Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - September 21

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Germany is a potential market for Vietnamese students, with a growing demand for labor, tuition support policies, internship salaries, and settlement opportunities, according to a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

-- A preschool, a primary school, a cultural center and water supply station, with a total investment of VND25 billion (US$946,301) in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam, have remained unused for nearly three years.

-- Police in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam said on Saturday that they had arrested and initiated legal proceedings against a man for allegedly organizing illegal border crossings into Cambodia at a rate of VND200,000 ($7.6) per person.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has assigned the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to proactively study investment plans for the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh railway project and execute it as soon as conditions allow.

-- By Saturday evening, Storm Ragasa had intensified further to level 13, with gusts reaching level 16. It is forecast to strengthen into a super typhoon at level 16 (184–201 km/h), with gusts exceeding level 17 within the next 24 to 48 hours, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Lifestyle

-- The center for culture and arts under the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam has recently launched a community-based don ca tai tu (southern folk music) vocational training class at Ninh Kieu Park, aiming to promote this traditional art form to both locals and tourists.

-- Thousands of people crowded a field to watch the Bay Nui Ox Racing Festival in Tri Ton Commune, An Giang Province on Saturday.

World News

-- A cyberattack at a provider of check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations on Saturday at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations, according to Reuters.

-- An agreement between Washington and Beijing on the future of TikTok will include Americans holding six of seven board seats for the short video app's U.S. operations and China's ByteDance naming the seventh board member, Reuters reported, citing a senior White House official.