Check out the news you should not miss today, November 24:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has started his visit to Laos on Thursday morning at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Volachith.

Society

-- The transportation department of the central province of Quang Ngai on Wednesday started constructing the Ben Dinh sea port on Ly Son Island.

-- As of 8:00 am on Wednesday, Ho Chi Minh City had had 65 cases infected with Zika, according to the city’s Preventive Medical Center.

-- The central tourism town of Hoi An is facing many challenges due to some enterprises’ bad awareness of environmental protection, Nguyen The Hung, deputy chairman of the Hoi An People’s Committee, said at a conference on Wednesday.

Business

-- A leader from Vietnam's biggest brewer Sabeco on Wednesday confirmed the company was fined VND100 million (US$4,464) by the State Securities Commission for not disclosing information on its administration, annual reports and financial reports on the company’s website.

-- Farmers in Ho Chi Minh City have expressed their concern over the Tet (Lunar New Year) flower production as their flowers have grown slowly or even died due to long-lasting rains.

-- Norway will transfer the technology of cage fish farming at sea to Vietnam in a bid to develop local aquaculture.

-- According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, as of October this year, Japan had been the second-largest foreign investor in Vietnam with a total of newly-registered and additional investments at $1.92 billion.

Lifestyle

-- More than 300 people will sing Vietnam’s national anthem at a gala to celebrate the 60^th anniversary of the Vietnam National Academy of Music on Saturday in Hanoi.