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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – February 26

 

Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading stories published today in Vietnamese media.
Politics
-- On February 25, Le Thanh Hai, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary, led a delegation to visit the families of late Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thien Thanh, former director of Thong Nhat Hospital in Go Vap District, and of late Doctor Duong Quang Trung, former director of the city’s Department of Health. The visit was paid on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 – February 27, 2015).
-- A Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative on February 25 confirmed that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will visit the U.S. this year. Earlier, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to the U.S. had sent a letter to President Barack Obama to propose the two sides prepare for the trip of the Vietnamese Party General Secretary and consider it an important milestone in the two countries’ diplomatic relation.
Society
-- Police of District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City are probing the death of J.H.E., a 37-year-old American, who died naked on Wednesday after falling from the 8th floor of a hotel on Thi Sach Street in District 1. Initial investigation shows the victim could fall by himself when he climbed onto the balcony.
-- Hanoi police on Wednesday arrested American national Alexander Cong Giap, 56, who had been wanted by Interpol for fraud. Alexander Cong Giap was suspected of appropriating US$170,000 in the U.S.
Business
-- The Department of Electronic Commerce and Information Technology under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has recently unveiled a report on Vietnam’s e-commerce in 2014. Accordingly, Vietnamese people spent $2.97 billion shopping online last year. Sixty percent of the purchases were electronics and technology products.
Lifestyle
-- On Wednesday, the cruise ship Silver Whisper from the Bahamas brought nearly 700 foreign tourists to the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The tourists have visited local destinations like Hue, Da Nang City and Hoi An Ancient Town.
-- Radio the Voice of Vietnam will have an English channel broadcasting 24/7 following the approval of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. The channel is scheduled to be on air from the third quarter of this year.
-- A number of festivals in Vietnam have raised public eyebrows for its violence and cruelty. Many of them have seen participants jostling each other and getting injured at those events. 
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