Check out the news you should not miss today, October 7

Politics

-- Vietnam's Party Central Committee elected two additional members to its Secretariat during the third working day of its sixth plenary meeting in Hanoi on Friday.

-- Vietnam always supports and creates all optimal conditions for foreign investors, including Samsung, to run business in Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined as he received  Samsung Electronics President and CEO Shin Jong-kyun in Hanoi on Friday. Samsung is Vietnam's largest investor.

-- South Korea plans to open a Consulate Office in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang to boost tourism and investment, the Vietnam news Agency reported on Friday, citing South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Lee Hyuk.

Society

-- Adm. Scott H. Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, led a delegation to visit the Bach Dang River historical site in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong on Friday.

-- The border guard unit in the coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Friday received 239 Vietnamese fishermen released from Indonesia, after being held there for violating Indonesian waters during their fishing journeys.

--The annual Terry Fox Run 2017, which aims to raise funds for cancer patients, will take place in Phu My Hung area on November 5, with all the proceeds used to finance Vietnam’s projects on cancer research, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City said at the launching ceremony on Friday.

-- A fruit exporter in the Central Highlands of Dak Nong has been suspended from operation in four months after it was found dousing chemicals to artificially ripen 18 metric tons of durians late last month.

Business

-- Vietnam's government has formed a new board in charge of studying for the development of the private economic sector, with Truong Gia Binh, chairman of the leading tech firm FPT appointed its chair, the government office announced on Friday.

-- Vietnam Airlines posted a pretax profit of more than VND2.3 trillion ($101.64 million) in the first nine months this year, overshooting its full-year target by 40 percent, the national flag carrier said Friday.

-- A taxi driver was fined VND11.5 million ($507) and lost his license in two months after overcharging a foreign passenger VND2.1 million ($93) for a ride from the Hanoi Old Quarter to Noi Bai airport, police said on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- A photo exhibition, entitled “Che-Constructor”, featuring the life and career of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevarra kicked off in Hanoi on Friday to commemorate his 50th death anniversary.

-- A joint dance performance called “Urban distortions," starring Vietnamese, French and Belgian artists will be on stage in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14, as part of the ongoing three-week “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” festival, the French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City announced at a press conference on Friday.

-- The fifth Latin American Film Week will take place from October 9 to 14 at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi, screening films from ten countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, the organizers said at a press briefing on Friday.

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