Briefs of some of leading news stories published Tuesday (November 01) on Tuoi Tre Newspaper that will be carried today on Tuoitrenews.vn:
Politics:
-- During an official visit to Japan from Oct.30 to Nov.2, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Japanese counterpart signed cooperation agreements on the construction of the nuclear power plant Ninh Thuan 2 and the exploitation and developments of rare earth industry.
-- Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev confirmed his counterpart Truong Tan Sang during his visit to Hanoi yesterday that Vietnam is a major political and economic partner of the nation in the region.
-- At the meeting of the Interpol General Assembly in Hanoi yesterday, participants exchanged their views on organized crimes as human and drugs trafficking and hi-tech crimes as fishing. Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui said the world has averagely damaged US$400 billion a year for only hi-tech crime.
Society:
-- Vietnam is encouraging its citizens to vote for its travel hotspot Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new nature wonders in the world.
-- Le Minh Long, 29 was shot yesterday by a policeman of the Special Forces of District 6 Police Department after they had quarrel while riding on Vo Van Kiet Highway in Ho Chi Minh City. Long was shot in his chest and has been in a coma at Cho Ray Hospital.
-- Authorities in the central Khanh Hoa Province have held a four-day training course on health emergency aid at the Da Tay island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Sea. The service is aimed to improve first aid for injured fishermen working in the area.
-- As of late December this year, Vietnam will begin carrying out death penalties by lethal injections instead of the firing squad.
-- A shelter-pit of 40 square meters has recently been discovered under the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi. With walls at width of 30cm, the trench is guessed a bombproof shelter used during the war against American invaders before 1975.
Business:
-- 100 companies enrolled to take part in the 2011 International Fashion Fair Vietnam that opened yesterday at the Tan Binh Exhibition Center.
-- Gold price in Vietnam has dropped VND540,000 (US$26) per tael yesterday. It is now sold at VND44.85 million ($2,156) a tael.
-- Vietnam has scored an export turnover of US$78 billion during the first ten months of the year, with main goods including textile, crude oil and shoes.
Lifestyle:
-- The enlightened master Gyal Wang Drukpa, spiritual leader of the Budhism in India will preach in Vietnam from November 1-17. He is also founder of the international charity movement Live To Love with many pragmatic projects on education, health aid, heritage preservation and environment.
Sports:
-- The national U-23 football team of Vietnam arrived at Jakarta City yesterday night for partaking the Southeast Asian Games 2011 to be held in Indonesia from Nov.11-22. Yet, football kicked off on Nov.3 -- eight days before the opening ceremony.
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