Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — December 27

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- The Japanese government on Tuesday granted non-refundable aid totaling US$245,778 to three projects involving the construction of deteriorated bridges and the supply of various medical tools to the Vietnamese provinces of Kien Giang and Khanh Hoa.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced a vehicle ban on the section of Nguyen Hue Street spanning from Le Thanh Ton Street to Ton Duc Thang Street in District 1 from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm on December 30 and from 3:00 pm on December 31 to 1:00 am on January 1 in order to facilitate a countdown event to usher in the new year.

-- Police in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam on Tuesday announced the dismantling of two criminal rings involved in trafficking and storing over 1.9 metric tons of firecrackers.

-- Police in Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam on Tuesday initiated legal proceedings against Tran Anh Tuan, a 49-year-old resident of the district, and ordered four months' temporary detention for him after detecting the man illegally possessing six pangolins, two tigers, and one chamois head.

-- A program hosted by the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday morning reported that over 83,000 computers fell victim to ransomware, and 556 government and education websites were subjected to cyberattacks in 2023.

-- Scientists have identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia, including one in Vietnam, according to The Guardian.

-- The United Nations General Assembly has recently recognized Lunar New Year as an annual United Nations holiday for the first time, after a coordinated campaign led by 12 countries, including Vietnam.

Business

-- Sales of cosmetics and beauty products on e-commerce platforms in Vietnam surged to VND22.2 trillion ($912.2 million) in January-October, marking a remarkable 74-percent increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to market data analysis platform Metric.

-- Vietnam's total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) from the start of the year until December 20 amounted to nearly $36.61 billion, according to recently-released data from the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. This figure represents a notable 32.1-percent increase compared to the corresponding period in the previous year.

Lifestyle

-- Vietnamese author Nachi Nguyen won the Silver Award at the 17th Japan International Manga Award, an annual event hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for her work ‘The Dancing Universe.’

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