Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse will pay official visits to Singapore and Brunei Darrussalam from February 8 to 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday.

Society

-- Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam said on Sunday night local rescuers successfully extinguished a fire that broke out on a cargo ship carrying more than 4,500 cars from South Korea to Singapore.

-- The Vietnam Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center under the Institute of Geophysics said on Sunday that four earthquakes measuring 2.7 to 3.1 on the Richter scale hit Kon Plong District in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum from Friday to Sunday.

-- A collision between a van and a tractor-trailer killed one person and injured seven others on National Highway 1 in northern Lang Son Province on Sunday.

-- Authorities in northern Quang Ninh Province said on Sunday that two seven-year-old children had drowned in a lake the previous day.

-- Three people have been hospitalized for treatment for food poisoning after allegedly eating toxic mangrove horseshoe crab in south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Saturday, the Khanh Hoa General Hospital said on Sunday.

-- One child drowned and another has been unaccounted for after swimming in a beach in central Quang Ngai Province on Sunday afternoon.

-- Police in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City are investigating a case in which a man punched another in the face on February 2 after the latter tried to prevent the former’s unmuzzled dog from approaching his son in the hall of an apartment building, where dogs are not allowed.

Lifestyle

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports has approved the organization of the Miss National Vietnam 2023 beauty pageant, which is scheduled to take place until the end of the year.

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