Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 22: Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 22: Politics — Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Rome on Monday to begin his four-day visit to Italy, highlighted by a reception by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. Society — A cold spell entered the northern part of Vietnam on Monday afternoon, bringing cold weather to the region and rainfall to the central part, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center. — A group of five young men were summoned to work with Hanoi police on Monday for filming and releasing a prank video, in which they dressed like Arabian people and dropped fake bombs across the street to scare local residents. — A 27-year-old man in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been arrested for running a Facebook page to openly sell drugs. — A 30-year-old man in Hanoi has been captured for allegedly raping a local woman last weekend, when he confessed to police that he had previously killed two little girls, aged nine and ten, and buried them in his house yard. Business — The 40km Van Don – Mong Cai expressway, running through five localities in the northern province of Quang Ninh, is slated for development through the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme, with an estimated investment of VND14 trillion (US$625 million). — The State Capital Investment Corporation, which represents the Vietnamese government… [Read full story]
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