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Politics

-- U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Vietnam as part of his five-country Asia trip, his first ever since becoming president, from November 3-14, the White House said Friday.

-- Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Lao Minister of Home Affairs Khamman Sounvileuth in Hanoi on Friday, underlining that sound collaboration between the Vietnamese and Lao ministries of home affairs has contributed to fostering the two countries’ friendship.

Society

-- Hanoi should focus on developing itself into a green and smart city, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged at a working session with the municipal officials on Friday.

-- The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission on Friday gave a strong warning to Huynh Duc Tho, chairman of the municipal People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang, and suggested taking disciplinary actions against the city’s Party chief Nguyen Xuan Anh.

-- Police in the southern province of Vinh Long are verifying if a man who apparently killed himself on Friday has any relation with the bank robbery in the same locality earlier this week.

-- Vietnam’s police on Friday began legal proceedings against Nguyen Anh Minh, general manager of the PetroVietnam-run PVC, on charges of “embezzling assets.”

Business

-- Vietnam's crude oil output in September is estimated at 1.06 million metric tons, or 259,000 barrels a day, down 9.9 percent from a year ago, the government said on Friday.

-- South Korea’s Hao Group announced at a meeting with authorities of the northern Vietnamese province of Hung Yen on Friday that it plans to invest in a waste-to-energy plant, capable of producing high-capacity batteries and microbiological fertilizer through waste fermentation, in the locale.

-- Vietnam and Thailand are working to increase bilateral trade to US$20 billion in 2020, delegates said at a business connectivity conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- The Thang Long Imperial Citadel will be illuminated with colorful lanterns from Friday to Wednesday next week, with all gates open for the public, in celebration of the mid-autumn festival, which falls on October 4.

-- Filipino tenor Jenmai de Asis and soprano Sitti Gomez will stage a classical music performance “Pinoy Sounds” at Kova Centre in Ho Chi Minh City tonight, September 30, Vietnam News Agency reports.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union on Friday hosted a Southeast Asian food festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Sports

-- South Korea’s Park Hang-Seo, a former assistant of famed coach Guus Hiddink, has been appointed head coach of the Vietnamese national men’s football team, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on Friday.

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