Check out what is the news today, July 5:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse on Tuesday left for an official visit to Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel before attending a G20 summit in Hamburg.

Society

-- The Hanoi People’s Council on Tuesday passed a resolution to ban motorbikes in the capital’s inner districts by 2030.

-- The Road and Railway Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has announced they will put on auction automobile license plates with digits believed to bring users good luck on a pilot basis in five major cities, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong and Can Tho.  

Business

-- Many have warned about risks associated with costly long-term holidaying packages they had bought from a Ho Chi Minh City-based travel firm.

-- Vietnamese, Hong Kong and Korean investors sought approval for a joint-venture to build a horse racing track and a resort complex worth approximately US$500 million in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho during a working session on Tuesday with the municipal People’s Committee.

-- An official from the State Bank of Vietnam’s business credit department told a seminar on Tuesday that tremendous hurdles remain ahead for a program designed to offer loans to hi-tech and hygienically ensured agricultural businesses. 

Charity

-- The Hospital of Hematology and Blood Transfusion on Tuesday presented more than VND1.3 billion ($56,616) donated by caring Vietnamese people to a 25-year-old Azerbaijani teacher who had taught English in a northern Vietnamese province and was hospitalized for life-threatening Leukemia one month ago.