Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 22

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam and Finland announced a strategic partnership in a joint statement issued during the official visit of Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam to Finland from Monday to Wednesday.

-- Vietnamese Party chief To Lam and his spouse will pay an official visit to Bulgaria from Wednesday to Friday.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday congratulated Sanae Takaichi on her election as Japan’s 104th prime minister.

Storm Fengshen

-- Storm Fengshen, forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam early on Thursday, is expected to bring rainfall levels equivalent to six months of precipitation in the south, despite its relatively weak wind strength, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.

-- Authorities in Hoa Cuong Ward, Da Nang announced on Tuesday night that schools would be closed on Wednesday due to the impact of storm Fengshen.

-- Despite rough seas and government warnings as storm Fengshen was approaching, several people were seen swimming at My Khe beach in Quang Ngai Province on Tuesday.

Society

-- Border guards in Da Nang said on Tuesday night they had provided first aid and transported a man to hospital after he was attacked by a bear while returning from his farm in a remote mountainous area near the Laos border.

-- Hanoi will need an estimated US$53 billion to address traffic congestion, the city’s Department of Construction said at a workshop on Tuesday.

-- School-related refractive errors have become a growing public health concern in Vietnam, with around five million school-aged children—accounting for 30 percent to 40 percent of the age group—affected by conditions such as myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism, according to Ho Chi Minh City’s Center for Disease Control.

-- Police in Khanh Hoa Province said on Tuesday they handed over a Chinese man wanted by China for aiding an online fraud ring after arresting him at a hotel in Nha Trang.

-- Hanoi police said on Tuesday that the Noi Bai International Airport police station investigated and uncovered a theft involving an airline employee at Tan Son Nhat airport who stole VND50 million ($1,900) from checked luggage on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.

Travel

-- Agoda reported a 59-percent increase in accommodation searches in Vietnam from Eastern European markets between August 15 and September 30, reflecting the positive impact of a new visa exemption policy for citizens of 12 European countries that took effect on August 15.