Here are the leading news stories in brief for today, December 29.
Politics
— State President Truong Tan Sang asked naval units based in Cam Ranh City of the central province of Khanh Hoa to improve defense effectiveness and attach importance to the relationship with neighboring countries, as he visited them on Saturday and Sunday.
Society
— No Vietnamese workers are reportedly affected in the flood-hit states of Malaysia’s north-eastern part, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia as saying on Sunday.
— Three people were severely injured in a five-car pile-up, including a container truck and four cars, in the southern province of Tien Giang on Sunday.
— Only seven beggars were sent to social sponsoring centers, which will provide them with shelter, food and vocational training, as Ho Chi Minh City authorities launched their first campaign to clear away beggary in the city on Sunday.
Business
— Fares for the Ho Chi Minh City – Vung Tau hydrofoil service are cut by VND50,000 (US$2.4) per trip starting December 29 thanks to slumping fuel prices, according to the vessel operator. Tickets now fetch VND200,000 each.
— The income per capita of Ho Chi Minh City rose 12.89 percent from $4,545 last year to $5,131 in 2014, the municipal administration revealed at a meeting last weekend.
— Vietnam’s green produce exports in 2014 topped $1.5 billion, up 37.7 percent from a year earlier, the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association reported Sunday.
Lifestyle
— The ban on marriage between individuals of the same sex has been excluded from the amended law on marriage and family, which takes effect January 1, 2015. But the law does not recognize such marriage.
— The coal-fueled The Tu Luc 141-190 locomotive, which was produced in China in 1966, will be deployed for the Da Nang – Hue route for tourism purposes after it has been restored under a VND6 billion ($282,406) project in the southern province of Binh Duong.
— The maiden creative-day Vietnam Creative Festival took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, hosting 26 booths that showcasing their creative products to hundreds of visitors.
International
— Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore a day earlier, according to Reuters.
Sports
— Adam Bobrow, known as the “laughmaster of Ping-Pong,” was slightly injured when he was trying to perform a funny stunt during an exhibition game at the ongoing 2014 Vietnam Open tournament on Sunday in Hanoi.
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