Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you do not want to miss today, November 7.

Politics

-- Vietnam aspires to further deepen comprehensive ties with Japan across the board, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said as he received Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani in Hanoi on Friday.

-- Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang had talks with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in Hanoi on Friday, when they both agreed on multiple measures to enhance cooperation between the two countries.

-- Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and his wife were impressed when they visited the famous Cu Chi Tunnel in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, as part of his four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang.  

Society

-- Hanoi-based taxi operator Bac A on Friday returned US$7,000, 1,000 Korean won and three saving books to Greek national Vlassopoulos E.Lefteris, who left the properties on a company’s cab on October 31.

-- The Chinese Ministry of Public Security will replace Guangzhou police to probe the death of Ha Thuy Linh, the Vietnamese businesswoman who died allegedly of poisoning in mainland China in September, the Department of External Relations of the Vietnamese province of Lam Dong, her hometown, said Friday.

-- Vu Minh Hai, a senior lieutenant with the armored brigade of the Vietnamese army, his wife and son were all killed as their motorbike crashed into a trailer truck in the southern city of Bien Hoa on Friday.

-- Police in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have arrested the third Russian man in a ring that used fake bank cards to steal money from multiple ATMs in the locality. The other two were captured in late October.

-- The deputy director of the Thuy Duong Plaza in the northern city of Hai Phong was found dead after apparently falling from the 19th floor of the building he managed to the ground on Friday.

Business

-- Vietnam has been added to Italy’s list of ten emerging markets to prioritize trade and investment development with, Italian President Sergio Mattarella told his Vietnamese Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on Friday.

-- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and the Malaysia’s Department of Civil Authority closed a cooperation deal in ensuring aviation safety and security in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

-- Two tourist employees involved in the case of a British vacationer who was reportedly attacked for refusing to pay to get back her lost camera in the central province of Quang Binh have been suspended from their job.

Education

-- The Vietnam – Germany University project as a “lighthouse” in the ties of the two countries, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said as he received Minister for Science and the Arts of Germany’s Hessen state Boris Rhein in Hanoi on Friday.

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