Vietnam News Today (December 6): Vietnam records 14,312 new Covid cases; Vietnam-Lao special relations continue to be nurtured; Vietnam’s economy showing signs of recovery; Hanoi changes face-to-face learning plan at last minute.

Vie Channel, the producer of “Rap Viet” and “Who is Single Vietnam?” game shows, has sued and claimed Spotify AB Company in Sweden to pay nearly US$ 410,000 for the copyright infringement of these two programs.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is the host of Spotify’s newest exclusive podcast: The Michelle Obama Podcast. The company announced the show today, making it the first podcast to come out of Spotify’s deal with the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground Productions. The show premieres on July 29th, and new episodes will come out weekly for nine weeks.

The European Commission has opened formal antitrust investigations to assess whether Apple's rules for app developers on the distribution of apps via the App Store violate EU competition rules. The investigations concern in particular the mandatory use of Apple's own proprietary in-app purchase system and restrictions on the ability of developers to inform iPhone and iPad users of alternative cheaper purchasing possibilities outside of apps.