Check out the news you should not miss today, August 28:

Politics

-- The visits to Indonesia and Myanmar of Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, which wrapped up last weekend, marked a new milestone and created a new momentum for reinforcing political trust between Vietnam and these two regional neighbors, Hoang Binh Quan, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, said on Sunday.

Society

-- Typhoon Pakhar, the seventh to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall on the southern part of the Chinese province of Guangdong late Sunday, but the northern Vietnamese region will still suffer from torrential rains and possible post-storm floods.

-- The developer of the Tan Son Nhat Golf Course is willing to have the project revoked to make space for the expansion of the namesake international airport in Ho Chi Minh City, on the condition that it receive compensation for the land transfer.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City health department launched on Sunday a campaign to kill mosquito larvae in Vinh Loc B Commune, Binh Chanh District, a hot spot of dengue fever in the locale.

-- Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh said on Sunday they had initiated legal proceedings against Doan Van Thuy, 28, who smashed his car into traffic police officers three times after being pulled over for speeding on Saturday night.

Business

-- Vietjet will begin flying between Yangon and Hanoi on August 31, the carrier announced at a launch ceremony held as part of the official visit of Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong to Myanmar on Saturday.

-- Vietnam has great advantage to participate in regional trade agreements and free trade agreements, delegates to the APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Dialogue on the trade pacts said in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

Lifestyle

-- The new ‘Saigon Street Food’ officially opened this morning, August 28, on Nguyen Van Chiem Street in District 1.

Sports

-- Team Vietnam wrapped up their Sunday competition at the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia with two gold medals in judo and taekwondo, securing the third spot on the total medal count with 132 medals, including 53 golds.

-- Mai Duc Chung, the head coach of the Vietnamese women’s football team, has been appointed to temporarily take the helm at the men’s squad after coach Nguyen Huu Thang resigned last week for failing to lead the team through the group stage at the 2017 SEA Games.

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