What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly (NA) Kim Jin-pyo, his spouse, and their entourage arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday evening for an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Chairman of the Vietnamese NA Vuong Dinh Hue, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Three died in the cabin of a truck on Thursday when the vehicle overturned on the Ho Chi Minh Road section passing Phuoc Son District in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam.

-- Police in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam said on Thursday that they had held the handover of VND100 million (US$4,265), picked up by a security guard at a Vincom shopping center, back to the owner. The security guard had submitted the sum to police officers.

Business

-- Over 500,000 cars were sold in Vietnam in 2022, according to figures unveiled by Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association, Hyundai Thanh Cong Vietnam, and VinFast.

-- Vietnam's Ministry of Finance has permitted the computerized lottery company Vietlott to offer international football betting, CEO Nguyen Thanh Dam told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday.

-- Vietnam's agriculture raked in $53.22 billion worth of exports in 2022, Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said on Friday. The sector has set a target of $54 billion in export revenue this year.

Sports

-- Vietnam take on Thailand in the first leg of the final of the 2022 AFF Championship at 7:30 pm at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Friday. The game will be aired live on VTV5, VTV Can Tho, and FPT Play.

World News

-- "More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities across the UK will strike for 18 days between February and March in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions, the University and College Union (UCU) said on Thursday," Reuters reported.

-- "The Japanese government gave an estimation for when the water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant will be released into the sea, saying at a cabinet meeting held on Friday it could happen sometime "around this spring or summer," according to Reuters.

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