Visitors row a boat at the Tan Thuan Dong Market in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: Tong Doanh / Tuoi Tre
Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:
Politics
-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, along with a high-ranking delegation, landed at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport on Monday afternoon (local time), starting a three-day state visit to Kazakhstan at the invitation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. President Tokayev was present at the airport to welcome the Vietnamese leader and delegation.
-- India’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju expressed his joy, pride, and honor of accompanying Vietnam on its path of development during a meeting with secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on Monday.
Society
-- A large explosion at a house in Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam on Monday left one person dead and three others injured.
-- A man residing in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam has died of rabies after being bitten by a dog over a year ago but did not receive a vaccination.
-- Two young men who robbed a gold shop in Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City were arrested by police officers about five hours after fleeing the scene on Monday, according to a source of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
-- Police in Taiwan found four Vietnamese nationals dead late on Saturday in an apartment in Taoyuan, with carbon monoxide poisoning suspected to be the cause, according to CNA news site.
-- A taxi company in Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong said it would give an electric taxi driver the sack after a video surfaced on social media on Monday, showing the driver lowering the window on the driver’s side, resting his foot on it while driving.
Business
-- The State Bank of Vietnam should increase the participation of foreign investors in local banks to enhance the brand value of banks in Vietnam, an expert proposed at a forum in Hanoi on Monday.
-- Vietnam’s budget carrier Vietjet recorded a pre-tax profit of VND836 billion (US$32.2 million) last quarter, up 24 percent year on year, according to its business performance report.
World News
-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the American movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to lure filmmakers, Reuters reported.
