Here are the leading news stories in Vietnamese media in brief for today, January 19, 2015.
Politics
— Speaker of Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives Anibal Pereyra on Sunday arrived in Hanoi to begin his five-day visit at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.
— Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang on Sunday had a working session with the northwest province of Hoa Binh, during which he urged the provincial leaders to exert stronger efforts to promote local economic growth.
Society
— A Vietnamese woman was among six drug convicts executed by Indonesia on Sunday.
— A fifth grader drowned when he was swimming at a private-run swimming pool in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 12 on Sunday.
— Police in the southernmost province of Ca Mau’s U Minh District have seized around 1.1 tonnes of cannabis illegally grown by a local farmer at his home, officers said Sunday.
— Hundreds of Lao and Cambodian students joined their Vietnamese peers in a blood donation drive in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
— Vietnam’s courts at all levels handled 92.8 percent, or more than 385,000 cases, of the 415,000 received in 2014, the Supreme People’s Court told a conference on Sunday.
— The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union hosted a ceremony to review 15 years of volunteer activities among youths countrywide between 2000 and 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper was among 11 organizations honored with the “National Volunteer Award” for its social activities last year.
Business
— The US$263.2 million Phan Thiet airport broke ground in the eponymous city of the south-central province of Binh Thuan on Sunday.
— A proposal to build an entertainment complex, featuring a casino, on the tourism island of Phu Quoc has received a go-ahead from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, local media reported Sunday.
— Supermarkets across the country are displaying goods for the Lunar New Year, or Tet in Vietnamese, as the largest holiday of the year is only a month away.
— More Vietnamese-grown fruits, including litchi, mango, star apple, and rambutan, are expected to enter the U.S. and New Zealand markets this year, the Plant Protection Department has said.
Lifestyle
— The Asia Canine Protection Alliance held Sunday an event for pet-lovers in Hanoi to share the message that people should consider dogs their friends.
— Singer Duong Hoang Yen and fashion designer Ha Duy were winners of the Vietnamese version of reality show “Just the Two of Us” season three after the finale on Sunday night.
Sports
— Military-run telecom giant Viettel kicked off Sunday a football championship featuring competition among 23 teams that are its units around the world, including six overseas squads.
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