Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the Southeast Asian country during a phone talk on Tuesday.

Society

-- The Ministry of Transport has put forth a proposal to construct a state-of-the-art north-south high-speed railway capable of reaching a maximum speed of 350 km/h.

-- The number of marriages between South Koreans and foreign spouses rose more than 18 percent in 2023, as those between Vietnamese grooms and naturalized South Korean brides gained sharply, according to Yonhap News Agency.

-- Doctors at Ca Mau General Hospital successfully removed a dildo more than 20cm long from the rectum of a 23-year-old local man, the hospital’s deputy director said on Tuesday. 

Business

-- Eight Vietnamese enterprises are showcasing their food and beverage products at the International Food and Drink Expo 2024 in London, the UK from Monday to Wednesday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

-- StarLux Airlines of Taiwan will begin operating the first flight from Taipei to Phu Quoc International Airport on Phu Quoc Island City off Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam from July 1, to mark the launch of a new route between the two destinations, according to national radio station Voice of Vietnam.

Lifestyle

-- The 20th Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival is scheduled to take place from April 4 to 7 at 23/9 Park in District 1 to display hundreds of tourism products from across the country.

World News

-- Six workers were missing and presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early on Tuesday when a massive cargo ship crippled by a power loss rammed into the structure, forcing closure of one of the busiest ports on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, Reuters reported.

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