in the coming time, only keeping locations that are really necessary, the agency tasked with organizing the parking space has said. -- More than 150 people were fined and 90 motorbikes were seized for traffic violations when thousands of football supporters took to the streets in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the historic victory of the Vietnamese under-23 team in the quarterfinals of the AFC U-23 Championship on Saturday, municipal police officers said Sunday. -- Politburo member Dinh La Thang and 21 other defendants at PetroVietnam (PVN) and its subsidiary, PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), are scheduled to receive their verdicts on charges of deliberately violating state regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences at a court in Hanoi on Monday morning. Business -- Authorities in the central province of Quang … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 22

Check out the news you should not miss today, January 20 Politics -- Vietnam hopes Japan will continue its provision of ODA for the country, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at a reception for a delegation of Japanese parliamentarians attending the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) in Hanoi on Friday. Society -- ILL-Abilities, an international breakdancing crew comprised of dancers with different physical limitations that has inspired audiences around the world with their extraordinary performances, is in Vietnam from January 19 to 23 to promote messages of diversity, equality and inclusion of marginalized populations. -- Nearly 1,100 middle school students in coastal areas in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan participated in a drill on natural disaster prevention supported by the United Nations Development Programme on Friday. -- A truck, weighing a total of 15 metric tons, including its load, was trying to … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 20

Read what is in the news today, January 18: Politics -- U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink said on Wednesday he and U.S. President Donald Trump had absolute faith in Vietnam to be a trusted partner of the U.S. in the modern era during a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on “Vietnam – U.S. Relations under President Donald Trump’s Administration." -- Two Vietnamese deputy ministers of foreign affairs – Ha Kim Ngoc and Dang Dinh Quy – will take office as Ambassador to the U.S. and Ambassador to the United Nations, respectively, as the lawmaking National Assembly approved the government appointments on Wednesday. -- Parliamentary delegations from 21 countries in the Asia-Pacific region will be in Vietnam from January 18 to 21 to attend the 26th Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), during which matters that affect the region will be discussed. Society -- Crew members of fourteen sand-mining vessels were arrested in Ho Chi Minh … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 18

Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- The Ministry of Public Security held a conference in Hanoi on Monday, which was attended by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, to review performance of the sector in 2017 and outline tasks for 2018. Society -- The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the retirement age be raised to 62 for men and 60 to women, which is expected to take effect in January 2021. The current retirement age for men is 60 and for women is 55. -- Starting on Tuesday, the toll station of a BOT (build-operate-transfer) project on the section of National Highway 1 in the south-central province of Binh Thuan will reduce it rates by 40 to 50 percent for local residents and businesses, following repeated opposition from commuters. -- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has imposed fines worth a total of VND189 million (US$8,323) upon 22 contractors for careless implementation … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 16

Check out the news you should not miss today, January 13 Politics -- The Party of Vietnam received a visiting delegation from its Cuban counterpart in Hanoi on Friday. -- Vietnam and Japan should increase significant friendship exchanges on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Organization Commission, said as he hosted Tsutomu Takebe, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, in Hanoi on Friday. Society -- A midwife of a hospital in the north-central province of Quang Ngai has been temporarily suspended from work after she prescribed an abortion pill for an expectant patient, leading to her miscarriage, the clinic confirmed on Friday. -- Many salinity workers in Ho Chi Minh City have quit or switched to other jobs as their employers show no sign of giving them any bonuses as the Lunar New Year is drawing near. Business -- Vietnam has lodged a … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 13

Check out the news you should not miss today, January 8: Society -- Dinh La Thang, former chairman of the Member Board of PetroVietnam, Trinh Xuan Thanh, former chairman and general director of PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), and 20 other defendants began standing trial in Hanoi today, January 8, for their alleged wrongdoings at the two state-run companies. -- A severe cold front started to hit northern and north-central Vietnam from today, January 8, and will last through January 14. -- A traffic police officer in the southern province of Dong Nai has been held in custody for allegedly shooting a local man to death at his rented room on Saturday, the provincial police department confirmed on Sunday. Business -- Forty-six defendants, including Pham Cong Danh, former chairman of the erstwhile Vietnam Construction Bank, and banking tycoon Tram Be, appeared at a month-long court in Ho Chi Minh City today, January 8, for economic mismanagement resulting in serious … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 8