Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- A grand welcome ceremony at the highest level was held for Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Beijing on Monday as part of his official visit to China from October 30 to November 2.

Society

-- The Department of Public Security in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai confirmed on Monday it had stripped a policewoman of her title as she had caused a traffic accident while driving a car under the influence of alcohol last Friday night.

-- Storm Nalgae is expected to weaken into a tropical depression in the northern part of the East Vietnam Sea over the next three days and is unlikely to affect the weather conditions in Vietnam’s mainland, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

-- A man allegedly murdered his wife before committing suicide at a beauty spa in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City, police confirmed, adding that their bodies were discovered by their eldest daughter.

-- The Supreme People’s Procuracy has completed the indictment against seven officials at a branch of Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) over illegal lending that resulted in losses worth VND360 billion (US$14,480).

Business

-- The Vietnamese government will create favorable conditions for Adidas to expand its operations in Vietnam, PM Pham Minh Chinh told the German company's CEO Kasper Rorsted during a reception in Hanoi on Monday.

-- Despite a strong increase in revenue, Bamboo Airways and Vietnam Airlines still suffer big losses this year due to high fuel prices and slow recovery of the international market, the two airlines reported.

Health

-- As of Monday, Vietnam had reported 11,502,885 COVID-19 cases, with 10,603,212 recoveries and 43,163 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

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