Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Say Chhum in Hanoi on Monday, as part of the latter’s visit to Vietnam from October 24-26, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Society

-- The road to La Lay international border gate in north-central Quang Tri Province reopened to traffic on Monday after being barricaded for a week due to serious landslides.

-- Many residents in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have faced difficulties buying gasoline as multiple filling stations in the locality shut down for running out of stock.

-- Two former directors of the Department of Health in south-central Quang Ngai Province have been reprimanded for their violations in the procurement of drugs and medical supplies, the provincial Party Committee confirmed on Monday.

-- Residents have been unable to scare away two forest elephants that often appear near a residential area in Quy Chau District in north-central Nghe An Province to look for food.

-- Police in north-central Ha Tinh Province confirmed on Monday they had arrested and initiated legal proceedings against an eleventh grader on suspicion of stabbing to death another student.

Business

-- The State Bank of Vietnam on Monday continued to raise the selling price of the U.S. dollar by VND490 to VND24,870, the highest rise in many years.

-- The market capitalization of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange lost a whopping VND134.2 trillion ($5.4 billion) in Monday’s trading session, with the VN-Index crashing below the 1,000-point benchmark to close at a 23-month low.

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