Here are today’s leading news stories in Vietnam:

Politics

-- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi on Saturday, as part of his official visit to Vietnam.

Society

-- A tropical depression entered the East Vietnam Sea on Saturday afternoon and is expected to bring heavy rains to central localities from Monday to Thursday next week, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

-- Authorities in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have warned of serious flooding as the city is expected to be hit by high tide between Wednesday and Friday next week.

-- Six boats docking at Xep Lon Beach on Phu Quoc Island off southern Kien Giang Province was sunk by big waves on Saturday evening. There were no casualties in the incident.

Business

-- Vietnam’s foreign trade of agro, forestry, and aquatic products hit nearly US$75 billion in the first nine months of 2022, a year-on-year rise of 10.7 percent, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as reporting.

Lifestyle

-- Authorities in northern Hai Phong City are planning to install QR codes along major streets so that tourists can access useful information about the city in multiple languages.

-- Dinh Nhu Phuong, a beauty from north-central Quang Binh Province, was crowned Miss Sea Island Vietnam 2022, and Pham Kim Ngan, a beauty from southern Dong Nai Province, received the title of Miss Globe Vietnam 2022 during the finales of the two pageants on Saturday evening.

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