Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 5

Politics

-- The upcoming visit to Laos by Vietnam's Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is expected to see multiple agreements signed, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Suphan Keomisay in Hanoi on Friday.

-- Vietnam’s Ambassador to Kuwait Nguyen Hong Thao has become the first-ever Vietnamese to be elected to the United Nations’ International Law Commission (ILC) with 120 out of 191 votes by the UN General Assembly, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.

-- Irish President Michael D. Higgins began a ten-day visit to Vietnam today, November 5.

Society

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday requested administrative punishment to be slapped on former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, who has also been dismissed from his Party post following numerous wrongdoings, by November 10.

-- A blaze engulfed the Tinh Lau Pagoda in Tay Ho District, Hanoi late Friday and only ended at first light the following day, destroying the history-culture relic.

-- A tropical depression formed late Friday in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago is bringing heavy rains to southern Vietnam on Saturday.

-- A 46-year-old man was found dead after falling from the fourth floor of the Binh Duong University in the southern province of Binh Duong on Friday in what appears to be a suicide.

Business

-- Businesses in Ho Chi Minh City will supply VND17 trillion ($758.93 million) worth of goods to embrace the upcoming Lunar New Year, falling late January next year.

-- Vietnam will have at least one business passing requirements to export processed chicken to Japan next year, according to the agriculture ministry.

-- Local authorities of Lang Son should focus on developing the Dong Dang-Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone in order to turn the mountainous province into a service centre in the northeast sub-region, President Tran Dai Quang requested as he attended a ceremony to mark the 185 th anniversary of the province’s establishment on Friday.

-- Vietnam’s tuna export revenue in the first eight months of this year topped $309.8 million, up 10 percent year on year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has reported.

Lifestyle

-- Myanmar's film producer Aiess Alonso has won the $5.000 funding award for his project One Summer Day at a project market, held as part of the 2016 Hanoi International Film Festival on Friday.

-- More than 20 paintings featuring typical Vietnamese-style windows by British artist Bridget March are on display at the “A Window on Vietnam” exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

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