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Storm Togake to cause rough seas off Vietnam’s coast

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UPDATED : 11/26/2016 10:07 GMT + 7



Tropical storm Tokage is expected to enter the East Vietnam Sea around early afternoon today, November 26, but is not likely to leave severe impacts on the inland areas, the national weather agency said Friday.

The storm, which formed east of the Philippines on Thursday, is forecast to be about 450km to the east-northeast of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) at 1:00 pm, packing winds of 60-90 kph, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The center, however, noted that storm Togake is unlikely to have direct affect on the mainland areas, only causing rough seas in the north and central region.

Still, coastal provinces and cities from Da Nang in the central to Khanh Hoa in the south-central region are forecast to be lashed with squalls and downpours of rain between November 29 and December 4.

Meanwhile, northern Vietnam will be hit by another cold spell early Saturday, with temperatures as low as 14 to 17 degrees Celsius.

In Hanoi, temperatures could plummet to 15 to 17 degrees Celsius, and in mountainous areas, as low as 8 to 10 degrees Celsius.

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LMFAO singer Redfoo to perform in Vietnam this weekend

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UPDATED : 11/25/2016 19:01 GMT + 7



Redfoo, half of the U.S. electronic dance music duo LMFAO, will perform in Ho Chi Minh City this Saturday at the 2016 Yan Beatfest outdoor music event alongside other international and local artists.

The annual music festival, organized by entertainment and event planning corporation Yan Live, will return to Ho Chi Minh City for a one-night event on Saturday at Phu Tho Stadium in District 10.

The festival, themed ‘Music Laboratory’, promises “more unique dance and music performances on stage” and will feature Redfoo, a founding member and lead singer from the electro-house duo LMFAO.

Redfoo will be heating up the stage with his most popular hits including LMFAO’s 2011 hit song Party Rock Anthem, Sexy and I know it, Booty Man, and Champagne Showers.

The American singer will be accompanied by Vietnamese DJs and pop stars.

Previous editions of the music festival have featured English singer Shayne Ward and American singer Demi Lovato, who performed at the first and second editions of Yan Beatfest in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Individual ticket prices for the event range from VND199,000 to 1.2 million (US$9 – 54).

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 26

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UPDATED : 11/26/2016 08:50 GMT + 7

Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 26

Politics

-- Vietnam's Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong concluded his three-day visit to Laos today, November 26, after witnessing the signing of a Joint Statement with Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachith on Friday.


Society

-- With tropical storm Tokage expected to be about 500km to the east-northeast of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago this morning, November 26, coastal provinces and cities from Quang Ninh in the north to Khanh Hoa in the south-central region have been told to get prepared for the storm landfall, according to the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

-- A Vietnamese woman was riding on a motorbike past a town in the northern province of Yen Bai when she suddenly went into labor. A video capturing the scene that went viral on Internet on Friday shows many locals stopped by the street to help her bring the baby into the world.

-- Twenty-four people died at the infamous ‘lake of death’ near the campus of the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City in Thu Duc District in the last five years.


Business

--The Bahamas-flagged Luxury liner Ovation of the Seas, with 1,600 crew members, docked a port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Friday, allowing nearly 4,100 tourists to start exploring the provincial capital of Hue and the nearby Hoi An and Da Nang.

-- More than 40 Thai businesses sought franchise partners in Ho Chi Minh City at an event on Friday, where they showcased their products to some 100 domestic firms.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City administration gave Friday a go-ahead to a VND2.56 trillion (US$114.29 million) project to build a 2.7km section of the No. 2 outer belt road, which connects the Pham Van Dong Avenue and Go Dua intersection in Thu Duc District.

-- Boeing and Vietnam Airlines celebrated Friday the delivery of the flag carrier's 10th 787-9 Dreamliner, following the first delivery in July 2015.


Lifestyle

-- Thomas Anders, head of the German musical group Modern Talking, is performing at the Modern Talking ft. Thomas Anders and Band concert on Saturday and Sunday nights at the National Conference Center in Hanoi.


Sports

-- Vietnam will play Cambodia in their last group stage game at the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup at 6:30 pm today, November 26. Vietnam, already securing a semifinal spot, need at least one point to enter the knock-out stage as Group B leaders.

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Once peaceful, Sa Pa is now a massive construction site (photos)

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UPDATED : 11/26/2016 12:00 GMT + 7



Sa Pa, a famous resort town in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai known for its tranquil and romantic atmosphere and marvelous natural landscapes, has been turned into a massive construction site, with numerous new hotels and buildings being built.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has visited the world renowned town last weekend, only to see the area filled with noise and dust from a number of construction sites, and piles of construction materials put across streets.

There are several short streets where three to four construction units are underway, and tourists tend to be woken up early in the morning thanks to the irritating sounds of drills, running trucks and concrete mixing machines.

At the Phan Xi Pang Street in the town’s central area, several tower cranes are seen amid the construction site of a major hotel complex. A few hundred meters away from that site is where three different hotel projects, each with five to eight stories, are being built.

On Cau May Street, sitting behind the headquarters of the town’s administration, a multi-story building is also under construction, and around the central lake of the town now lie piles of bricks and concrete blocks.

Visitors to Sa Pa can now hardly experience the tranquil atmosphere the town used to take pride in, as the sound of construction will annoy them day and night.



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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 27

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UPDATED : 11/27/2016 08:30 GMT + 7

Have a nice Sunday!

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday morning left the Lao capital of Vientiane for Bolikhamsai Province as part of his ongoing official visit to Laos, which aims to foster solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two neighbors.

-- Vietnam’s State President Tran Dai Quang led a delegation to the two-day 16th Francophonie Summit, which kicked off in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on November 26 (Madagascar time).


Society

-- A customs officer at Tinh Bien Border Gate Station in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang said on Saturday they had started legal proceedings against a 50-year-old Cambodian border guard major who had been caught smuggling 18 kilograms of gold from Cambodia on Friday.

-- Vo Thanh Thuy, director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in the southern province of Tay Ninh, confirmed on Saturday that they are working with local police to scour for nearly 30 out of 68 junkies who had stirred up chaos and broken out of a rehabilitation center in Tan Chau District on Friday afternoon.

-- Le Tan Ban, director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, revealed on Saturday they had taken samples of sea water in Van Ninh District to investigate the cause of mass fish deaths over the past few days.

-- Police in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, said on Saturday that they had swooped on a karaoke restaurant in the downtown area in the early morning and arrested around 60 youths allegedly getting high on drugs.


Business

-- The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to adopt a stringent three-year monitoring program on wastewater discharged by a steel plant subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group in central Vietnam, the 'culprit' of a spate of fish deaths which hit some central provinces in April this year.

-- Following the resounding success of an online sales program this Friday in replication of the Black Friday shopping weekend in the U.S., retailers in Ho Chi Minh City have geared up for the year-end shopping spree. A sharper rise in buying power has been recorded compared to the same period last year as the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday starts on January 26, several days earlier than usual.


Lifestyle

-- Nearly 1,000 athletes from over 30 countries and territories including Japan, the U.S., Germany and South Korea partook in a marathon held on Saturday in Ha Long City, home to the UNESCO-recognized Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

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Vietnam military mobilizes 180,000 personnel, aircraft, ships to cope with storm Tokage

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/28/2016 11:16 GMT + 7



The Vietnamese military has put nearly 180,000 people, aircraft, ships and other equipment on standby to cope with the influences of a storm forecast to cause rough seas, flood, and land subsidence this week.

About 179,276 soldiers and paramilitary men are now ready to help local governments and residents along the coast to cope with storm Tokage brewing in the East Vietnam Sea.

The military has mobilized 16 ships, 46 boats, five aircraft, 686 cars of multiple types, 33 specialized vehicles, over 1,600 tarpaulin house sets, 30,000 life jackets, and other equipment for any rescue missions.

As of Sunday afternoon, the defense ministry had ordered border soldiers along the coast from Quang Binh Province to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to coordinate with local governments and residents to inform 58,000 ships and 380,000 employees of the developments and path of the storm.

Almost 1,200 ships and 10,000 employees are operating in the middle and north of the East Vietnam Sea, including Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Spratly) archipelago. Others are fishing or anchoring along the coast.

Storm Tokage is forecast to weaken to a tropical low-pressure system, causing rough seas in the northern part of the East Vietnam Sea, including Hoang Sa, on Tuesday night, weather forecasters said.

At 7:00 pm on Sunday, the storm was striking an area 650km east of Hoang Sa, packing winds of 75-100km per hour.

The storm will move west-southwestward at 10-15km an hour in the next 24 hours, brewing 380km east of Hoang Sa at 7:00 pm on Monday night. Winds of up to 60-75km per hour are predicted near the storm’s eye.

In the following 24-48 hours, the Tokage will head west-southwestward at 15-20km per hour before weakening to a tropical low-pressure area.

At 7:00 pm on Tuesday night, the center of the low-pressure system will be 260km south of Hoang Sa, carrying winds of up to 40km per hour.

The northern part of the East Vietnam Sea, including Hoang Sa, will be hit by strong winds, rough seas and high waves due to the tropical low-pressure system.

The region from Da Nang City to Khanh Hoa will experience heavy rain from Wednesday to Friday, possibly accompanied by flash floods and land subsidence.

Later, rain will strike the area from Nghe An Province to Thua Thien Hue Province

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Cambodian major nabbed for smuggling gold into Vietnam

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/27/2016 12:00 GMT + 7

A major-ranked border security officer from Cambodia has been detained for smuggling nearly 20 kilograms of gold into Vietnam.

Major Rim Ri Linh, 50, deputy chief of the border security office in Phnom Denk, Cambodia, has been arrested for transporting 19 kilograms of gold into the southern Vietnamese province of An Giang, Huynh Ngoc Ho, head of the Customs Department at the Tinh Bien Border Gate in An Giang, affirmed on Saturday evening.

The Cambodian officer dressed in his uniform drove his automobile from Cambodia to Vietnam on Friday evening and did not stop to finish paperwork regarding his immigration.

Customs officers at the border gate coordinated with provincial police to seize the suspect as he was heading to Tinh Bien District, An Giang.
The smuggled products included 18 24-karat gold bars worth over VND17 billion (US$753,563), officers said.

According to Major Linh’s statement, he had accepted the offer of a Cambodian man named Ti to transport the gold to a Vietnamese woman in Nha Bang Town.

The Cambodian major also admitted to committing thee other gold smuggling in November, with the exact amount remaining unclear.

During an interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, a gold specialist stated that smuggled gold is often sold to local citizens or used to produce jewelry.

As gold prices have been high in Vietnam in the past years, many locals decided to buy smuggled gold instead.

The contraband precious metal is often melted into raw gold before being distributed to local gold shops and buyers.

According to the director of a Ho Chi Minh City-based gold company, gold distributed by major local firm SJC currently sells at VND35.71 million (US$1,582) per ounce while raw gold is offered at VND33 million ($1,462) per ounce.

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 28

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UPDATED : 11/28/2016 08:30 GMT + 7

Good morning from Vietnam!

Politics

-- The visit to Laos of Vietnamese Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, scheduled for November 24 to 26, has contributed to strengthening the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, the Vietnam News Agency quoted Sounthone Sayachak, head of the Lao Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, as saying.


Society

-- Nearly 180,000 people and a large number of vehicles and machines have been ready for search and rescue missions as well as preventive measures to brace for tropical storm Tokage.

-- About 100 suspects have been arrested for being involved in a gambling ring in Ho Chi Minh City, a source from the Ministry of Public Security affirmed on Sunday evening.

-- Police in the northern province of Phu Tho stated on Sunday afternoon that a group of suspects had been apprehended for transporting 30 bricks of heroin.

-- Four people have been killed after a raft carrying eight passengers submerged in the Lap River, located in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, on Sunday morning.

-- A Chinese passenger, 43-year-old Chen Chung Hong, was arrested for rummaging through another flyer’s suitcase and stealing over VND10 million (US$443) during a Vietnam Airlines flight from the north-central city of Hue to Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday afternoon.

-- A 39-year-old man in Hanoi has been captured for threatening and extorting money from a patient in Bach Mai Hospital as well as stabbing a police officer with a knife.

-- Doctors at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital in Hanoi have reattached the penis and testicles of a 26-year-old man from the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The patient suffered emotional disorders and had cut off his genitals by himself.


Business

-- Over 200,000 Vietnamese have visited Japan in the first 10 months of this year, a 30 percent year-on-year increase, Akihiko Tamura, an official from the Japan Tourism Agency, said during a recent meeting with Vietnamese travel agencies in Japan.

-- All banks in Vietnam are required to return the money lost from their clients’ ATM accounts within five days if the loss was not caused by the card owners, according to a new circular issued by the State Bank of Vietnam.


Lifestyle

-- Nearly 4,000 residents in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, participated in a charity walk on Sunday morning, raising over VND6.8 billion ($301,425) for charitable cause.

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Vietnam slaps higher fines on people peeing in public

By Vo Hai November 28, 2016 | 02:13 pm GMT+7

Get ready to empty your wallet if you want to empty your bladder in public.
People who urinate in public will be fined VND1-3 million ($44-133) from February 1, 2017, according to a new government decree.

The fines have been raised significantly from the current $9-13.

Public urination is nothing strange in Vietnam, where there is an acute shortage of public toilets.

Phuong Luong, a VnExpress reader, said: “Frankly, I don’t want to pee in public but I still have to as I can’t find any public toilets, but I also want to be a civilized citizen.”

Data from Hanoi’s Department of Construction shows that the capital has 340 public toilets, but two thirds are located in residential areas and only 100 are situated along streets or at entertainment facilities.

Ho Chi Minh City faces the same problem with only 200 public toilets serving the needs of its 10 million residents and the 5 million foreign tourists that visit the city each year.

In the first seven months of 2016, Ho Chi Minh City penalized more than 1,500 people for urinating in public. Those who committed the act for the first time were fined $9 and ordered to clean up their mess.

The higher fines have met with public approval but many say that more toilets should be installed before the new decree comes into effect in February.

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Poor hygiene make Vietnam less attractive tourism destination: survey

By VnExpress November 28, 2016 | 02:09 pm GMT+7

Hygiene-related incidents have been reported at many lodgings, including four-star hotels.
Low quality, hygiene and sanitation are the biggest turn-offs for travelers in Vietnam, according to a recent survey conducted by the Hanoi-based Institute of Tourism Development Research.

The survey polled 1,470 tourists, including locals and foreigners, to gauge the factors that influence the country’s tourism competitiveness.

The survey showed that travelers are most likely to be turned off by tourism destinations and accommodation where hygiene and sanitation facilities are inadequate and of poor quality, said Nguyen Anh Tuan, the director of the research institute.

Nguyen Thanh Binh, a senior official at the national administration of tourism, admitted that sanitation and hygiene are an important factor for many tourists when it comes to choosing their destination.

She added that despite being equipped with modern amenities, many lodgings, including four-star hotels, have reported hygiene-related incidents.

The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam is well on track to top nine million in the first 11 months, up 25.4 percent from a year ago and already surpassing the full-year 8.5 million target for 2016.

According to the General Statistics Office, foreign arrivals to Vietnam in November are estimated to reach more than 926,000, up 14 percent from last month and 25 percent from last year.

Official statistics show the tourism sector accounted for 6.6 percent of Vietnam’s gross domestic products in 2015. This figure is expected to jump to 10 percent or more, making tourism a driving force behind the country’s economic growth.

Vietnam jumped five places to 75th among the 141 countries on the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index for 2015.

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Haha...loxs income but other ways to earn lah...

Oh thats ok as long as they dun pull us over when we are on a bike or cab can liao

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Dollar rises to VND23,000 on Vietnam black market

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/25/2016 10:30 GMT + 7

That bladdy clown & his protectionist policies

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Oh thats ok as long as they dun pull us over when we are on a bike or cab can liao

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

so far never encountered before...never been pulled over by cong an...

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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

That bladdy clown & his protectionist policies

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

whose the clown...haha...

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Now you steady pun pi pi...only 2 posts daily...