Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow on Wednesday as part of his official visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2.

Society

-- Floods brought about by heavy downpours in the south-central provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh began to recede on Wednesday after having ravaged the localities for several days.

-- A total of 86 students aged 15 to 17 have been hospitalized due to post-vaccination reactions after receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on Wednesday.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have arrested and initiated legal proceedings against four men for allegedly staging a traffic accident to murder a person.

-- A man from the north-central province of Thua Thien-Hue has been apprehended for transporting four Chinese border jumpers from the northern province of Bac Ninh to southern Dong Nai Province.

-- Police in Vietnam discovered more than 25,000 drug-related crimes across the country from January to November, arresting over 37,000 suspects and confiscating 596 kilograms of heroin and 2.4 metric tons of synthetic drugs, the Ministry of Public Security said at a meeting on Wednesday.

-- Customs officers at Hai Phong Port in the namesake northern city confirmed on Wednesday they had discovered nearly 20 kilograms of rhino horns inside two shipping containers from the Philippines.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed that electric bus service be piloted in the first quarter of 2022 to provide more travel options for local residents.

Business

-- State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that Vietnamese businesses and agencies should seek ways to lift two-way trade and investment during his speech at the Vietnam - Russia Business Forum organized in Moscow on Wednesday.

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