Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - November 25

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- A tropical depression over the central Philippines is forecast to enter the East Vietnam Sea late on Tuesday night and may strengthen into the 15th storm in the maritime region, potentially bringing strong winds and heavy rain to flood-ravaged south-central Vietnam later this week, the national weather agency said.

-- The operator of Dau Tieng Reservoir, which spans Tay Ninh Province, Dong Nai Province, and Ho Chi Minh City, began releasing water at 7:00 am on Tuesday to proactively manage rising inflows and prepare for upcoming heavy rain and high tides along the Saigon River. Authorities warned residents in low-lying areas along the Saigon River to remain alert, as heavy rain combined with high tides and the reservoir’s discharge could trigger localized flooding.

-- Authorities evacuated nearly 200 residents in Quang Tri Province after a 227kg U.S.-made bomb was discovered in the Ben Hai River, prompting a controlled on-site detonation by military engineers and international demining specialists on Monday morning.

-- Large cracks and expanding landslides on a hillside in Hoa Son Commune, Dak Lak Province have forced authorities to evacuate dozens of families living below the slope, local officials confirmed late on Monday.

-- Authorities in Dong Thap Province are investigating the death of a Malaysian man whose body was discovered on Monday afternoon on the Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway, a roadway reserved exclusively for automobiles.

-- Authorities in downtown Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Ward launched a new sidewalk enforcement campaign on Monday, removing dozens of illegally installed shop canopies along Hang Ma Street as part of the capital city’s push to restore pedestrian space and urban order.

Education

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training will supply free textbooks to students in flood-affected areas across the south-central region and Central Highlands, where nearly 2,000 schools have suffered damage totaling an estimated VND100 billion (US$4 million).

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Binh Tay Ward in Ho Chi Minh City will launch its new Cho Lon Night Street on December 1, aiming to promote local culture and tourism while creating a vibrant public space for residents and visitors, local authorities announced at a meeting on Monday.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has proposed installing electric-vehicle charging stations across 19 existing bus terminals and parking yards, with asset-use rights to be leased for seven years through public auction.

World News

-- Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, Reuters cited the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria as saying on Sunday.