Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 17

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong will attend the U.N. General Assembly’s 80th session and hold bilateral meetings in the United States from September 21 to 24, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

-- Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met embassy staff and Vietnamese expatriates in Malaysia on Tuesday during an official visit.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday called for deeper political trust and broader cooperation with Timor-Leste during talks in Hanoi with Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- A tropical depression near the East Vietnam Sea is forecast to strengthen into a storm and enter the sea on Wednesday, Vietnam’s national weather agency said. As of 1:00 am, the storm’s center was located off the eastern coast of the Philippines' Luzon Island.

-- Ho Chi Minh City police said on Tuesday they had shut down a restaurant in Tan Hung Ward operated by two Taiwanese for allegedly recruiting female staff and instructing them to act as prostitutes on request.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday fined a dump truck driver for driving against traffic at a roundabout in Tam Thang Ward. The driver said he was following directions from Google Maps.

-- In Vietnam, one in every 15 people is affected by a rare disease, totaling around six million people, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

Economy

-- Vietnam is among the top three countries—along with China and Ethiopia—with the fastest labor productivity growth from 2014 to 2024, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index report released in Geneva on Tuesday.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday urged the central bank to urgently deploy authorized measures to stabilize the gold market and narrow the gap between domestic and international prices.

-- South Korean businesses on Tuesday proposed building ‘Silicon Valleys’ in Ho Chi Minh City to help the metropolis become one of the world’s most livable cities, during a meeting with Vietnamese and South Korean investment officials.

-- South Korean steelmaker Posco VST said on Tuesday it was wrongly fined VND304 billion (US$11.5 million) by Vietnamese customs over delayed tax declarations for steel products that were sold domestically instead of being exported, while customs officials insisted on the penalties and said the tax assessments were legally justified.