What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Society

-- At least three people died and eight others were injured in a wall collapse in south-central Binh Dinh Province on Thursday, according to local authorities.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision to remove Vo Ngoc Thanh from his position as the chairman of the People's Committee in Gia Lai Province, located in the Central Highlands, over his wrongdoing in office.

-- Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan has signed an MoU on cooperation in agriculture with his Mongolian counterpart Khayangaa Bolorchuluun in Mongolia, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.

-- The Da Nang Tourism Promotion Center organized an event on Thursday to let particpants take a look at Da Nang tourism in virtual reality.

Business

-- Vietnam will try to have at least two million businesses by 2030 and the private sector is expected to contribute 60-65 percent of the country's GDP, Tran Tuan Anh, head of the Economic Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, said on Thursday.

-- Preben Elnef, vice-president of Lego Group, said during a conference on Thursday in Binh Duong Province, just outside Ho Chi Minh City, that his group plans to build a US$1 billion carbon-neutral factory in Vietnam as the company saw growth opportunity here as well as the possibility to expand global supply chains.

-- Vietnam Airlines and China Southern Airlines have signed a deal on comprehensive cooperation in all spheres, including commerce, services, and techniques, to improve flight experience and bring more value to their passengers, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Sports

-- Vietnam are scheduled to encounter Timor Leste in Group F of the AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers in Indonesia on Friday. The Vietnamese beat Hong Kong 5-1 in their first qualification game on Wednesday.   

World News

-- "Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis that Omicron and the variant's latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete," Reuters reported on Friday.

-- "Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster," Reuters reported on Friday.