Here are the top news stories in Vietnamese media you won’t want to miss for today, February 16.
Today is the 28
th day of the lunar year, meaning the Vietnamese Tet, the country’s largest public holiday, is only three days away.
Politics
— Top Vietnamese leaders, including Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and President Truong Tan Sang, paid tribute over the weekend to Nguyen Ba Thanh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, who passed away on Friday.
Society
— More than 4,300 low-income workers in industrial zones in Hanoi on Sunday set off home to observe the Lunar New Year, or Tet, on free trips arranged by the city’s administration.
— The hotline operated by the National Steering Committee for Traffic Safety received more than 400 calls on Sunday alone from passengers who complained about transport firms that unreasonably hiked fares during Tet — the season of high demand.
— Thousands of vehicles, mostly passenger coaches, stuck in a long lines on the Ca Mountain Pass between Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen in south-central Vietnam on Sunday, after a container truck broke down amid the road.
Business
— There is no bonanza for watermelon farmers whose crops are located along Nguyen Van Linh highway in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 for Tet this year as most of the fruits are too small to be sold.
— Two starfruit trees, each aging more than 300 years and are valued at VND7 billion (US$326,219), are the most expensive plants available at the Tet flower market at Phu My Hung resident area.
Lifestyle
— A local music composer club in the central city of Da Nang gave away 12,000 CDs featuring songs about the city’s late leader Nguyen Ba Thanh to people attending his funeral on Sunday. Thanh passed away on Friday.
Sports
— Vietnam U19 star Cong Phuong scored twice to help Hoang Anh Gia Lai draw Dong Thap 2-2 from behind during their V-League match on Sunday.
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